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Leon W. Herndon, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Leon W. Herndon, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Leon W. Herndon, Jr., MD, is Professor of Ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He earned his MD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and served his internship and residency at the University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. Dr. Herndon then completed a clinical fellowship in glaucoma at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Dr. Herndon is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and was a member of the first class of the Leadership Development Program. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers, and lectured nationally and internationally, and has given 16 named lectures. He currently serves as Chief of the Glaucoma Division at the Duke University Eye Center where he has trained 89 clinical fellows. Dr. Herndon has been recognized for his service in the community by receiving the Senior Achievement Award from the AAO and the Dedicated Humanitarian Service Award presented by Dr. Leonel Fernandez Reyna, President of the Dominican Republic, on the occasion of the 2 nd Ophthalmology Mission in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Herndon is the recipient of the Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from the UNC School of Medicine, and was the Surgery Day Lecturer at the American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting in 2019. He was named to the 2023 Newsweek America’s Best Eye Doctors list (#18) and to The Ophthalmologist Power List 2023. He is President of the American Glaucoma Society as well as founder of the North Carolina Glaucoma Club, and past chair of the Glaucoma Clinical Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
Dr. Herndon’s research interests include studying novel treatment approaches in the diagnosis and management of severe glaucoma.
Harminder Singh
Dua, CBE, CMLJ, DL
MBBS, DO, DO(London), MS, MNAMS, FRCS(Edinburgh), FEBO, FRCOphth, FRCP(Edinburgh, Hon.), FCOptom.(Hon.), FRCOphth.(Hon.), FAICO (India, Hon.), MD, PhD, is Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham since 1994, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Honorary Professor at Universita della Svizze, Lugano, since 2010 and Honorary Professor at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Cairo since 2024. His subspecialty interest is cornea and ocular surface. He is involved in training, education and research and has published close to 500 papers with an H-index of 83. His discovery of the pre-Descemet’s layer (Dua’s layer) in 2013, in the human cornea has had a considerable impact on lamellar corneal surgery and corneal pathology.
Leon W. Herndon, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
With an emphasis on continuing education, seeking out safe, new medical developments, service delivery and patient care, Dr. Barker is acknowledged as an outstanding practitioner in his medical field in Barbados and the Caribbean.A Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, he is a consultant ophthalmologist, whose subspecialty is Cornea, External Diseases & Refractive Surgery. The principal of Warrens Eye Care Centre, (WECC), and Corneal Services Barbados, (CSB), he also holds an MBA, with distinction, from Durham Business School, UK. Dr. Barker received his MBBS from the University of the West Indies, (UWI). Following postgraduate training at the University of Glasgow, he completed two fellowships: at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. Dr. Barker established WECC in 2001. It offers a full range of ophthalmic services to Barbados and Eastern Caribbean patients. He was the present President of OSWI 2014 – 2018. Dr. Barker has recently completed a Diploma in Medical Education from the University of Dundee.
Dr. Josh Ramkissoon
Graduated from Mt Hope
Graduated from Mt Hope, St Augustine UWI with MBBS in 2007
Fellowship from Royal College of Ophthalmology London in November 2013 (FRCOphth )
1 year Cornea fellowship at McGill University ending July 2017.