Meeting the Challenge; Young Eye Doctor Carries on a Family Tradition.Business/Feature Editors & Health/Medical Writers LOS ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 22, 2000 Caring for the eyes of people in Los Angeles has been in Dr. Kristin Nesburn's family for over 60 years. Her grandfather, Dr. Henry Nesburn, was a prominent 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. in Beverly Hills for over 35 years until the crippling eye disease, Macular Degeneration, took his eyesight and left him legally blind. Her father, Dr. Anthony Nesburn, an internationally respected eye surgeon, educator, lecturer, and director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as [superscript one]s Eye Research Laboratory since its inception in 1985, has successfully carried on the family private practice. And the new member of this practice, Kristin, devotes full time to patient care. Growing up, Kristin watched her grandfather lose his battle with macular degeneration (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) and shared her grandmother's enthusiasm in helping fund research studies and educational seminars to bring AMD to the attention of millions who suffer from but who know little about this devastating disease that affected their family. Mrs. Lilian Nesburn has donated millions of dollars to eye research and is currently active in her philanthropic activities. So it was fitting that Kristin's future hopes were to follow in the eye research field. Like her father who graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Kristin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University in 1990 and went on to receive her M.D. from University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. where she was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, commonly called Alpha Omega Alpha and abbreviated AΩA or AOA, is the national honor society for Allopathic medicine in the United States; Sigma Sigma Phi, abbreviated "SSP", is the honor society of Osteopathic Medical Honor Society. She finished her internship training and residency at Stanford and UC San Francisco and joined American Eye Institute (AEI AEI American Enterprise Institute AEI Archive of European Integration AEI Australian Education International AEI Automotive Engineering International AEI Australian Education Index AEI Albert Einstein Institute ) earlier this year. Along with her busy education and training schedule, Kristin made time for her research work that covered ocular tumors, ocular side effects of organ transplantation and ophthalmic genetics. Another important and active member of the Nesburn family is Cristina Kenney, M.D., Ph.D., who married Dr. Anthony Nesburn in 1988. A native of Santa Fe, Dr. Kenney received her M.D. from UCLA and her Ph.D. in human anatomy from University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. . She divides her time between her private practice in ophthalmology at AEI and her laboratory work in biomedical research. A highly respected researcher, Dr. Kenney is the recipient of numerous research awards from the National Institutes of Health for her remarkable work in Keratoconus research and other eye diseases. It's no wonder this young professional, Dr. Kristin Nesburn, is excited about carrying on the family tradition. Three generations of Nesburns committed to finding better ways to treat and care for your eye sight. Note to Editors: Drs. Kristin Nesburn, Anthony Nesburn and Cristina Kenney are available for interviews. |
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