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Leo
W. Mack, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Graduating as valedictorian from Xavier High School in Appleton,
Wisconsin in1962 earned Dr. Mack entrance into the accelerated
medical school acceptance program at St. Mary's University in
Winona, Minnesota. Entrance to Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
in Chicago, Illinois was achieved after three years of college
with graduation from this medical school on June 8, 1969. A
straight medical internship followed at Wilford Hall Medical
Center, San Antonio, Texas with a class of 52 interns. Internship
was completed in June, 1970, with Dr. Mack receiving the award
as the outstanding intern of the class of 1969-70. After serving
one year as a flight surgeon in New Hampshire, Dr. Mack began
his residency in ophthalmology at Wilford Hall Medical Center
in July, 1971, completing his training in June, 1974. During
his training, Dr. Mack served as a research student of Dr. J.
Lawton Smith at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida.
After completing two years of military service at Andrews Air
Force Base in Washington, D.C., Dr. Mack moved to Tyler, Texas
and opened his private practice of ophthalmology in 1976. In
1985, he founded The Cataract Center of East Texas, which was
the first free-standing ambulatory surgical facility in East
Texas. Together with five partners, he founded The Eye Care
Associates of East Texas in 1995. While practicing general ophthalmology,
Dr. Mack has specialized in cataract surgery for the past 20
years.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons,
a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Texas
Ophthalmology Association, the Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgeons, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical
Association and the American College of Eye Surgeons. He is
board certified by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and
certified in cataract surgery by the American College of Eye
Surgeons, being one of the first 100 candidates certified
in the United States.
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