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WANDA
PAK, M.D.
Bio:
Wanda Pak, M.D. earned both her undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She is fondly known as a “Double Dukie”, Go Duke! After her Medical Internship in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Dr. Pak completed her Ophthalmology Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery.
The private practice office of Wanda Pak, M.D., P.C., at 3301 New Mexico Avenue, N.W., Suite 226, Washington, DC 20016 was opened in 2005. As a Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, Dr. Pak cares for both adult and children’s eye disorders and routine examinations. Her surgical specialties include cataract and ocular trauma surgery.
Dr. Pak has been widely recognized by her medical peers as a “Super Doctor”, The Washington Post Magazine, 2011; “Top Doctor”, The Consumer Report, 2011 and “Top Doctor”, The Washington, 2010. She was also awarded “The Golden Apple” teaching award by her Ophthalmology residents.
On medical staff at both Georgetown University Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center, Dr. Pak enjoys being actively involved in teaching at The Georgetown University / Washington Hospital Center Ophthalmology Residency Program. She serves on the Resident Selection Committee and is the Director of the Surgical Wet Lab.
Not only, is Dr. Pak involved with the academic education but also she actively participates with several medical societies. She is currently the Secretary for the oldest medical society in the nation, The Clinical Pathological Society and the President of the Foxhall Women’s Physician Society. In 2009, she served as the President of the D.C. Metropolitan Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Pak lives with her family in Glover Park, Washington, D.C. a walking distance from her office. As a proud Washingtonian, she enjoys serving her medical and local community.
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
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, Executive Committee, January 2010 to December 2011
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-Present
Georgetown University Medical Center, Ophthalmology Program
November 2000-Present
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
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