Local Ophthalmologist Accepted into National Eye Society

July 11, 2005

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – R. Patrick Yeatts, M.D., an ophthalmologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has been accepted into the American Ophthalmological Society. Only two other ophthalmologists from North Carolina are members.

Invitation in the society is by nomination only. Candidates must be board certified and provide proof of continuing scholarship. To be accepted, candidates must write a thesis that contributes toward the advancement of the science and art of ophthalmology. Yeatts’ thesis was on quality of life in patients with Graves ophthalmopathy, a condition associated with thyroid disease.

Yeatts, an ophthalmic plastic and orbital surgeon, is vice chairman and professor of ophthalmology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic and a fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard University.

The society was founded during the Civil War and is the first specialty society in the United States.

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About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center: Wake Forest Baptist is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine. The system comprises 1,282 acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and is consistently ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.

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