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 250 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 8th edition. He is also the series editor for the Wills Eye Color Atlas Series, which is in its 4th 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 Senior Secretary for Clinical Education. He received the Achievement Award, Senior Achievement Award, Life Achievement Honor Award and Secretariat Award (four times) from the AAO. He was recently nominated to be the President-Elect of the AAO. He is a member of the Board of Directors of OMIC and Chair of the Claims Committee. 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. In 2023, he received the Claes Dohlman Award for a lifetime of teaching excellence in the field of cornea and external disease by the Cornea Society. Dr. Rapuano was named to the “Power List” of the 100 most influential ophthalmologists in the world by The Ophthalmologist Magazine in 2023 & 2024. He is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society; his thesis involved outcomes of excimer laser PTK in patients with corneal stromal dystrophies. He has 4 children and one grandchild and lives with his wife in the Philadelphia suburbs.