Associated Ophthalmic Consultants: introducing Paul E. Runge, M.D..Dr. Paul E. Runge, a retinal specialist and a pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. ophthalmologist ophthalmologist /oph·thal·mol·o·gist/ (of?thal-mol´ah-jist) a physician who specializes in ophthalmology. oph·thal·mol·o·gist n. A physician who specializes in ophthalmology. , joins Associated Ophthalmic Consultants after a career that has taken him to many of the finest medical programs around the world. "He's had tremendous training," says Sarasota retinal specialist Dr. Robert K. Snyder of Associated Ophthalmic Consultants. "He's a board-certified pediatrician who's done dual fellowships in retina and pediatric ophthalmology." Established for 13 years, Associated Ophthalmic Consultants cares for patients with retinal problems, such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal detachments as well as various pediatric ophthalmic conditions. In addition to the Sarasota office, the practice has offices in Bradenton and Venice. The practice is one of the few on the west coast of Florida to offer (at all three sites) the breakthrough ICG ICG indocyanine green. digital angiography angiography or arteriography X-ray examination of arteries and veins with a contrast medium to differentiate them from surrounding organs. The contrast medium is introduced through a catheter to show the blood vessels and the structures they supply, including that pinpoints the leaking blood vessels that characterize a major form of macular degeneration. Dr. Runge was born in Milwaukee, Wis., and served one year in Vietnam before heading to the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine, for his B.S. and M.S. in biology. He finished medical school in Australia and did three residencies: in Toronto, Canada, at the Hospital for Sick Children, at the University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. , and at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. His fellowships were done at the prestigious Hospital for Sick Children and the Institute of Ophthalmology in London, England, at the University of California in Los Angeles and at the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. in Memphis. For the past five years, he has also traveled to an eye hospital in Siberia on various medical missions. Sarasota is a good fit for him now that he and his wife have two young children, he says; and he and Dr. Snyder share the same interest in providing their patients with the best eye care. Associated Ophthalmic Consultants, 1700 S. Tuttle Ave., Suite 3, Sarasota, FL 34239 (941) 952-0900; 201 Fourth Ave., E., Suite 3, Bradenton, FL 34208 (941) 747-1515 and 111 San Marco Drive, Suite B, Venice, FL 34285 (941) 488-3200. |
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