{"id":1302,"date":"2012-06-29T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecopa.ldm.cc\/?page_id=530"},"modified":"2020-01-23T07:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T12:37:44","slug":"meet-adam-altman-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/lasik-eye-center\/meet-adam-altman-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Adam Altman, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Adam J. Altman, MD<\/h1>\n<p>Dr. Altman, a LASIK and Corneal specialist, was the first doctor in Berks County to perform laser vision correction, and he has successfully performed thousands of these life changing surgeries. He attended Medical School at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/\">University of Massachusetts<\/a>, and published multiple eye surgery articles while doing research at <a href=\"https:\/\/eye.hms.harvard.edu\/\">Harvard Medical School\u2019s Eye Hospital<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masseyeandear.org\/\">Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary<\/a>. Dr. Altman was then accepted into Duke University Hospitals Ophthalmology residency, where he was appointed the chief resident of both the Durham and Asheville Veterans Hospitals in his final training year. His formal training in refractive vision correction surgery came in 1989 and 1990 while he completed a Cornea and External Eye Disease fellowship at the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willseye.org\/\">Wills Eye Hospital<\/a> in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1990. In 1992, he co-founded the Refractive Surgery Service at Wills Eye Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Altman has presented several papers at Wills Eye Hospital&#8217;s Annual Conferences and the New England Ophthalmic Society, including; Streptococcus Pneumonia and Scleritis, Pterygium Surgery, Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis, and Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome. He has lectured to hundreds of doctors on the fine points of LASIK and PRK laser vision correction. He served as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital. Dr. Altman joined Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania and founded the practice\u2019s Refractive Surgery Service in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Altman has medical staff privileges at the <a href=\"https:\/\/reading.towerhealth.org\/\">Reading Hospital-Tower Health<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surgerycenterofpottsville.com\/\">Surgery Center of Pottsville<\/a>, and he is assistant medical director at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peesc.com\/\">Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Altman is an active member in the following organizations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Academy of Ophthalmology<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology<\/li>\n<li>American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery<\/li>\n<li>Pennsylvania and Berks County Medical Societies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Altman is a native of Brookline, Massachusetts, and received his undergraduate degree at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, magna cum laude. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1985. He performed an ophthalmology residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina from 1986 to 1989. He completed a Cornea and External Eye Disease fellowship at the prestigious Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1989 &#8211; 1990.<\/p>\n<p>For more detailed information about Dr. Altman\u2019s background and credentials, including his publications and presentations, please see the attached Curriculum Vitae.<\/p>\n<h2>Certification<\/h2>\n<p>Diplomat, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1990<\/p>\n<h2>Fellowship Training<\/h2>\n<p>Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson School of Medicine<br \/>\nCornea and External Eye Disease Fellow 1989 \u2013 1990<br \/>\nCo-founded Wills Eye Hospital Refractive Surgery Service &#8211; 1992<\/p>\n<h2>Residency<\/h2>\n<p>Duke University Medical Center<br \/>\nDepartment of Ophthalmology<br \/>\nDurham, NC<br \/>\n1986-1989<\/p>\n<h2>Internship<\/h2>\n<p>Berkshire Medical Center<br \/>\nDepartment of Internal Medicine<br \/>\nPittsfield, MA<br \/>\n1985-1986<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>University of Massachusetts Medical School<br \/>\nWorcester, MA<br \/>\nDoctor of Medicine, 1985<\/p>\n<p>Research- Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 1983-1984<\/p>\n<p>University of Massachusetts at Amherst<br \/>\nBachelor of Arts<br \/>\nEconomics Honors Program, Magna Cum Laude, 1980<\/p>\n<h2>Academic Teaching Appointments<\/h2>\n<p>1990-92: Instructor in Ophthalmology, Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia<br \/>\n1990-96: Instructor in Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson Medical Center, Philadelphia<br \/>\n1990-96: Attending physician, Jefferson Park Hospital, Philadelphia<br \/>\n1993-96: Assistant professor of Ophthalmology, Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia<\/p>\n<h2>Hospital and Administrative Appointments<\/h2>\n<p>1992 &#8211; 1994: Wills Eye Hospital Utilization review board<br \/>\n1995 &#8211; Present: Secretary &#8211; Reading Ophthalmologic Society<br \/>\n2003 &#8211; 2005: Founding Medical Director &#8211; Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 Present: Assistant Medical Director &#8211; Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center<br \/>\n1995 -Present: Attending Surgeon &#8211; Reading Hospital-Tower Health<br \/>\n2003 &#8211; Present: Attending Surgeon &#8211; Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center<br \/>\n2005 &#8211; Present: Attending Surgeon &#8211; The Surgery Center of Pottsville<\/p>\n<h2>Professional Society Memberships<\/h2>\n<p>American Academy of Ophthalmology<br \/>\nAmerican Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery<br \/>\nPennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology<br \/>\nPennsylvania Medical Society<br \/>\nBerks County Medical Society<\/p>\n<h2>Selected Publications<\/h2>\n<p>Altman, AJ;&nbsp;Albert, DM; Fornier, GA: Cocaine&#8217;s Use in Ophthalmology: Our 100 Year Heritage, Survey of Ophthalmol., Vol. 29, No. 4,&nbsp;Jan. &#8211; Feb.,1985:300-306.<\/p>\n<p>Altman, AJ; Gorn, RA;&nbsp;Craft, J;&nbsp;Albert, DM:&nbsp;The Breakdown of Polypropylene in the Human Eye:&nbsp;Is it Clinically Significant?, Ann.&nbsp; Ophthalmology.&nbsp;1986;18;182-185.<\/p>\n<p>Bruggers, CS; Ware, R; Altman, AJ; Rourk, MH; Vedanarayanan, V; Chaffee, S: Reversible Focal Neurologic Deficits in Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia, J. Pediatrics., Vol. 117, No. 3, 1990:430-432.<\/p>\n<p>Altman, AJ; Cohen, EJ; Berger, S; Mondino, BJ: Scleritis and Streptococcus pneumonia, Cornea. 1991;10(4):341-345.<\/p>\n<p>Altman, A; Site investigator, Herpetic Eye Disease Study Group: Acyclovir for the Prevention of Recurrent Herpes Simplex Eye Disease, New England Journal of Medicine, 339:300-306 (July 30), 1998<\/p>\n<p>Altman, AJ; Site investigator, Herpetic Eye Disease Study Group: Oral Acyclovir for Herpes Simplex Virus Eye Disease &#8211; Effect on Prevention of Epithelial Keratitis and Stromal Keratitis, Arch Ophthalmology (118): 1030-1036, Aug 2000<\/p>\n<p>Altman, AJ; Site investigator, Herpetic Eye Disease Study Group: Predictors of Recurrent Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis, Cornea 20 (2): 123-128, 2001<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam J. Altman, MD Dr. Altman, a LASIK and Corneal specialist, was the first doctor in Berks County to perform laser vision correction, and he has successfully performed thousands of these life changing surgeries. He attended Medical School at the University of Massachusetts, and published multiple eye surgery articles while doing research at Harvard Medical &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/lasik-eye-center\/meet-adam-altman-md\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet Adam Altman, MD<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":80,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Adam Altman | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania, Reading PA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Altman is a specialist in cataract surgery, LASIK and corneal disease at Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania. 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