Endothelial Keratoplasty | DLEK & DSEK Sutureless Corneal Transplant Surgery Techniques

About Dr. Terry & Dr. Shamie

Mark A. Terry, M.D.

Dr. Terry has been the Director of Corneal Services at the Devers Eye Institute in Portland, Oregon since 1990. He received his undergraduate degree at Yale and his medical degree at St. Louis University. Dr. Terry performed his residency in Ophthalmology in San Francisco. He completed his Corneal Fellowship in 1985 at the University of Oklahoma. Since that time Dr. Terry has limited his referral practice to the subspecialty of Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery. He has been the Medical Director of the Lions Eye Bank of Oregon since 1990 and is also the Scientific Director of the Lions Vision Research Laboratory of Oregon.

Dr. Terry has lectured internationally and widely published his research work in the areas of corneal transplantation, corneal physiology, refractive surgery, dry eye and endophthalmitis. In March of 2000 he began the first U.S. clinical series of Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty (DLEK), a technique of replacing the malfunctioning endothelium without surface corneal incisions or sutures. His prospective study of DLEK is now the largest series in the world. He is the founder of the international Endothelial Keratoplasty Group (EKG), which has begun a multi-site, international investigation of this procedure.

Neda Shamie, M.D.

A fellowship trained ophthalmologist, Dr Neda Shamie has expertise in the field of Corneal and Refractive Surgery. In addition to being highly skilled in performing cataract surgery with implantation of new technologically advanced intraocular lenses, Dr. Shamie also specializes in laser vision and complex corneal surgery. She has extensive experience in performing complicated anterior segment reconstructive surgery using the most advanced techniques. Since her arrival at Devers in 2006, she has performed nearly 100 EK transplants, with identical results to Dr. Terry.

Dr. Neda Shamie received an undergraduate degree with highest honors from the University of California, Los Angeles and a medical degree from the reputable University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. She completed her ophthalmology residency and fellowship training in Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, Irvine.

Prior to her move to Oregon, Dr. Shamie was a full time faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, Irvine and was highly committed to patient care, residency training as well as to basic science corneal research. She is actively involved in numerous professional organizations, has presented many abstracts, authored articles and chapters in major textbooks, and has been asked to review manuscripts for professional journals. Clinically, Dr. Shamie emphasizes a patient-centered clinical practice and is a strong patient advocate providing the most advanced care in the most compassionate way.