• Ophthalmic Surgical Consultant and Biomedical Engineer.
  

• Experienced Expert Witness.
  

• Has performed over 15,000 eye surgeries: RK and Refractive Eye Lasers of all kinds, PRK, PTK, Lasik, Cornea and Anterior Segment, Cataracts, Retina.
  

• Consultant on Intellectual Property Disputes regarding Patents, Trademarks and Copyright matters with regards to biomedical engineering and related sciences.

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Birthdate: August 7, 1941
Citizen: USA
Licensed: California, Pennsylvania, and Sydney, Australia.

EDUCATION AND HISTORY:

1956 -1959: Bronx High School of Science, New York City: H.S. Diploma

1959-1963: New York University, College Of Engineering, New York City: B.E.E. Cum Laude Electrical Engineering

1963-1967: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City: Basic medical sciences

1967 Summer: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass: Fellowship in Anesthesiology

1967-1969: College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Formerly Seton Hall): M.D.

1969-1970: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Rotating Surgical Intern

1970 Summer: Wills Eye Hospital: Ophthalmology Basic Science Course

1970-1973: Eye Residency Programs:

• United Hospitals of New Jersey
• Newark Eye & Ear Infirmary
• Jersey City Medical Center
• Martland Hospital
• New Jersey College of Medicine & Dentistry

1983

• Keratorefractive Society Course Chicago, Ill. & Denison, Texas (Dr. R. Schachar, Chairman): Diploma from Society
• Vitrectemy Course Drs. Flore, Ober, Magiano. Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach
• Phaeoemulsification Course Dr. Robert Sinskey. Santa Monica, Ca.
• Radial Keratotomy Fyodorov School, Dr. Leo Bores, Director. Scottsdale, Arizona

1984

• Radial Keratotomy Course Dr. Ronald P. Jensen. Los Angeles, California
• Clinical & Basic Science Review University of Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1983 Basic & Clinical Science Course Review Section 1-11. American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Keratoplasty, Keratomileusis of Barraguer, Radial Keratotomy, & Ruiz Correction of Astigmatism Dr. Lee Nordan. San Diego, California
• Lasers In Ophthalmology Beckman Lasers Institute & Medical Clinic, University of California-Irvine, California College of Medicine
• Ocular Drug Therapy Update University of California-Irvine, California College of Medicine

1985

• Radial Keratotomy Course Dr. Berkley. Houston, Texas
• Radial Keratotomy Course Keratorefractive Society Meetings

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1963-95: Freelance Consultant, Bio-Medical Engineering, USA and Australia.

1972: Research Assistant and Consultant, Bio-Medical Engineering, Dept. of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital and New Jersey College of Medicine

1975-76: Experimental Clinical Evaluation of C.A.B. and silicone contact lenses, private investigator.

1973-1982: Private Practice, Ophthalmology, Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia

1977: Director, Willoughby General Medical and Professional Center, Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia

1973-1982: Managing Director and Consultant in Bio-Medical Engineering, Applied Life International, Pty. Ltd., Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia

1979-1984: Developer of Giro-Mirage: Gradient Index Refractive Optics-Molecular Index Refractive Comodative Gradient. Effect = Variable Focal Molecular Lens.

1984: "GIRO-MIRAGE: It's Effect and Optics", a paper presented to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, November, 1984, Atlanta, Georgia.

1983-1985: Medical Director of KERN EYE INSTITUTE - A Medical Group, Inc., Newport Beach, California.

1983-1985: Director of MIND, Inc. (MIND-Medical and Industrial Network Development) - a Think Tank Network.

1983-1994: Currently: Kern Eye Institute, A Medical Group - 15,000 refractive surgeries.
9339 Genessee Ave, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121

1994 to Present: Freelance Consultant, Ophthalmology, BioEngineering, Pain Medicine

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1962: Fellowship in Anesthesiology, (Consultant bio-medical engineering), Dept.of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Massachusetts.

1962: First prize award, National Engineering Competition. Institute of Electrical Engineering for winning paper "BICEPS", Bacteriologically Induced Chemo-Electrical Power Supply, an energy conversion system for powering electrical devices within the human body.

1969: First prize award, research paper on Huntington's Chorea, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

1978: Gold Medal, OCUCEPT Eye Fornixscope, a device useful in examining beneath upper eyelid without eyelid eversion. International convention of Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland.

INVENTIONS

1973: OCUCEPT(R): Eye Fornixscope. Device for examining the superior cul-de-sac of the upper eyelid without eye eversion.

1985: Patent: Variable Focal "Molecular Lens"

1985: Patent: Laser Keratomileusis with laser corneal tissue welding without sutures

PUBLISHED

"Kern's Rule of Fours," September, 1973 Archives of Ophthalmology:
Piece-wise continuous formula for predicting amplitude of accommodation as a function of age.

• Ophthalmology Times
• Ophthalmology - AMA
• Archives of Ophthalmology
• Ocular Surgery News
• Journal of the AMA
• Ophthalmology Times Publication - Article re: Dr. Kern's Treatment of Astigmatism and Hyperopia  1988

PAST ORGANIZATIONS AND HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Western Medical Hospital, Tustin, California
• Garden Grove Medical Center Garden Grove California
• Santa Ana Medical Center, Santa Ana, California
• Doctors Hospital, Santa Ana, Ca.
• Outpatient surgery: Edinger Magnolia Medical Center Westminster, California
• Orange County Medical Association
• California Medical Association
• Harbor View Hospital, San Diego

CURRENT ACTIVE AFFILIATIONS

• American Medical Association
• Kerato-refractive Society
• Contemporary Society of Ophthalmology
• Mindsource Medical Network
• Ophthalmic Surgical Consultants - OSC
• Mindsource Forensic Medical Expert Witnesses

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