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A native
of New York City, Dr. Skalka received his B.A. from Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York, in 1962. He received his medical
degree from New York University School of Medicine in 1966.
Following internship at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut,
Dr. Skalka completed an ophthalmology residency at NYU Medical
Center in New York. He then completed a fellowship in retinal
electrophysiology and ultrasonography at NYU Medical Center.
Following military service as Chief of Ophthalmology at Maxwell
Air Force Base in Montgomery, Dr. Skalka joined the UAB Department
of Ophthalmology in 1973, and has been a member of the faculty
since that time. Dr. Skalka served as Chairman of the UAB
Department of Ophthalmology from 1981 to 1997, and is currently
the Nathan E. Miles Professor of Ophthalmology at UAB, and
Director of the Lions Eye Clinic at the Eye Foundation Hospital.
Dr. Skalka
is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology (1972).
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the
American College of Surgeons, and the American College of
Nutrition. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology,
the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology,
and Research to Prevent Blindness.
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