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Edward Joseph Zobian,
M.D., is President of Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania. Dr. Zobian obtained his Bachelor of Science with Honors in
Chemistry from Haverford College, and his Medical Degree from the
University of Pennsylvania. During his senior year at medical
school, he was appointed to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor
Society for academic excellence. He served his internship at the
Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco.
Dr. Zobian served a
tour of duty as battalion surgeon of the Nineteenth Combat Engineers
(U.S. Army) in the Vietnam in 1967 and 1968. During his service in
Viet Nam, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Army Commendation
Medal for heroism in combat. Dr. Zobian was Chief of the Department
of Hospital Clinics at U.S. Kirk Army Hospital, Aberdeen Proving
Grounds, and Maryland from 1968 to 1970.
Following his
discharge from the Army, he was an ophthalmology resident at the
Wills Eye Hospital, in Philadelphia. He was appointed Chief
Resident Surgeon during his senior year at Wills Eye. Dr. Zobian
then served as a Clinical Assistant at Wills Eye Hospital for over
four years. He began practicing ophthalmology with West Reading
Ophthalmic Associates in 1973 and has built a highly successful
practice during this time.
In February of 1975,
Dr. Zobian initiated the technique of lens implant surgery in the
Berks County area, and has continued with a progressive approach to
ophthalmic surgical care. He was the first surgeon to use small
incision phacoemulsification cataract surgery in the Reading area.
He also was one of the first to do cataract surgery without the use
of sutures. Dr. Zobian also was the first to use no injection drop
anesthesia for
Cataract
surgery. He has performed over 15,000 cataract operations in his
career.
Every January,
since 1989, Dr. Zobian has traveled to the Philippine Islands where
he has performed over a thousand free cataract and lens implant
operations on poor Filipinos who were blinded by their cataracts.
Dr. Zobian is the senior Attending Surgeon for the Free Rural Eye
Care Mission in the Republic of the Philippines.
Dr. Zobian is a
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is certified by the
American Board of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Zobian is an
attending surgeon at the Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center,
the
Reading Hospital and Medical Center, the Pottsville Hospital, and the Limerick Surgery Center.
Dr. Zobian is the proud father of four sons. His oldest, Joseph is an ophthalmologist practicing in Hawaii. His youngest son, David, is a pediatrician at All About Children Pediatrics, Inc. in Reading, PA.
His hobbies include walking, gardening, scuba diving, and under water photography.
His medical society
memberships include:
- American and
Pennsylvania Academies of Ophthalmology
- American,
Pennsylvania and Berks County Medical Societies
- American Society
of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- Reading
Ophthalmologic Society
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