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Dr. Collis' education includes a B.S. from the University of
Kentucky, 1957; an M.D. from the University of Louisville, 1961;
an internship at the Cleveland Clinic, 1962; a Medical Neurology
Residency at the Cleveland Clinic and National Institutes of
Health, 1962 - 1965; a Neuro-Ophthalmic Fellowship at the
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1965; an Ophthalmic Residency, 1965 - 1968; and a Retinal Fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1968-1969.
He taught at the Harvard Medical School in
Ophthalmology and then returned home to the private practice of
ophthalmology and as a clinical professor in ophthalmology at the
University of Kentucky. Dr. Collis’ teaching experiences also include
an extensive bibliography and series of lectureships: a visiting
lectureship at the University of Athens, Department of Ophthalmology;
as a Visiting Professor, Orbis, Morocco, in March 1983; and as a Guest Visiting Lecturer, Arizona Ophthalmology Society, 3 days in September
1981.
Dr. Collis is the founder of the Kentucky Eye
Institute. His recognitions and awards include the Pryor Outstanding
Premedical Student, University of Kentucky, 1957; Phi Beta Kappa,
1957; Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, University of
Louisville, 1961; Board Certification in Ophthalmology, 1970;
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgical Society Award, 1985-1988 for
Meritorious Service; Plato Award AHEPA, Buckeye District (one
recipient/year), 1992; Annual Award, National Council of Christians
and Jews, Central Kentucky, 1993; Lexington Philharmonic, Benefactor
Award, 1991; AHEPA Man of the Year, National Award, 2000; Ellis Island
Medal of Honor, 2002.
Dr. Collis and his wife, Constance, founded the
Hellenic Ideals Program of the Bluegrass in 1980, which continues
today. He has supported the William and Constance Collis Foundation, a Scholarship for Greek Orthodox Priests; free eye examinations,
treatment and spectacles to his father’s village of Domionus, Greece
in 1974, and in 1982 to his mother’s village of Furna, Greece; an
"Orbis" surgical teaching experience in Morocco; an ophthalmic
lectureship in South Africa; the John Collis Walk, established in
honor of his father; the Leadership 100; AHEPA; the American Spiritual
Ensemble; he has served as a board member of Ocular Surgery News and
Ophthalmic Management, the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, and
the Kentucky Society to Prevent Blindness; the Hellenic College/Holy
Cross Seminary; the Lexington Philharmonic; and the Cardinal Hill
Rehabilitation Hospital of Lexington, Kentucky.
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