CURRICULUM  VITAE
Manuel J. Chaknis, M.D., M.S.

Office							     Mailing
Joffe MediCenter						2296 Melinda Drive
2905 Cobb Parkway, Suite 100				Atlanta, GA 30345
Atlanta, GA 30339						Cell (205) 240-5490
(770) 952-1100	E-mail
mchaknis@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT
9/10-Present	LASIK Surgeon and Medical Director, Joffe MediCenter, Atlanta, gA
11/14- 3/16	Part-time employee General Ophthalmologist, Associates in Ophthalmology, Macon, GA. J. Gregory Jones, MD
7/13- 6/14	Part-time employee General Ophthalmologist, The Eye Center, Columbia, SC. R. Brian Huff, MD, Managing Partner. 
10/12- 12/12	Locum tenens Medical Ophthalmologist, Allied Eye Associates, Chattanooga, TN. Seeing 25-50 patients a day.
5/12- 9/12	Locum tenens Medical Ophthalmologist, The Eye Center, Columbia, SC. Seeing 25-50 patients a day.
10/05- 9/10	LASIK Surgeon and Medical Director, LCAVision/LasikPlus, Birmingham, AL/Atlanta, GA
7/01- 12/05		Solo Ophthalmologist, Augusta Eye Care, Augusta, GA
8/00- 12/00	LASIK Surgeon, Lasik Vision Institute, Carmel, IN/ Atlanta, GA
8/99- 7/00		Employee Ophthalmologist, Castleman Eye Center, 
Southgate, MI/Troy, MI  (practice has moved to Taylor, MI)
2/98-8/99	Employee Ophthalmologist, Center for Specialty Eye Care, 
	Atlanta, GA (practice has dissolved)
8/97- 2/98		Employee Ophthalmologist, James C. Joiner, III, M.D.
			(practice has since been sold and Dr. Joiner has retired)

EDUCATION
6/92			M.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
6/88			M.S., Microbiology (Honors), Georgia State University,
			Atlanta, GA
6/85			A.B., Biology (Honors), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
7/96- 6/97	Fellow, Corneal Diseases and Surgery and Refractive
	Surgery (LASIK and PRK), Corneal Consultants of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (now called Price Vision Group). Francis W. Price, Jr., MD and William E. Whitson, MD, Preceptors
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7/93- 6/96	Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of
	Georgia, Augusta, GA
6/92-6/93	Transitional Year Intern, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY (now called Bassett Healthcare)

LICENSURE/ CERTIFICATION
9/14	State of Florida Board of Medicine
1/13	State of North Carolina Board of Medicine
6/08	Re-Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology
7/07			State of Tennessee Board of Medicine 
6/07	State of Arkansas Board of Medicine (now inactive)
12/05	State of Alabama Board of Medicine
5/02	State of South Carolina Board of Medicine
6/98	Board Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology
4/94	State of Georgia Board of Medicine
7/93	Certification, National Board of Medical Examiners

HONORS/ AWARDS/ LEADERSHIP
1997-2004		Journal Article Reviewer, Ophthalmology
1996-1997		Sub-investigator, Chiron Keracor 116 LASIK study
1/96-6/96	Chief Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical
	College of Georgia
1989-1992	President, Class of 1992, School of Medicine, Medical
	College of Georgia
1989-1992	 	Honor Council, Medical College of Georgia
1991-1992		IMHOTEP Student Leadership Society, Medical College
	of Georgia
1991-1992	Student Research Fellowship, Medical College of Georgia
1984-1985		Edmondson Student Research Grant, University of Chicago
1984-1985	President, Omega Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity, University of Chicago
1984-1985	        	Psi Upsilon Fraternity Foundation Scholarship
1981-1985	  		University of Chicago Student/Athlete Scholarship

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
International Society of Refractive Surgery

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LECTURES/ PRESENTATIONS
Instructor, LASIK Laboratory, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meetings: Orlando, FL, October 1999, New Orleans, LA, November 1998, Chicago, IL, November 1996
					
The Use of Undersized Grafts to Reduce Postoperative Myopia in Keratoconus. Chaknis,
M. Presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May1997 and at the Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology Annual 
Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, June 1997

Presentations at the Medical College of Georgia Department of Ophthalmology Annual Resident/Alumni Meetings, Augusta, GA:"Visual Field Testing in Plaquenil Patients: 
How Necessary Is It?, March 1996

"Comparison of Argon and Diode Laser Trabeculoplasty", March 1995

"Aggregate Formation from Combining Topical Antibiotics and Topical Steroids with Collagen Corneal Shields, March 1994

PUBLICATIONS
Chaknis, M., Price, F., Whitson, W. LASIK: Instrumentation and Operative Technique. In Corneal Surgery: Therapy, Technique, and Tissue, pp. 788-793, 3rd Ed. Frederick S. Brightbill, M.D., Ed., June 1999

Chaknis, M., Brooks, S., Mitchell, K., Marcus, D. Inflammatory Opacities of the Vitreous in Rifabutin-Associated Uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 1996; 122: 581-582

Green, K., Slagle, T., Chaknis, M., Cheeks, L., Chang, S. Perfluorocarbon Effects on Rabbit Blood-Retinal Barrier Permeability. Lens and Eye Toxicity Research 1992; 9(2): 139-149

Parment, P., Svanborg-Eden, C., Chaknis, M., Sawant, A., Hagberg, L., Wilson, L., Ahearn, D. Hemagglutination (fimbriae) and Hydrophobicity in Adherence of Serratia marcescens Urinary Tract Epithelium and Contact Lenses. Curr Microbiol  1992; 25: 113-118

Chaknis, M. Association of Serratia marcescens with Rigid Gas-Permeable Contact Lenses and Solutions. M.S. Thesis, 1988. Donald G. Ahearn, Ph.D., Research Advisor

Chaknis, M. Organ Culture Revival of "Devitalized" Human Corneal Epithelium. A.B. Honors Thesis, 1985. Ramesh C. Tripathi, M.D., Ph.D., and Brenda J. Tripathi, Ph.D., Research Advisors

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