Ophthalmologists

• Ophthalmology
  Our physicians have been serving North Alabama for more than 30 years – specializing in the medical and surgical care of patient with vision threatening diseases and injuries. Retina Specialists of North Alabama’s physicians are all Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and have additional sub-specialty training in the diagnosis and management of diseases of the retina, vitreous, and macula.
• Macular Degeneration
  The Amsler Grid can help to detect the kinds of vision changes that affect central vision — the vision used for reading and other detail work. If you are using the Amsler Grid to monitor an existing eye condition such as macular degeneration, we recommend that you make it a routine once-a-day activity.
• Cataracts
  Surgical prevention of posterior capsule opacification. Part 1: Progress in eliminating this complication of cataract surgery. Apple DJ, Peng Q, Visessook N, Werner L, Pandey SK, Escobar-Gomez M, Ram J, Whiteside SB, Schoderbeck R, Ready EL, Guindi A. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2000 Feb;26(2):180-7.
• Cataract Surgery

Internists

• Internal Medicine

Endocrinologist

• Diabetic Retinopathy
  Dr. Reed grew up in Tuscaloosa and graduated from the University of Alabama. He then completed a master’s degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and received his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He completed residency training in ophthalmology at the University of Florida, where he served as chief resident in his final year. He went on to do his fellowship training in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at Retina and Vitreous of Texas in Houston, where he was a sub-investigator in multiple clinical trials studying emerging therapies in macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.