Donald C Fletcher MD

Dr. Mears completed her retina and vitreous medical and surgical training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She joined Dr. Walker, Dr. Raskauskas, Dr. Ghuman, and Dr. Sharma at Retina Consultants of Southwest Florida in 2016. She has been an investigator in several pivotal clinical trials that have led to FDA approval of new therapies to fight retina or vitreous diseases. She has contributed her time and expertise to further medical and ophthalmic education by serving as a lecturer to her peers on subjects such as retinal surgery techniques, retinal diagnostics, hereditary retinal diseases, and many other retinal disorders. She also collaborated and authored publications of textbooks and peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Ghuman completed his retina and vitreous medical and surgical training at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. He joined Dr. Walker, Dr. Wing, and Dr. Raskauskas at Retina Consultants of Southwest Florida in 2000. He has been the principal investigator in dozens of pivotal clinical trials that have led to FDA approval of new therapies to fight retina or vitreous diseases. He is currently the principal investigator for multiple National Health Institute/National Eye Institute studies. He has served as an instructor at University of Texas Medical Branch and West Virginia University and has served as an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Scientist for the Schepens Eye Research Institute affiliated with Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.

After graduation from Harvard and Duke University Medical School, Dr. Raskauskas trained at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He did his retina and vitreous surgical training at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL. He joined Dr. Walker and Dr. Wing at Retina Consultants of Southwest Florida in 1992. He has a particular interest in studying Geographic Atrophy, a type of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. He is currently the Principal Investigator for several clinical trials and has been a part of dozens of pivotal clinical trials that have led to FDA approval of new therapies to fight retina or vitreous diseases. He has served as an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Scientist for the Schepens Eye Research Institute affiliated with Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and has also served on the Advisory Council for Lighthouse of Southwest Florida, a not for profit organization that provides aid to the blind at no cost. He was awarded the James W. Clower, Jr. MD Community Service Award, presented by the Florida Society of Ophthalmology Foundation for his volunteer work at Lions Club of Bonita Springs.