ABOUT US

Paul M. Karpecki, OD, FAAO, received his doctor of optometry degree from Indiana University and completed a fellowship in medical cornea and refractive surgery in Kansas City in affiliation with the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, now Salus University. He currently serves as Clinical Director, Advanced Ocular Surface Disease at Kentucky Eye Institute in Lexington KY.

Dr. Karpecki was appointed to the Delphi International Society at Wilmer-Johns Hopkins, which included the top 25 dry eye experts in the world and the National Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Committee to provide insights around dry eye and women. He also co-chaired the Dry Eye Summit for the profession, was a director in the CJO Optometric Dry Eye Guidelines for EyeCare, was recently selected for the DEWS II Diagnostic subcommittee and most recently appointed co-chair of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Symposium in 2016 taking place in Montpellier, France. He has over two decades experience in running some of the largest dedicated dry eye clinics in the United States.

A noted educator and author, Dr. Karpecki has provided over 1000 lectures at various meetings covering 4 continents. He has also authored over 1000 papers in journals, book chapters, clinical eblasts and newsletters.

He has previously served the following roles: President of the Optometric Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Society, Chairman of the AOA Topical Interest Group in Refractive Surgery, Co-Chair of the Integrated Eyecare delivery task force for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Chair of the Kentucky Education Committee, Chair of the American Optometric Association Continuing Education Committee, the AOA Congress Committee and Vice President of the Ocular Surface Society of Optometry.

He currently serves as the Chief Clinical Editor for Review of Optometry, the most read journal in the profession, is director of clinical content and Chairs the New Technology and Treatment Conferences. He is also on the board for the charitable organization Optometry Giving Sight.

He is most proud of his faith, his wife Chandria and his three children including twin girls and a boy.

Dr. Todd McGeorge was born and raised in Hopewell, VA until the age of 4. His family then moved to Bell County in Kentucky, where he has remained since that time.

Dr. McGeorge received his undergraduate degree from Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. He then attended Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee where he obtained his Doctor of Optometry degree in 1994.

After graduating from Optometry school, Dr. McGeorge returned to Bell County to provide quality eye care for the community within. He truly loves the area and has enjoyed making his home in Middlesboro.

Dr. McGeorge was in private practice for 15 years prior to joining Kentucky Eye Institute in January 2016. He is a member of the Kentucky Optometric Association and has been a member of the American Optometric Association for 25 years.

Faith and family are very important to Dr. McGeorge. He treasures spending time with his wife Carol and daughter Chloe, and is active in his local church. He enjoys golfing and fishing in his spare time.

Dr. Peter Blackburn graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver medical school in 1997. Subsequently, he completed a year internship in internal medicine at Kettering Medical Center in Dayton Ohio in 1998 and finished his ophthalmology residency at the Rocky Mountain Lion’s Eye Institute at the University of Colorado in 2001. He then went on to complete a retina and vitreous fellowship at the University of Kentucky in 2003. Dr. Blackburn is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

After his training, he spent a year in private practice in Colorado before returning to the University of Kentucky Department of Ophthalmology, where he has been since 2004.

Besides his patient responsibilities at UK and elsewhere, Dr. Blackburn also provides patient services as an independent contractor at Kentucky Eye Institute’s Corbin, Kentucky practice location and other KEI locations as needed. He has a special interest in patients with ocular tumors, retinopathy of prematurity, age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and uveitis.

Dr. Blackburn spent most of his formative years in Colorado. He enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with his family.

Claire Fraser graduated from Princeton University, and earned medical and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Weill Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University. She completed her residency in Ophthalmology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell, and a fellowship in VitreoRetinal Surgery at the University of Kentucky and Retina Associates of Kentucky. She is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Her clinical interests include diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, epiretinal membrane, macular hole, retinal vascular diseases, uveitis, trauma, and retinal detachment.

Dr. Peter Timoney earned his medical degree at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He completed his residency at the University of Kentucky in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences. His two-year ASOPRS oculoplastics fellowship was completed at Indiana University in Indianapolis and he currently serves as Director of Oculofacial Plastic & Orbital Surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Kentucky. His clinical interests are in the areas of congenital eyelid and orbital disorders, trauma to the orbital area, oculoplastic reconstruction, orbital tumor, droopy and malpositioned eyelids, and tearing / lacrimal outflow issues.

Dr. Timoney is a board certified ophthalmologist. He enjoys rowing, photography, traveling, and spending time with his wife, Andrea, and two children.