DANA J. WEINKLE, MD

Eye Doctor in Sarasota & Bradenton, FL

A native Floridian, I grew up in Coral Gables. I was introduced to the great outdoors at an early age while fishing in the Everglades and the Gulf Stream and exploring Biscayne Bay. Many summers were spent at sleep-away camp in the mountains of North Carolina. After attending Coral Gables High School, I entered Princeton University and graduated in 1976 with a BSE in Chemical Engineering. After completing medical school at Harvard in 1980, I moved to San Francisco for a one-year internship. I then finished a three-year residency in ophthalmology at Stanford University in 1984.

At Stanford, I met my wife, Susan, who was serving as chief resident in dermatology. We were married in May 1984 and moved to Bradenton, Florida in the fall of that year. For over twenty years I have been engaged in private solo practice in ophthalmology. I presently have offices in both Bradenton and Sarasota, and I maintain staff privileges at two local hospitals. My specialty is an outpatient cataract surgery and refractive lens implant surgery.

As president of the board, I was instrumental in developing and subsequently operating the Manatee Surgical Center, Bradenton's state-of-the-art multi-specialty freestanding surgery center. I also developed and serve as the President of the Board at Sarasota Physicians Surgical Center.

My wife, Susan, is a board-certified Mohs dermatologic surgeon in private practice in Bradenton. An accomplished surgeon, she is past President of the National Women's Dermatologic Society and the American Society of Dermatological Surgery. She is active in teaching and administrating on an international level.

We have two children, Justin and Allison. Justin is a graduate of Princeton University and Allison is a third-year medical student at UC San Diego Medical School.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION:

University:

• BSE, Chemical Engineering, 1976
• Princeton University
• Princeton, New Jersey

Medical School:

M.D., 1980
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Postgraduate Training:

• Intern, Rotating, 7/80 - 6/81 Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center San Francisco, California
• Resident, Ophthalmology, 7/81 - 8/84 (Chief Resident, 9/83 - 8/84) Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, California

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Private Solo Practice (Palm Coast Eye Center)
• Bradenton, Florida: 11/12/84 - present
• Sarasota, Florida: 1/01/88 - present

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

• Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, June 1986

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

• Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Florida
• Doctors Hospital Sarasota, Florida
• Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• Florida Physicians Association
• Florida Medical Association
• Florida Society of Ophthalmology
• Manatee County Medical Society

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• President of the Board, Manatee Surgical Center

CIVIC APPOINTMENTS:

• Board Member, The Great Outdoors Conservancy
• Alumni School Committee, Princeton University

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• Superior Award, South Florida Science Fair, 1967
• Silver Knight Award, Mathematics, Miami, 1972
• Manfred Pyka Physics Prize, Princeton University, 1973
• Magna Cum Laude, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1976
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1976
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), 1976
• Sigma XI (Research Honor Society), 1976

RESEARCH:

• A Study of the Cycle and Feeding Habits of Chaetognatha, a Marine Zooplankton, University of Miami Laboratory Research Program, May 1971.
• "An SEM Study of Copolyester Morphology and Blood Compatibility of an Absorbable Suture Material", Senior Thesis, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, May 1976.

PUBLICATIONS:

"Periodic EEG Complexes in Infectious Mononucleosis Encephalitis", J. Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1982; 45:648-651

HOBBIES:

Traveling, hiking and backpacking, bicycling, boating, fly fishing, downhill skiing, and photography.