David H. Leach, M.D.

Undergraduate Education

BS, Biology 1981 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts

Post-Graduate Education

MD
University of Michigan Medical School 1985 Ann Arbor, Michigan
Internship
Henry Ford Hospital 1986 Detroit, Michigan
Ophthalmology Residency
Henry Ford Hospital 1990 Detroit, Michigan
Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery Fellowship
LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center 1992 New Orleans, Louisiana
Herbert E. Kaufman, M.D. and Marguerite B. McDonald, M.D.

Hospital/Surgery Center Affiliations

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida

Tampa Eye and Specialty Surgery Center, Tampa, Florida

Partner

Tampa Eye Clinic 3000 W. Dr. M.L. King, Jr., Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33607

Board Certification

Diplomat American Board of Ophthalmology 1991

Diplomat National Board of Medical Examiners 1986

Licensure

Florida

California

Presentations

Radial Keratotomy Course, LSU Eye Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992

Excimer Laser Course, LSU Eye Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 1990

“Comparison of Tobramycin to Ceftazadime Using Collagen Shields for Pseudomonas Corneal Ulcers in Rabbits,” Henry Ford Hospital Alumni Mtg., Detroit, Michigan, 1990

“Measurement of Intraocular Pressure over Bandage Contact Lens Comparing Applanation Tonometry to Pneumotonography and the Tonopen,” Henry Ford Hospital Alumni Mtg., Detroit, Michigan, 1989

“Contrast Sensitivity Measurements and Glare Testing in Patients with Familial Corneal Clouding Disorder Secondary to Hypercholesterolemia,” Henry Ford Hospital Alumni Mtg., Detroit, Michigan, 1988

“The Effects of Healon in Inhibiting Vasculogenesis in Chick Embryo Limb Buds,” Henry Ford Hospital Alumni Mtg., Detroit, Michigan, 1986

Recognition

Henry Ford Hospital , Department of Ophthalmology, Guyton Alumni Meeting Resident Research Award (First Prize) 1986 – 1990

University of Michigan Medical School, Honors in Ophthalmology, ENT, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology, Neurology, Biochemistry and Embryology 1981- 1985

Tufts University, Cum Laude, Class of 1981 Scholarship for Academic Record, Leadership and Service 1981

Memberships

American Medical Association

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Tampa Bay Ophthalmology Society

Hillsborough County Medical Association

Florida Medical Association

Publications

Cass, Gary, M.D., Reynolds, William, M.D., Lorenzen, Timothy, M.D., Leach, David, M.D., Matson, Debra, R.N., and Carpenter, Randall, M.D.: Randomized Double-Blind Study of the Clinical Duration and Efficacy of Nesacaine, MPF 2% and 3% in Peribulbar Anesthesia

Leach, D.H.: Updrawn pupil: Part IX Iris and Ciliary Body. Chapter 80. In: Ophthalmic Surgery : Approaches of the Masters. F.H. Roy (Editor). Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia (In Press).

McDonald, M.B., Leach, D.H.: Myopic photorefractive keratectomy: US Experience. Chapter 3. In: Excimer Laser Surgery: The Cornea. F.B. Thompson and P.J. McDonnell (Editors) 1993.

McDonald, M.B., Leach, D.H.: Epikeratophakia: Human and Synthetic. In: Ophthalmology Clinics of North America: Contemporary Refractive Surgery. K.P. Thompson and G.O. Waring (Editors). Vol. 5/No. 4 Dec. 1992. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1992.

Insler, M., Caldwell, D., Leach, D.: Peripheral Corneal Disease: Pterygium and Terriens Marginal Degeneration. Chapter 29. In: Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique, and Tissue. F. Brightbill (Editor). C.V. Mosby, St. Louis, 1992.

McDonald, M.B., Morgan, K., Kaufman, H.E., Leach, D. H.: Epikeratophakia: Theory and Technique. Chapter 38. In: Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique, and Tissue. F. Brightbill (Editor). C.V. Mosby, St. Louis, 1992.

Liu, J.C., Steinemann, T.S., Leach, D.H.: Reduction of Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism with Two Adjustable Suture Techniques. Abstract, submitted for 1991 AAO meeting, Anaheim, California.

McDonald, M.B., Leach, D.H., Salinas, R.F., Varnell, R.J., Byrd, T.J., Lehman, E.L, Kaufman, H.E.: Excimer Laser Update: PRK, PTK, and Experimental Hyperopia Data. Abstract, submitted for 1991 AAO Meeting, Anaheim, California

Leach, D.H., McDonald, M.B., Byrd, T.J., Liu, J.C., Steinemann, T.S., Lehman, E.L.: Corneal Epithelial Iron Deposition after Excimer Laser Ablation (PRK). ARVO abstract #1614, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Suppl 31:997, 1991.

Research

LSU Eye Center , Department of Ophthalmology:

Study of Reduction of Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism with Two Adjustable Suture Techniques

Corneal Iron Deposition after Excimer Laser Ablation (ARVO Poster)

Co-Investigator, VISX Twenty/Twenty Excimer Laser System,

Photorefractive Keratectomy (PTK) Clinical Trial

Co-Investigator, VISX Twenty/Twenty Excimer Laser System,

Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) Clinical Trial

Primate study to investigate the safety and efficacy of larger diameter, aspheric ablations for high myopia

Long-term follow-up of PRK I blind eye patients

Henry Ford Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology:

Comparison of tobramycin to ceftazadime using collagen shields for pseudomonas corneal ulcers in rabbits

Measurement of intraocular pressure over bandage contact lens comparing Applanation tonometry to pneumotonography and the Tonopen

Contrast sensitivity measurements and glare testing in patients with familiar corneal clouding disorder secondary to hypercholesterolemia

Investigation into the effects of healon in inhibiting vasculogenesis in chick embryo limb buds, and its relation to intraocular use