SOUTHERN VITREORETINAL ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Clinic Manager / PANAMA CITY, FL
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Business Office Manager
Dr. Newell is a native of the Florida Panhandle. He is from Panama City, Florida and graduated from Bay High School. He attended Florida State University where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Biology. He holds both a Masters of Science and Doctor of Medicine degree from The University of Tennessee. His Masters Thesis was centered on the Immunopathology of Herpetic Kerititis one of the most common causes of corneal blindness worldwide. Following Medical School Dr. Newell completed his residency in Ophthalmology at The University of Florida. Following his residency he completed a two year Vitreoretinal Fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Dr. Newell returned to Tallahassee in 1999 to join Southern Vitreoretinal Associates. Currently he see's patients in both Tallahassee, Florida and Albany, Georgia. Dr Newell's clinical areas of interest include macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular surgery, and retinal detachment repair. He also enthusiastically participates in numerous national clinical trials provided at Southern Vitreoretinal Associates. Dr. Newell presents on various subjects which award continuing education to eye doctors in the region. He is active in national and local medical societies and was the Chairman of Ophthalmology for many years at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Despite dedicating a tremendous amount of time to his patients, Dr. Newell enjoys the outdoor activities provided in the panhandle region, traveling, and spending time with his family.
Dr. Newell is a native of the Florida Panhandle. He graduated from The Florida State University with a Bachelors of Science in Biology. He holds a Masters of Science and Doctor of Medicine degree from The University of Tennessee.
Dr. Willingham grew up in LaGrange, Ga. He obtained his Bachelors degree in biology from LaGrange College.
Dr. Ashmore is seeing patients at our Tallahassee and Valdosta locations.
As founder of Southern Vitreoretinal Associates, Dr. Brooks has always viewed the practice of medicine as a ministry. He considers caring for patients made in the image of God to be a blessing and a privilege.
Dr. Farber is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained vitreoretinal surgeon. He was born and raised in Longwood, Florida, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors from Florida State University. He received his M.D. from the University of Virginia and completed his ophthalmology residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. While there he was elected and served as chief resident. He subsequently completed a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the University of North Carolina where he was also thoroughly involved in teaching, including an award for best teacher by the residents.
Job Titles:
- Clinic Manager / TALLAHASSEE, FL
Dr. Steinmetz was born and raised in Iowa and will always be a Hawkeye. After an ophthalmology residency in San Francisco and a vitreoretinal fellowship at UCLA in Los Angeles, he went to London, England for a medical retinal fellowship.