Robert B. North Jr., DO, MBA, FACS
Title
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Appointment
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Email
robert.north@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4751
Fax
513-636-7911
Bio
Robert B. North Jr., DO, MBA, FACS, is a member of the Ophthalmology Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Originally from New Orleans, he is a graduate of Northeast Louisiana University College of Pharmacy. He received his medical degree from the Kansas City Univeristy of Medicine and Biosciences in 1975. After completing a pediatric internship at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana, he entered the United States Navy. He completed a Pediatric Residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Washington, DC, in 1980 and an Ophthalmology Residency at Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland, CA, in 1986. Sursequently he completed a Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon in 1989. He was awarded an MBA in 1998 from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
He is a Fellow of the:
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Surgeons
- American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
He is also a past Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, and holds memberships in multiple state pediatric and ophthalmic socities.
Dr. North has published articles in both pediatric and ophthalmology clinical literature, and is a Section Editor in a book published by the Borden Institute At Walter Reed Army Medical Center on "Recruit Medicine." He has a strong interest in strabismus, retinopathy of prematurity.
Dr. North has served in the United States Navy with distinction receiving multiple Meritorious Service Awards, subsequently retiring at the rank of CAPTAIN in 2004.
Credentials
BS: Pharmacy, Northeast Louisiana University
DO: Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pediatric Residency: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Residency: Ophthalmology, Naval Medical Center, Oakland, CA
Fellowship: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Oregon Health Sciences U
Internship: Louisiana State University, Confederate Memorial Medical Center
MBA: Lake Forest Graduate School of Business
Awards and Honors
- Bay Area Opthalmology Residents Day Presentations, "Topography Rabit Cornea"- Runner Up
- Meritorious Service Medal, Naval Regional Command, San Francisco, CA
- Meritorious Service Medal, Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL
- Letter of Commendation, Naval Region Command, Participation in Loma Prieta California Earthquake
Professional Organization Memberships
Books
Recruit Medicine. Principal Coordinating and Section Editor. Textbook of Military Medicine. Washington, DC: Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, October 2006.
Special Interests
Strabismus; retinopathy of prematurity; laser surgery
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