EDUCATION:
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame, 1997
Medical degree: Medical College of Georgia, 2001
Internship: Carraway Methodist Medical Center, 2002
Residency: Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005
Fellowship: Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute - Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery, 2006

CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS:
Served as Chief Resident for the University of Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology Dr. Hammonds is also a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

RESEARCH:
“Astigmatic Keratotomy using the Femtosecond Laser”, 2006 “Strabismus Following Refractive Surgery”, 2005 and “Fourth Generation Fluoroquinolones and Corneal Ulcers” 2004

MEDICAL STAFF:
Presbyterian Hospital

EXPERTISE:
Medical and surgical management of cornea and external disease, DSEK (Descemet’s Stripping with Endothelial Keratoplasty), NO needle-NO stitch cataract surgery, including the new Acrysof © ReSTOR® multifocal lens, IntraLASIK “bladeless” laser vision correction refractive surgery

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