Meet The Doctors

Robert N. Fabricant, MD, FACS | Andrea S. Ching, MD | Jesse A. Dovich, MD
Julie M. King, MD | Firas Michael Rahhal, MD | David S. Robbin, MD
Carl S Shibata, MD | Priscilla Songsanand, MD | Edgar Lee Thomas, MD
Richmond E. Roeske, MD

Edgar Lee Thomas, M.D.

Specialty

• Retina and Vitreous

Board Certification

• American Board of Ophthalmology, 1982
• Assoc. Examiner American Board Ophthalmology, 1987

Education

• Davidson College, B.S.
  Davidson, N.C.
  Major: Biology, Chemistry, Physics
• University of Florida
  Gainesville, F.L.

Internship

• University of Florida
  Surgery

Residency

• Louisiana State University
  L.S.U. Eye Center
  New Orleans, L.A.
  Ophthalmology

Chief Residency

• Louisiana State University
  L.S.U. Eye Center
  New Orleans, L.A.

Fellowship

• The Wilmer Institute
  Johns- Hopkins University and Hospital
  Baltimore, M.D.
  Retina

Professional Societies

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Society of Heed Fellows
• Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• Pan American Ophthalmological Society
• Wilmer Residents Association
• L.S.U. Residents Associations
• Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmologic Society
• Los Angeles County Medical Society
• Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology
  Board of Directors 1995-2005
  President 2000-2001
• American Medical Association
• California Medical Association
• West Coast Retina Study Club
• Los Angeles Research Study Club
  Board of Directors, V.P.- Program Chair 1999, 2000, 2001
  President 2001-2003
• American Society of Retina Specialists

Employment History

• Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group
  Retina Specialist
  Los Angeles, CA
  1987 – Present
• Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
  University of Southern California
  Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation
  Los Angeles, CA
  1983 – 1987
• Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
  Louisiana State University Eye Center
  Louisiana State University Medical School
  New Orleans, LA
  1982-1983
• Chief of Ophthalmology
  L.S.U. Division
  Charity Hospital
  New Orleans, LA
  1982-1983

Honors and Awards

• Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award (highest cumulative science average, Bolles School, 1965
• Dean’s List, Davidson College
• Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre-medical)
• Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry)
• Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership)
• Senior Member Davidson Honor Court
• Alpha Tau Omega (President)
• Charles and Stella Guttman Scholarship
• Noah Scholarship (1969-1970)
• Genevra Todd Meleny Award (Outstanding First Year Medical Student)
• Alpha Omega Alpha (Vice-President, 1972)
• Pfizer Award 1972
• Sheard-Sanford Award 1973
• American Society of Clinical Pathology (meritorious student research in pathology on the national level)
• Faculty Research Award (Outstanding Senior Research 1973)
• Watson Clinic Award (Outstanding Research 1973)
• John Gorrie Award 1973 (Outstanding graduate of Medical Class of 1973, voted by the Faculty of the College of Medicine)
• Graduation with Honors 1973
• Chief Resident, LSU School of Medicine 1980, Dept. of Ophthalmology
• Heed Fellowship (1981) Wilmer Institute, Johns-Hopkins Hospital
• Resident Teaching Award 1984, 1985 University of Southern California Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation (Awarded by Residents in Training)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology, Achievement Award 2000
• Vitreous Society Honor Award (American Society of Retina Specialists) 2002, 2004