Retina Consultants

Alan G. Palestine, M.D.
Dr. Palestine received his degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, MN. Dr. Palestine went on to complete a fellowship in Ocular Immunology at the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Palestine has authored over 150 scientific articles.

Leonard M. Parver, M.D.
Dr. Parver received his degree from McGill University School of Medicine He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Royal Victoria Hospital and his fellowship in vitreoretinal Surgery at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Parver is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Professor of Ophthalmology at Georgetown University. He is also Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins. Dr. Parver is the author of numerous scientific articles.

Robert F. Stephens, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Stephens received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed his internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital. He then completed his residency in Ophthalmology and his Fellowship in vitreo-retinal disease at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Stephens is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center. In addition, Dr. Stephens is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and was an Examining Ophthalmologist for the NIH Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Vitrectomy Studies. Dr. Stephens has authored several scientific articles and text book chapters.

Fadi P. Nasrallah, M.D.
Dr. Nasrallah completed his residency in Ophthalmology at George Washington University in Washington, DC and his fellowship in vitreo-retinal Surgery at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston, MA. Dr. Nasrallah is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member the American Society of Retina Specialists and the Schepens International Society. He holds an Associate Clinical Professorship of Ophthalmology at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC.

David L. Parver, M.D.
Dr. Parver received his degree from Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. He went on to complete an Internship in Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins-Sinai Hospital Program. Following his internship, he completed a three-year residency in Ophthalmology and a two-year Fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Parver has presented research at national ophthalmology meetings, published abstracts in peer-reviewed literature and has written a chapter in a recent textbook on retinal imaging. He lectures throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area on diseases of the retina and vitreous and uveitis. He is currently serving as the Vice President of the Washington DC Metropolitan Eye Society.