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Dr. Dickens                                         Our Doctors
Raynor C. Casey, M.D.
M. Alan Dickens, M.D., P.C.
Timothy D. Jordan, M.D.
Edward J. McGrory, M.D.
Van B. Noah, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Charles H Robinson, Jr., M.D.
Bobbie A. Gupta, M.D.

Mahlon Alan Dickens, M.D., P.C.
Board Certified in Ophthalmology


EDUCATION
August 1987-May 1991 Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
M.D.
Alpha Omega Alpha
August 1983-May 1987 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C.
B.A.
Major: Chemistry Minor: Spanish
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
July 1991 - June 1992 Internship: Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia
July 1992 - June 1995 Ophthalmology Residency: Wake Forest University Eye Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem
June 1995 - June 1996 Glaucoma Fellowship, Emory University Eye Center, Atlanta, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Cataract Surgery
Glaucoma
Complicated glaucoma: Filtration surgery, aqueous tube shunts

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Georgia Society of Ophthalmology
North Carolina Society of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Ophthalmology #158547
American Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology #51528
Prevent Blindness North Carolina-Board Member

HONORS AND AWARDS
Awarded varsity letter basketball 1986-1988
Dean's list each semester
Summa Cum Laude
Honor Council Co-Chairman
Phi Beta Kappa
Omicron Delta Kappa
Mortar Board
Alpha Epsilon Delta
George Foster Hankins Scholar
Guy T. Carswell Scholar
ACC Award for excellence in scholarship and athletics
Varsity letter basketball - Wake Forest University

MEDICAL SCHOOL
Committee on Medical Education
Bowman Gray School of Medicine Merit Scholarship
North Carolina Board of Governors Scholarship
Varsity letter basketball - Wake Forest University
Alpha Omega Alpha

HONORS AND AWARDS
D. Bryan Sloan, III, Award for best resident research

RESIDENCY
Presentation, 1994 and 1995

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Basketball, golf, water sports, reading, teaching, weight training, church activities

ACCEPTED PUBLICATIONS
Dickens, MA, Greven CM. Post-traumatic endophthalmitis caused by lactobacillus.
Archives of Ophthalmology. September 1993; 111:1169.
Martin TP, Reed JW, LeGault C, Oberfeld S, Jacoby B, Yu D, Dickens MA, Johnson H. Cataract formation and cataract extraction following penetrating keratoplasty. Ophthalmology 1994; 101:113-119.
Dickens MA, Greven CM, Slush MM. Retinal artery occlusion after directional coronary atherectomy. New England Journal of Medicine 1994; 331(4): 278-279
Dickens MA, Cashwell LF. Long term effect of cataract extraction on the function of an established filtering bleb. Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers 1996;27 (1): 9-14.

ABSTRACT
Finley JL, Silverman JF, Dickens MA. Immunocytochemical analysis of central nervous system tumors using specimens obtained by the Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator. Acta cytologica 1989; 33:707

MISCELLANEOUS
Dickens MA, Greven CM, Slusher MM. Treatment of retinal artery embolism.
N Engl J Med 1994, 331 (23):1593. (Letter)
 
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