James A. Roberts, MD

• National Board of Medical Examiners, 1985
• Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1990

EDUCATION:   

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
B.S., 1978

MEDICAL EDUCATION: 

• University of Ferrara School of Medicine, Italy
  1978 - 1981
  
  
• East Tennessee State University School of Medicine
  Johnson City, Tennessee
  Doctor of Medicine
  1984
  
  
• Methodist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
  Internship
  1984-1985
  
  
• University of Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee
  Ophthalmology Residency
  1985-1988

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:  

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Medical Association
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Pan American Association of Ophthalmology
  
  

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:   

• Diagnostic Clinic
  551 West Bay Drive, Largo, Florida 33770
  July 1989 - Present
  
  
• Private Practice
  610 Lakeview Road,Clearwater, Florida 34616
  July 1988 - June 1989

AFFILIATIONS:  

• Largo Medical Center Hospital; Largo, Florida
  
  
• West Bay Surgery Center, Largo, FL
  

PUBLICATIONS:  

"Traumatic Optic Neuropathy" Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology, 1987.

HONORS AND AWARDS:   

• Medical Staff Book Award
  
  
• Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Society

RESEARCH:   

Multicenter placebo controlled study of AL-6221 in two doses ophthalmic solution in patients with open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension maintained on Timoptic, January 1998

Multicenter study of the safety and IOP-lowering efficacy of Levobetaxolol compared to Timoptic in the treatment of patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, February 1998