Internationally, Parker Cornea has a reputation for performing the newest and more technically challenging procedures, designed to be safer and more effective than standard surgical techniques. Our Birmingham facility is custom-built to enable these advanced procedures, and our medical staff members work together as a team to provide the best possible medical and surgical care. In addition, Parker Cornea also has satellite locations in Florence, AL, Guntersville, AL, Tuscaloosa, AL and Tupelo, MS.
Meet Our Doctors
John S. Parker, MD
John S. Parker completed his corneal fellowship training at the prestigious Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University before accepting a faculty position at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, where he was appointed residency director.
In 1997, John established Parker Cornea in Birmingham, dedicated to the specialty care of corneal disease. He is a pioneer in various corneal transplantation techniques, including DSEK and DMEK, and the very first American surgeon to perform both Bowman layer transplantation and corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segment (CAIRS) implantation. In the course of his international medical mission work, he performed first partial corneal transplants ever in Nicaraguan and Ecuadorian history.
Recent Scientific Articles:
Comment on: “Cytomegalovirus Corneal Endotheliitis After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty”
Trypan blue-assisted corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segment implantation
Jack Parker, MD, PhD
Jack S. Parker is the only American ever trained at the world-famous Netherlands Institute of Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities in the treatment of Keratoconus and Fuchs Dystrophy and is the author of hundreds of books and scientific articles on these and related conditions.
Recent Scientific Articles:
Preimplantation dehydration for corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segment implantation
Flattening the curve: manual method for corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segment implantation
Meet Our Physician Associate
Emma Scott, PA-C
Emma Scott is a certified Physician Associate from New Braunfels, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In both programs, Emma graduated at the top of her class.
Why Parker Cornea?
- Parker Cornea specializes in treating the most difficult and complicated cases that cannot be effectively managed by other eye doctors. Your surgery will be conducted with the newest, least invasive, most advanced techniques and technologies, many of which are not available anywhere else in the world.
- We incorporate your existing / local doctor into your surgical team. For our patients traveling to us from other states / countries, this should enable you to receive your surgical treatment with us, then return home for all / nearly-all of your aftercare.
- Making an appointment with us is designed to be easy. You don’t need a referral, and you won’t have to wait weeks or months to be seen. We know that many patients have serious problems and need to be seen urgently.
- You are welcome to visit us in one of our satellite locations. Besides our Birmingham clinic, Parker cornea also has clinics located in Florence, AL, Guntersville, AL, Tuscaloosa, AL and Tupelo, MS, which may be more convenient for some patients traveling from surrounding states.
