OVS Faculty


Kevin Merkley, MD, MBA
Associate Professor and Chair

Master's Degree in Business Administration
Graduate School of Management, Brigham Young University,
Provo, Utah

Medical Degree
College of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center,
Salt Lake City, Utah

Internship
Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center,
Danville, Penn.

Residency
Ophthalmology, St. Luke's Hospital,
Cleveland, Ohio

Fellowship
Cornea/Anterior Segment, University of California Irvine

Specialty
Cataract, cornea and refractive surgery, general ophthalmology

Email: khmerkle@utmb.edu

Research interests:
1.  Incidence of microketatome flap complications in a large series
2. Correlation of keratometry changes with refraction changes after LASIK
3. Accuracy of LASIK surgery in a series of higher myopes
4. Comparison of post operative pain using two techniques for PRK