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Coastal Eye Care Maine Ophthalmologists
Eye Physicians & Surgeons

ophthalmologist maine, eye doctor maine, cataract surgeon maine Lawrence Piazza, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae +/-

Employment

Coastal Eye Care, P.A.
Ellsworth, Maine
Ophthalmologist, President
July 1994 – Present

Acadia Eye Care, P.A.
Ellsworth, Maine
General Ophthalmologist
July 1992 – June 1994

Licensure/Boards

State of Maine
Physician and Surgeon
Valid June 1992 – Present

State of New Hampshire
Physician and Surgeon
Valid May 1996 – Present

State of Missouri
Physician and Surgeon
Valid November 1990 - December 1992

American Board of Ophthalmology
Diplomate October 1993
10 Year Recertification 2003

National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomate July 1989

Post-Graduate
Training

Washington University Medical Center
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual
Sciences, Barnes Hospital - St. Louis, Missouri
Residency: July 1989 - June 1992

St. Mary’s Health Center
Department of Internal Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Internship: July 1988-June 1989

Education

UHS/Chicago Medical School
North Chicago, Illinois
M.D.: June 1988

University of New England
Biddeford, Maine
Graduate Study: 1981 -1984

Hobart College
Geneva, New York
B.S.: June 1980

Honors / Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Delta Chapter - October 1986
UHS/Chicago Medical School

Dean’s List: 1977-1980
Hobart College

Research / Publications

Correlation of Progressive Visual Field
Loss and Optic Disc Cupping with Compliance
of Glaucoma Medications
Washington University Department of
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Resident Research Project 1991 - 1992

Evaluation of Pure Tone and Speech
Discrimination Changes in Ushers Syndrome
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and
Laryngology - March 1988

MRI Investigation of CHS Defects in
Ushers Syndrome
Retina - September/December 1987

Acanthameoba Keratitis
Duke University Eye Center
Student Research Paper - August 1987

Visual Acuity Loss in Patients with
Ushers Syndrome
Archives of Ophthalmology - September 1986

Associations

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Member since July 1989
Fellow since October 1993

Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Member and Maine Medical Association Member since July 1994

References Provided Upon Request

Lawrence Piazza, MD has been practicing general ophthalmology in Maine since 1992.  After working for two years for a small group practice, Dr. Piazza established Coastal Eye Care, PA in 1994 to pursue his interests in cataract and intraocular lens implant surgery and glaucoma.  With over 16 years practicing in Maine, Dr. Piazza has performed over 9000 cataract surgeries with lens implants.  Dr. Piazza has a particular interest in new technology intraocular lens implants with the goal of decreased dependency on glasses as a surgical outcome.   He has attended extensive continuing medical education courses remaining current in such topics as presbyopic correcting (Crystalens, ReSTOR, ReZoom), astigmatic (Toric) and aspheric IOLs.  Dr. Piazza is committed to bringing the latest innovations in vision correction and ophthalmic surgery to his patients in Downeast Maine.

Dr. Piazza is a Diplomat of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and is the President of the Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.  A Fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology, Dr. Piazza was initially certified in 1993 and re-certified in 2003.  He was a Maine resident in the early 1980’s and again returned to Maine in 1992 after medical school and residency training.  He graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1988, and, after completing a one-year internship in Internal Medicine, completed a three- year ophthalmology residency at Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Walter Norris Muth, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae +/-

Employment

Coastal Eye Care, P.A.
Ellsworth, Maine
Ophthalmologist
May 2002-Present

Muth & Napoleon, M.D.s, P.C.
Newark, New York
General Ophthalmologist
1975-2002

Licensure/Boards

State of Maine
Physician and Surgeon
Valid July 1998-Present

State of New York
Physician and Surgeon
Valid May 1975-Present

American Board of Ophthalmology
Diplomat, 1979
National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomat, 1970

Post-Graduate
Training

University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Residency: 1972-1975

Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Internship: 1969-1970

Education

University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, New York
M.D.: 1969

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.A.: 1965

Professional Activites

Newark-Wayne Community Hospital
Newark, New York
Attending Ophthalmologist, 1975-Present
President, Medical Staff, 1988-1990

University of Rochester School of Medicine 
Rochester, New York
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
1979-Present

Myers Community Hospital
Sodus, New York
Consulting Ophthalmologist
1976-Present

U.S. Public Health Service
Kanakanak, Alaska
Assistant Surgeon
1970-1972

American Refugee Committee
Various locations in Thailand
Visiting Ophthalmologist
February, 1981

Grenfells Regional Health Service
St. Anthony, Newfoundland
Attending Ophthalmologist
Parts of 1984 and 1986

Associations

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellow since 1979

New York State Medical Society
1975-2002

New York State Ophthalmologic Society
1979-2002

Rochester Ophthalmologic Society
1979-2002

Wayne County Medical Society
1975-2002
President, 1988

References Provided Upon Request

Walter N. Muth, M.D. joined Dr. Piazza and Coastal Eye Care in 2002 after twenty-seven years of general ophthalmology practice as a founding member of the Wayne County Regional Eye Center, near Rochester, NY.

Dr. Muth’s medical career began in 1970, following graduation from Harvard College and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and completion of an internship in internal medicine at Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia. That year he joined the U.S. Public Health Service and served two years as a general medical officer and assistant surgeon in Kanakanak, Alaska where he and one other physician provided health care for the community and twenty-six surrounding Native American villages. The excitement and satisfaction of this work led to al life-long interest in health care in remote and difficult circumstances. In 1981, Dr. Muth traveled to Thailand to conduct cataract clinics at several camps serving Laotian and Cambodian refugees. In the summer of 1984 and again in 1986, Dr. Muth worked for the Grenfells Regional Health Service, providing medical and surgical eye care in Newfoundland and coastal Labrador.

Dr. Muth’s ophthalmology training was at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he completed his residency in 1975. He returned to the Rochester area that year and established an active medical and surgical practice and received an appointment as an Asst. Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. While practicing in New York State he served terms as President of the Wayne County Medical Society and President of the Medical Staff at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital.

Dr. Muth and his family formed a strong and affectionate attachment to Maine, vacationing here each summer for twenty-five years until 2002, when Dr. Muth joined Coastal Eye Care and with his wife, Carol, made Maine his home.

Dr. Muth is now restricting his practice to medical and laser treatment of eye disease including a particular emphasis on glaucoma management. Dr. Muth is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a diplomat of the American board of Ophthalmology, certified in 1978 and re-certified in 2006. He is a Member of the Maine Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.






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