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Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Specialties<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Comprehensive Pediatric Eye Care<\/a>
\n* Strabismus (ocular misalignment)
\n* Amblyopia (lazy eye)
\n* Uveitis
\n* Nasolacrimal duct obstruction (Blocked tear ducts)
\n* Ocular motility disorders<\/p>\n

Adult Strabismus: Treatment & Management of Complications<\/a><\/p>\n

Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Medical School<\/strong><\/div>\n
University of South Dakota School of Medicine<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Residency<\/strong>
\nUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Denver, Colo)<\/div>\n
Fellowship<\/strong>
\nVanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville, TN)<\/div>\n

Kathy Whitfield, MD<\/strong>, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received a Bachelor of Science in biology at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. She earned her medical doctorate at the University of South Dakota, her home state. Her residency in Ophthalmology was at the University of Colorado in Denver, CO. She completed fellowship training in Pediatric Ophthalmology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n

Dr Whitfield’s specialties include children’s eye care, pediatric and adult strabismus (ocular misalignment), congenital disorders of the nasolacrimal duct, amblyopia (lazy eye), ocular motility disorders, and pediatric uveitis.<\/p>\n

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Whitfield at UNC Kittner Eye Center<\/strong> in Chapel Hill,\u00a0please call\u00a0984-974-2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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