WANDA PAK, M.D.

Education:

         Undergraduate

            1983-86       Bachelor of Arts
                               Duke University, Durham, NC

         Graduate

            1988-89       Post-Graduate Work
                                University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

1990-94        Doctor of Medicine
                    Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

         Post-Graduate Training

            1994-95       Transitional Internal Medicine Internship
                               Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC

            1995-98       Resident in Ophthalmology
                               Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Honors: 

           Golden Apple Teaching Award, Georgetown University Hospital-Washington
                     Hospital Center, Department of Ophthalmology, 2002-2003

           Director of Wet Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1997-1998

           Acknowledgment by J. Donald M. Gass in Stereoscopic Atlas of Macular Disease.
                    Diagnosis and Treatment
, (4th ed., 1996)

           Outstanding First Year Resident in Internal Medicine,
                    Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC, 1994-1995

           Thomas Brown McClelland Medical Scholarship, Duke University, 1992-94

           Dean’s List – Duke University, Durham, NC

Board Certification:

             The American Board of Ophthalmology, May 2001

          National Board of Medical Examiners of the United States of America, August 1996

Medical Licensure:

             District of Columbia, Maryland, Tennessee, and South Carolina

Society Memberships:

          Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society, President, January 2009 to December 2009

          Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society, Vice President, January 2008 to December 2008

          Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society, Secretary, January 2007 to December 2007

          American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow, 2001 to Present

Hospital Appointments:

             Washington Hospital Center, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Washington, D.C.  July 2000-Present

          Georgetown University Medical Center, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Washington, D.C.  November 2000-Present

          Friendship Ambulatory Surgery Center, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Chevy Chase, MD  August 2000-Present

          George Washington University Hospital, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Washington, D.C.  May 2000-October 2005

          Suburban Hospital, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Bethesda, MD  October 2000-May 2004

          UT Medical Center, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Knoxville, TN  October 1998-April 2000

          Morristown-Hamblen Hospital, Consulting Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Morristown, TN  February 1999-April 2000

          Blount Memorial Hospital, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Maryville, TN  May 1999-Aprill 2000

          Tennessee Valley Eye Surgery Center, Active Staff Ophthalmologist,
          Knoxville, TN  July 1999-April 2000

Professional Experience:

             Wanda Pak, M.D., P.C., Washington, D.C.
          November 2004 to Present

          Drs. Friedman, Plotsky and Butrus, Washington, D.C.
          May 2000-November 2004

          University Eye Surgeons, UT Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
          August 1998-April 2000

Teaching Experience:

             Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center, Residency Program
          July 2003-Present

          Washington Hospital Center, Ophthalmology Residency Program
          July 2000-July 2003

          Georgetown University Medical Center, Ophthalmology Program
          November 2000-July 2003

          George Washington University Hospital, Ophthalmology Residency Program
          May 2000-October 2005

          Suburban Hospital, Eye Trauma Center, Walter Reed Ophthalmology Program
          October 2000-May 2004

          UT Medical Center Family Practice Resident Program
          August 1999-April 2000

Academic Committees:

             Board of Directors of The Washington National Eye Center
                 Treasurer, The Washington Hospital Eye Center
                 Washington, DC, 2006 to 2007

           Board of Directors of The Washington National Eye Center
                 Board Member, The Washington Hospital Eye Center
                 Washington, DC, 2004 to 2007

           Nomination Committee for Board of Directors of The Washington National Eye Center
                 Chairman of the Committee, Washington Hospital Center
                 Washington, DC, 2004 to 2005

           Nomination Committee for Board of Directors of The Washington National Eye Center
                 Committee Member, Washington Hospital Center
                 Washington, DC, 2004 to 2005

           Nomination Committee for Board of Directors of The Washington National Eye Center
                 Member, Washington Hospital Center
                 Washington, DC, 2003 to 2004

           Ophthalmology Resident Selection Committee, Georgetown University Hospital-
                 Director of the Wet Lab, Washington Hospital Center
                 Washington, DC, 2002 to Present

Research:

              Independent study screening for steroid analogues of 6-methylene progesterone to suppress the growth of prostatic
                 adenocarcinoma.
Department of Cell Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC. George M. Padilla, Ph.D. - Preceptor.

           Application of in vitro extracellular recording technique to study dopamine autoregulation. Department of Psychiatry,
                Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Everett H. Ellingwood, M.D. - Preceptor.

           Angiogenic response of rats to lipopolysaccharide using the disc angiogenesis system. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University
                 Medical Center, Durham, NC. Gordon K. Klintworth, M.D., Ph.D. - Preceptor.

           Phase III, randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multi-center clinical trial comparing the effects of
                 CAPROGEL
topical gel (-aminocaproic acid) versus placebo in prevention of secondary hemorrhage in traumatic hyphema. 
                 James C. Tsai, M.D., Principal Investigator; Wanda Pak, M.D., Co-Investigator, Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University
                 Medical Center

Publications:

              Pak W, Stone EM, Gass JDM. Cavernous hemangioma of the optic nerve in a patient with presumed familial Von-Hippel-Lindau Syndrome.
                       A case report.
(Manuscript in preparation), 1997.

           Pak W, Gass JDM. Leukoembolization in response to complement activation as a possible cause for microvascular occlusive retinopathy
                       seen in bone marrow transplant patients with acute lung injuries.
(Manuscript in preparation), 1997.

           Pak W, Lee LR, Gass JDM. AZOOR review with 16 case studies. (Manuscript in preparation), 1997.


                   

 

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