Shawna L. Hill, OD, FAAO
Wang Vision Institute, Palmer Plaza, 1801 West End Ave, Ste 1150, Nashville, TN 37203
615.321.8881 Phone 615.321.8874 Fax
drhill@wangvisioninstitute.com
EDUCATION RESIDENCY IN REFRACTIVE AND OCULAR SURGERY
Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN, Indiana University School of Optometry –June 2006
DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY
University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry, St. Louis, MO — May 2005
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES DOUBLE MAJOR IN SPANISH
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK — May 2001
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA MADRE Y MAESTRA,SANTIAGO,DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
June 2000 — July 2000
PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
WANG VISION INSTITUTE AND LASER MEDSPA NASHVILLE,TN 6/06-PRESENT
Clinical Operations Manager, Residency Coordinator, Staff Optometrist, Assistant Director, WVI Laser MedSpa. Consultations and post-operative care for refractive and corneal surgery patients, including LASIK, PRK, CK, PTK, Intralase-Intacs, artificial cornea implantation, penetrating keratoplasty. Complicated Gas Permeable contact lens fittings. Educational coordination (COPE approvals, lecturing, fellowship program with UT, Memphis)
AMOVISXS4/IRCERTIFICATION NASHVILLE,TN 4/08
WANG VISION INSTITUTE NASHVILLE,TN 7/05-6/06
Residency in refractive and ocular surgery
EBLING EYE CARE HOUSTON,TX 1/05-5/05
Externship in contact lenses and keratoconus
EYE CENTER OF TEXAS HOUSTON,TX 2/05-5/05
Externship in ocular disease, surgical management, and refractive surgery
ST.LOUIS COMMUNITY SERVICES ST.LOUIS,MO 10/04-12/04
Externship in geriatrics and primary care with some examinations in Spanish
CARL ALBERT INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES ADA,OK 8/04-10/04
Externship in ocular disease and surgical management
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST.LOUIS ST.LOUIS,MO 7/04-8/04
Externship in contact lenses, pediatrics, binocular vision, and vision therapy
OPTOMETRIC CENTER ST.LOUIS,MO 5/04-7/04
Externship in primary care, ocular disease, geriatrics, and low vision
RESLER-KERBER OPTOMETRY FLORISSANT,MO 6/02-2/04
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST.LOUIS ST.LOUIS,MO 8/01-5/02
Receptionist for the University Eye Center
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COURSE INSTRUCTOR,WANG VISION INSTITUTE.Quarterly continuing education courses given for area optometrists and ophthalmic technicians. 7/05-PRESENT
COURSE CO-INSTRUCTOR,AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY. Continuing education courses given for AAO. 12/06,10/07
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR,INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY,BLOOMINGTON,IN.
9/07-PRESENT
PUBLICATIONS
Optimizing Success With Irregular Cornea Patients, Part 1. Edward Bennett, OD, MSED, Shawna Hill, OD, FAAO, Robert Grohe, OD. Contact Lens Spectrum. June 2008.
Fitting the Irregular Cornea (Part II). Shawna Hill, OD and Ed Bennett, OD, MSED. Review of Cornea & Contact Lenses. October 2007.
Technique for IntraLase Femtosecond Laser Lamellar Channel Creation and Intacs Insertion for the Treatment of Keratoconus and Pellucid Marginal Degeneration. Shawna L. Hill, OD, et al.
Techniques in Ophthalmology 4(4): 149-155, 2006.
TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS
Wang’s LASIK Complications. Shawna L Hill, OD, Tracy Swartz OD, MS, FAAO, Ming Wang, MD, PhD.
LASIK & LASIK Complications, Robert Pinelli, Editor. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) LTD, New Dehli, 2008.
3-D Stereo Corneal Topographic System – the AstraMax System. Ming Wang, MD, PhD, Shawna Hill, OD, Tracy Swartz, OD. Corneal topography: Guide for clinical Application in the Wavefront Era, Ming Wang, Editor. Slack, Inc, 2006.
PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
A Pharmacological Solution for Laser Over-correction. Sztipanovits D, Boerman H, Hill S. Multimedia presentation, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, March 2009.
Who would have guessed it was Thygeson’s? Hill S, Winton T, Sztipanovits D, Boerman H. Multimedia presentation, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, March 2009.
Boston Keratoprosthesis: Alternative for Poor Prognosis Penetrating Keratoplasty. Boerman H, Hill S, Sztipanovits D. Multimedia presentation, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, March 2009. Medical Management of Surgically Induced Corneal Irregular Astigmatism. Boerman H, Hill S,
Sztipanovits D. Multimedia presentation, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, March 2009.
Wang M. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Anaheim, CA Oct 2008.
Ocular Response analysis Results Following Unsatisfactory LASIK. Swartz T, Boerman H, Hill S, Wang M. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Anaheim, CA Oct 2008.
Breakthrough Keratitis Following PRK. Boerman H, Swartz T, Hill S.
Poster, Congress of the American Optometric Association, Seattle, WA, June 2008 Stromal Melt Over Incisions with Patients With INTACS. Swartz T, Hill S, Boerman H, Wang M.
Multimedia Poster, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, February 2008.
Topographic Indicators: Avoiding Ectasia with Advanced Technology. Swartz T, Hill S, Boerman H, Wang M. Multimedia Poster, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, February 2008. INTACS/Femotosecond Laser Surgery Combined with Conductive Keratoplasty: An Alternative to
Penetrating Keratoplasty for Severe Keratoconus. Boerman H, Hill S, Swartz T. Multimedia Poster, SECO International, Atlanta, GA, February 2008.
INTACS/Femtosecond Laser Surgery Combined with Conductive Keratoplasty for Severe Keratoconus. Shawna L. Hill, OD, FAAO; Helen Boerman, OD, FAAO; Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO; Ming Wang, MD, PhD. Poster, Global Keratoconus Congress, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 2008.
Corneal Imaging Technologies Involved in Forme Fruste Keratoconus Criteria. Shawna L. Hill, OD, FAAO; Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO; Ming Wang, MD, PhD. Poster, Global Keratoconus Congress, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 2008.
INTACS/Femtosecond Laser Surgery Combined with Conductive Keratoplasty: An Alternative to
Penetrating Keratoplasty for Severe Keratoconus. Boerman H, Swartz T, Hill S. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Tampa, FL, Oct 2007.
Hexagonal Keratotomy: A Case Report. Shawna L. Hill, O.D., Tracy Swartz, O.D., MS, FAAO, Ming Wang, M.D., PhD. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Denver, CO, Dec 2006
CRT Modified Host Response To Microbial Infection. Shawna L. Hill, O.D., Tracy Swartz, O.D., MS, FAAO, Ming Wang, M.D, .PhD. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Denver, CO, Dec 2006
Management of Ectasia S/P Radial Keratotomy. Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO; Helen Boerman, OD; Shawna Hill, OD. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Denver, CO, Dec 2006.
Surgical management of irregular astigmatism using CIPTA. Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO; Shawna Hill, OD. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, Denver, CO, Dec 2006.
Increased Incidence of Epithelial Ingrowth in Flap Relifts versus Flap Recuts. Shawna L. Hill, OD; Helen Boerman OD; Tracy Swartz OD, MS, FAAO; Ming X. Wang, MD, PhD. Poster, American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, CA, Dec 2005.
Epithelial Ingrowth: Clinical Pearls for Prevention, Detection & Management. Shawna L Hill, OD, Helen Boerman, OD; Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO; Ming Wang, MD, PhD. Multimedia Poster, SECO International, Atlanta, GA February 2006.
Increased Incidence of Epithelial Ingrowth in Flap Relifts versus Flap Recuts. Lav Panchal, MD; Shawna L. Hill, OD, Helen Boerman, OD; Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO; Ming Wang, MD, PhD. Multimedia Poster, ASCRS, San Fransisco, CA March 2006.
LECTURES
11/08 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Phakic IOL for Surgical Correction of Nearsightedness (COPE)
7/08 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Nutraceuticals (COPE) and Glaucoma, Ectasia, Keratoconus, and Ocular Response Analyzer (COPE)
3/08 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Contact Lens Methodology (NCLE, JCAHPO)
1/08 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Update on Diabetes Mellitus (COPE) 10/07 American Academy of Optometry, Tampa, FL Irregular Astigmatism (COPE)
Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO and Shawna Hill, OD
7/07 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Post-operative management of Surface Ablation (COPE)
4/06 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Optimizing Visual Potential for your patients using Gas Permeable Lenses (COPE)
12/06 American Academy of Optometry, Denver, CO Irregular Astigmatism (COPE) Tracy Swartz, OD, MS, FAAO and Shawna Hill, OD
10/06 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Contact Lenses (JCAHPO) 3/06 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Gas Permeables for Irregular
Astigmatism (COPE)
12/05 Wang Vision Institute, Nashville, TN Irregular Astigmatism (COPE) 10/05 Indiana University School of Optometry Refractive Surgery Options
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Optometric Association, Member 2005-Present Cornea and Contact Lens Section, Member 2006-Present
Cornea and Contact Lens Anterior Segment Committee, 2006-Present
Tennessee Optometric Association, Member 2007-Present Middle Tennessee Optometric Society, Member 2005-Present Gas Permeable Lens Institute Advisory Committee, 2006-Present Fellowship, American Academy of Optometry, 2007-Present
Optometric Council on Refractive Technology, Member 2007-Present SVOSH
Optometric mission to Morocco, 3/04 Optometric mission to Panama, 9/03 AOA-PAC, Student Member 2001-2005
Missouri Optometric Association, Student Member 2001-2005 Sprint for Sight Committee and Co-chair, 2003-2004
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Oklahoma State University, Member 1998-2001 Pledge Trainer 2001, Membership Vice President 2000
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
American Optometric Association Leadership Award, 2004
Beta Sigma Kappa, 2002-2005
Kansas Reciprocal Scholarship, 2001-2005
Golden Key National Honor Society, 2000-2001 Dean’s Honor Roll, 1999, Fall 2000, Spring 2001
LICENSURE
Tennessee Licensure, 7/05-Present TMOD, 4/05
Part III, 4/05 Part II, 12/04 Part I, 8/03
