Robert Wiggins MD
Robert Wiggins MD – Treasurer
Dr. Wiggins specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and neuro-ophthalmology and serves as the physician administrator for Asheville Eye Associates. He graduated from medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill and then completed an ophthalmology residency at Duke. He then performed a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Baylor/Texas Children’s Hospital and then returned to Duke for a neuro-ophthalmology fellowship. Following his fellowship training, Dr. Wiggins served for one year as Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, and since 1991 has practiced at Asheville Eye Associates. He obtained a Master of Healthcare Administration degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2003 and serves as the physician administrator for his practice. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Board of the American Association of Ophthalmic Executives, and the Board of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company. He has also served as President of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
Michael Tigani MD
Michael Tigani MD
Metropolitan Ophthalmology Associates, P.C.
6845 Elm St, Suite 250
McLean, VA 22101
(703) 356-5484
5530 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1527
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4404
(301) 657-4171
Email: michael.tigani@verizon.net
EDUCATION
1979 B.S. Duke University
1983 M.D. Vanderbilt School of Medicine
INTERNSHIP
Washington Hospital Center:
Washington, D.C.
Internal Medicine
July 1983-June 1984
RESIDENCY
Georgetown University: Washington, D.C.
Center for Sight
Ophthalmology
July 1984-June 1987
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Clinical Instructor – Ophthalmology
Georgetown University: Washington, D.C.
Center for Sight
1987-2006
National Eye Trauma Service
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D.C.
1987-1992
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Leadership Development Program Class of 2015
Virginia Society of Ophthalmology
DC Ophthalmology Society, 1987 – 1998
Northern Virginia Academy of Ophthalmology
Executive Committee 1992 – 2004
President 2000 – 2002
Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company
Committee Member 2011-2016
Board Member 2016-Present
AAO Health Policy Committee
2017-Present
CERTIFICATION
American Board of Ophthalmology
Christopher J. Rapuano, MD
Chris Rapuano MD
Dr. Rapuano joined the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital in 1991 after his fellowship with Dr. Jay Krachmer at the University of Iowa and his residency at Wills. Dr. Rapuano is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in corneal diseases, with a special interest in refractive surgery. He has published several books, numerous book chapters and over 180 articles in the peer-reviewed literature on corneal diseases, refractive surgery and excimer laser PTK surgery. During his ophthalmology residency, Dr. Rapuano co-authored a best-selling textbook in ophthalmology, The Wills Eye Manual, which is currently in its 7th edition. He is also the series editor for the Wills Eye Color Atlas Series, which is in its second (soon to be third) edition. Dr. Rapuano has served on many committees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, including chairing the Cornea Preferred Practice Patterns Committee. He is currently the AAO’s Secretary for Lifelong Learning and Assessment and oversees 9 committees. He received the Honor Award, Senior Honor Award and Secretariat Award (four times) from the AAO. He is a Committee member of OMIC. He is on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed ophthalmology journals including Cornea and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of Ophthalmology for 14 years. He has been President of the Cornea Society. He is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society; his thesis involved outcomes of excimer laser PTK in patients with corneal stromal dystrophies. He lives with his wife and 4 children in the Philadelphia suburbs.
