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Marc Michel Whitacre, M.D.Dr. Marc Whitacre pic

EDUCATION:

B.A. (with highest distinction)
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
9/68 - 12/72

M.A.
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
1/73 - 12/74

M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/75 - 5/79

INTERNSHIP:

Internal Medicine
LDS Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah
6/79 - 6/80

RESIDENCY:

Ophthalmology
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
7/80 - 6/83

FELLOWSHIP:

Vitreoretinal Surgery
Vitreoretinal Foundation
Memphis, Tennessee
1/85 - 7/85

CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Ophthalmology - 1984

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, 8/85 - 6/89
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, 7/89 - 11/92
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, Kansas
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, 11/92 - 4/98
University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine
Kansas City, Missouri

816-881-6100

LICENSURE:

Kansas
Missouri

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Missouri Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Metropolitan Medical Society of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology

PUBLICATIONS -

BOOKS:

Whitacre, M.M.:
Principles and Applications of Intraocular Gas.
Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Whitacre, M.M. and Ellis, P.P.:
Outpatient sedation for ocular examination.
Survey of Ophthalmology, 28:643-652, 1984.

Whitacre, M.M. and Sargent, R.A.:
Flammability of silicone rubber.
Annals of Ophthalmology, 16(8):770-772, August 1984.

Whitacre, M.M.:
Clinical applications of auto indirect ophthalmoscopy.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 103:767-769, 1987.

Whitacre, M.M. and McDonald, T.L.:
Photodisruption of intraocular gas bubbles.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 104:145-148, 1987.

Whitacre, M.M.:
Noncontact retinal photocoagulation at the slit-lamp biomicroscope.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 104:290-293, 1987.

Whitacre, M.M. and Mainster, M.A.:
Photographic slides for teaching laser photocoagulation.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 103(4):590-591, 1987.

Mainster, M.A. and Whitacre, M.M.:
Dye laser yellow photocoagulation of retinal arterial macroaneurysms.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 105:97-98, 1988.

Whitacre, M.M., Ertel, A. and Gillespie, J.:
Universal 35-mm camera mount for ophthalmic ultrasound units.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 106(6), 1988.

Simone, J.N. and Whitacre, M.M.:
A model of the effect of intraocular gasand fluid on intraocular pressure.
Ophthalmology, 97:238-243, 1990.

Whitacre, M.M., Manoukian, N. and Mainster, M.A.:
Argon indirect ophthalmoscope photocoagulation:
Reduced potential phototoxicity with a fixed safety filter.
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 74:233-234, 1990.

Whitacre, M.M.:
Operating room use of gore-tex socks.
Ophthalmic Surgery, 21:160-162, 1990.

Whitacre, M.M. and Mainster, M.A.:
Hazards of laser beam reflections in eyes containing gas.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 110:33-38, 1990.

Whitacre, M.M. and Crockett, R.S.:
Tolerance of intravitreal povidone-iodine in rabbits.
Current Eye Research. 9(8):725-732, 1990.

Whitacre, M.M. and Simone, J.N.:
Ocular elasticity? (Letter to the Editor)
Ophthalmology, 97(9):1094, 1990.

Whitacre, M.M., Emig, M. and Hassanein, K.:
The effect of Perkins, Tono-Pen, and Schi\(o:tz
tonometry on intraocular pressure.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 111:59-64, 1991.

Whitacre, M.M.:
The effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve
stimulation on ocular pain.
Ophthalmic Surgery 22:462-466,1991.

Whitacre M.M.:
B-scan ultrasonography of eyes containing
intravitreal gas.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 112:272-277, 1991.

Khan, J.A., Davis, M., Graham, C.E., Trank J.W. and Whitacre, M.M.:
Comparison of Oculab Tono-Pen readings obtained
from various corneal and scleral locations.
Archives of Ophthalmology 109:1444-1446, 1991.

Whitacre, M.M., Emig, M.D. and Hassanein, K.:
Effect of buckling material on ocular rigidity.
Ophthalmology 99:498-502, 1992.

Whitacre, M.M., Stein, R.A. and Hassanein, K.:
The effect of corneal thickness on applanation tonometry.
American Journal of Ophthalmology 115:592-596, 1993.

Whitacre, M.M. and Stein, R.A.:
Sources of error with use of Goldmann-type tonometers.
Survey of Ophthalmology 38:1-30, 1993.

Whitacre, M.M. and Pilchard, W.A.:
Air bag injury producing retinal dialysis and detachment.
Archives of Ophthalmology 111:1320, 1993.

Stein, R. and Whitacre, M.M.:
Modification of the Perkins tonometer.
American Journal of Ophthalmology 117:269-270,
1994.

Whitacre, M.M. and Rupani, M.K.:
Argon laser melting of a PMMA intraocular lens.
American Journal of Ophthalmology 117:259-261,
1994.

Whitacre, M.M., Timberlake, G.T.,
Stein, R.A., Stanley A.M., and S. Van Vleck:
Light distribution of ocular
endophotocoagulator probes and its surgical
implications.
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 15:62-73, 1994.

Khan, J.A., Doane, J.F. and Whitacre, M.M.:
Does decompression diminish the discomfort
of severe dysthyroid orbitopathy?
Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 11:109-12, 1995.

Galindez, O.A., Sabates, N.R., Whitacre, M.M.
and Sabates, F.N.:
Rapidly progressive outer retinal necrosis
caused by Varicella Zoster virus in a patient
infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
22:149-151, 1996.

Mardelli, P.G., Piebenga, L.W., and Whitacre,M.M.:
The effect of excimer laser photorefractive
keratectomy on intraocular pressure
measurements using the Goldmann applanation
tonometer.
Ophthalmology 104:945-949, 1997.

Whitacre, M.M.: Povidone-iodine injections may
not prevent experimental endophthalmitis.
Ocular Surgery News 16(9):7, 1998.