Retinal Detachment MD: Rober Morris, Retina Specialists of Alabama

Robert Morris, MD

Robert Morris, MD
Douglas Witherspoon, MD
Wayne Taylor, Jr., MD
Ferenc Kuhn, MD, Ph.D.
Charles L. (Len) Tucker, MD

Biography

Robert Morris, MD

A Board Certified Ophthalmologist, Dr. Morris regularly contributes to national and international journals and conferences of vitreoretinal surgeons and other ophthalmologists. His advanced training and surgical skills are particularly recognized in the treatment of severe eye injuries and surgery of the macula (the center of vision). As an indication of the regard Dr. Morris and his associate Dr. Witherspoon are held by their peers, each of them are listed in Best Doctors in America.

Dr. Morris graduated from Purdue University and later received his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. An outstanding Air Force officer and pilot during his military service, Dr. Morris went on to complete a Residency at The Eye Foundation Hospital/University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB). He later completed retina Fellowships training in ocular trauma surgery at the University of Cologne, West Germany and trained with Dr. Robert Machemer, the inventor of vitrectomy, at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida.

For the past twenty years with over two hundred publications and presentations, plus training of other vitreoretinal physicians, Dr. Morris makes a significant impact within the medical community. He holds seven patents related to eye care. He is cofounder of the Retina Research Foundation of Alabama, The Eye Injury Registry of Alabama and the United States Eye Injury Registry. Dr. Morris serves on numerous medical advisory boards. In 1995, Dr. Morris received the Migel medal from the American Foundation for the Blind for greatest voluntary contribution by an individual to the field of blindness. He is currently President of the International Society of Ocular Trauma. He also serves as a Professor of Ophthalmology at UAB and President of the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education..

January 2005