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Dr. Skelton graduated from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998. He then completed his Transitional Internship at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California, and went on to training and work as a Naval Flight Surgeon with F-18 squadrons off the the aircraft carrier USS Stennis. Dr. Skelton was selected in 2002 for training in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, and completed his 5 years of training at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was transferred to the Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan until 2010, during which time he directed the Japanese Internship Program in addition to his clinical responsibilities. Dr. Skelton was then assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton back in San Diego, and was selected by his peers to be the Chief Medical Officer and Chair of the Executive Medical Committee from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Skelton retired from military service in 2018, and joined ENT Associates of San Diego in La Mesa, California where he continues to practice general otolaryngology with emphases on sinus surgery, functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, and chronic ear surgery.

2018 Graduate of OU-HCOM. 5th year otolaryngology resident at Kettering Health Network-Grandview Medical Center.

Founder and lead surgeon at Iworks Laser and Vision Center since 1998. Dr. Spencer specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of the eyes and their associated structures. He has extensive expertise (over 35,000 procedures) in Advanced Cataract Surgery, Custom LASIK vision correction and placement of Premium Intraocular Lens Implantation. Dr. Spencer treats and manages many eye conditions including Diabetes, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Uveitis, Corneal Disease and Dry Eye to name a few. Dr. Spencer is Chairman of the department of Ophthalmology at Grandview and Southview Hospitals-Kettering Health Centers, He is a Clinical Faculty Instructor for the Ohio University and Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine residents and medical students.

Founder and President of Michigan ENT & Allergy Specialists in Grand Rapids, MI.

Suzanne Strand, DO graduated from Beaumont Farmington Hills Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Residency Program in 2020. She currently practices general otolaryngology with Willamette ENT, a private practice group in Salem, OR.

EDUCATION

BA Degree
William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, 1966-70

Graduate Teaching Fellow
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 1970-71

DO Degree
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas City, Missouri, 1971-75


POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Rotating Internship
Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
and Henry Ford Bi-County Hospital, Warren, Michigan, 1975-76

Ophthalmology Residency
Detroit Osteopathic Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
and Henry Ford Bi-County Hospital, Warren, Michigan, 1976-79

Basic and Clinical Sciences in Ophthalmology
Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan,
8-2-76 to 11-28-76


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

National Osteopathic Foundation Research Fellow, 1976-79

Designer, Reading Implant™, 1998

International Research Monitor, Advanced Ophthalmic Enterprises, Ltd., 1999-Present

Research Interests: Presbyopia, Accommodation, and Refractive Surgery


U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PATENTS

“Ophthalmic Device and Method of Manufacture and Use,
Patent No. US 7,008,396 B1, Date of Patent, March 7, 2006

“Combined IOL and Scleral Implants and Method of Use,” U.S and International
Patents Pending, Filed January 27, 2003

“Axipetal Proprioceptive Reading Device and Uses Thereof,” Provisional
Application for United States Letters Patent, Attorney Docket No. 007234-8
Filed November, 2004


PUBLICATIONS

Refractive Eye Surgery, Second Edition, Co-author/Contributor, (Revised and Rewrote
Section of Textbook on LASIK Eye Surgery), Leo D. Bores, MD, Blackwell, Scientific, Inc., January, 2001.

Reading Implant™ Theory and Technique – A Course Syllabus,
Advanced Ophthalmic Enterprises, Ltd., July, 2000

Ocular Manifestations of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),
Journal of the Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology, 1989

Fluorescein Angiography, Rocky Mountain Medical Journal, November, 1981

Eight Latest Developments in the Treatment of Cataracts,
Public Eye Care Information, 1983

The True Ophthalmic Emergencies, Michigan Osteopathic Journal, November, 1978


FACULTY APPOINTMENTS (Past and Present)

Clinical Professor
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California

Associate Clinical Professor
Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan

Associate Clinical Professor
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

(Dr. Straub has served on the faculty of over 60 courses and attended more than 100 additional courses since 1976)


LICENSES

Washington…12/20/2002…#OP000018423

Oregon…6/8/2007…#DO27557

Colorado...4-/10/79...#DR 22318

Nevada…11/6/2004…#1198

New Mexico…8/22/2008…#A-1466-08

California… 5/5/2010…#20A11204

Diplomate of the National Board of Examiners for
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery…7-1-76…#3288


CERTIFICATION

Board Certified in Ophthalmology…7-21-83…#274
American Osteopathic Board of Ophthalmology


TITLES AND AWARDS

Past President, American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology (1996-97)

Co-Founder AOCOO-HNS Foundation (1996)

Distinguished Service Award
American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology, (1998)

Fellow, American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology

Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Physicians Recognition Award, American Medical Association

Physicians Recognition Award, American Osteopathic Association

Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration (Ret.), (1992-2015)

Charter Member, International Refractive Surgery Club

Charter Member, National Radial Keratotomy Study Group

Distinguished Alumnus Award, William Paterson University of New Jersey


CLINICAL PRACTICE

Colorado Eye Institute
(July, 1979 to December, 2005)
Eye Surgeon and Director

Nevada Eye and Ear
(February, 2005 to December, 2005)
Director of Refractive Surgery

The Eye Center at UW Medicine - Valley Medical Center, Renton, Washington
(January, 2006 to June, 2008)
Founding Eye Surgeon and Medical Director

LCA Vision
(April 2008-Present)
Ophthalmic Surgeon and Medical Director
Denver and Albuquerque


ORGANIZATIONS

International Refractive Surgery Club

American Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

American Osteopathic Association

In practice for 30 years. The last 23 years as the section chief of Otolaryngology/FPS, at Guthrie Clinic in Corning NY. Practicing full range of general Otolaryngology with special interest in Sleep Apnea and Facial Malignancies.