Biography
C. Douglas Witherspoon, M.D.
Doug Witherspoon is a Board Certified Opthalmologist with additional
medical training and clinical expertise as a vitreoretinal surgeon
and ocular trauma specialist. His training and experience enable
Dr. Witherspoon to perform a wide variety of clinical evaluations
and surgical procedures related to the retina and vitreous.
A leader and innovator in the development of new treatment techniques
for retinal disease, Dr. Witherspoon has been a significant contributor
to the medical research community with hundreds of major medical publications
and presentations to his credit. He is Associate Professor of Opthalmology
at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, Executive Director of
the United States Eye Injury Registry, and Director of Clinical
Research for the Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation. He serves
as a Federal Appointee to the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC)
Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control and the Secondary
Grants Review Committee of the CDC. He is the senior standing member
of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Eye Safety and Sports
Ophthalmology Committee and the recipient of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology's Honor Award. He has received the Vitreous Society
1997 Honor Award. Through these efforts, Dr. Witherspoon continues
to bring new insight and understanding to those involved in treating
retinal injuries and disorders.
He is Principal Investigator in the OPHTEC Model 311 Artifical Iris Lens Implant clinical trial and sub-investigator for the Regenerron VGFT-OD-0605, A Randomized. Double Masked, Active Controlled Phase III Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Repeated Doses of Intravitreal VEGF Trap in Subjects with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Originally from Springfield, Missouri, Dr. Witherspoon received
his medical degree from the St. Louis University Schoool of Medicine
in 1977. He completed his Medicine Internship in St. Louis, and
a three year Opthalmology Residency at The Eye Foundation Hospital/University
of Alabama at Birmingham. In 1982, Dr. Witherspoon completed a Clinical
Fellowship at the Vitreoretinal Research Foundation in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Since 1982, Dr. Witherspoon has made his home in Birmingham.
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