Presenters
Jeffrey L. Kegarise, OD, ABO
Diplomat, American Board of Optometry
Cool Springs Eye Care
Franklin, TN

Scott J. Fudemberg, MD, FACS
SJF Glaucoma, LLC 
Philadelphia, PA

About the presenters
Dr. Kegarise is the president of The Center for Professional Development, Inc., a management consulting firm that assists doctors in clinical and managerial practices. He earned his doctorate of optometry at The Ohio State University and followed that with a residency in family practice optometry at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. His early career was focused on eye disease as he led optometric referral centers with Omega Health Systems in Birmingham, AL and Nashville, TN. During that time, his practices were recognized by the state of Tennessee with TN Quality Awards for business. He began his consulting career after he was recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Boston, MA, as one of three international experts and innovators in health care design and leadership. He served as one of the founding members of IHI’s Idealized Design in Healthcare Project (IDCOP), which created a model for ambulatory care medicine in pursuit of “ideal” care. His teaching and consultations have included lecturing to and helping leaders of large academic centers of ophthalmology, the Mayo Clinic and other health care organizations in all branches of primary care and specialty medicine. He consulted with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) to help improve methods for coordination and transition of care. He maintains faculty status with IHI and an affiliation with Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) as an adjunct in the Dartmouth Institute Microsystem Academy.  
     
In 2004, Dr. Kegarise left secondary care and, practicing with his wife, Susan, formally purchased Cool Springs Eye Care. The practice and its sister location in Donelson have enjoyed phenomenal growth while expanding the services, care and scope of the business. Cool Springs Eye Care was awarded the first Review of Optometric Business National Optometric Practice Innovator of the Year as well as Power Practice of the Year.  
Dr. Kegarise prides himself on trying to be a better father and husband than he is an accomplished doctor of optometry and businessman. He bleeds scarlet and gray, attends as many Buckeye football games as possible and enjoys travel with his wife.  
     
His career passion has been to combine optometry and ophthalmology together in a focus on better care for the patient. More recently, he and his wife, Susan, published One Patient at a Time: The K2 Way Playbook for Healthcare and Business Success, which seeks to improve health care and develop doctors for successful careers in clinical practice and business. He is a passionate proponent of private practice and has created, turned around and saved many eye care practices in his career. His businesses combine successful leadership, management and growth while maintaining fun and optimism in the staff and doctors.

After finishing his glaucoma fellowship at the Wills Eye Hospital in 2008, Dr. Fudemberg joined the faculty of Wills Eye and has since practiced as a specialist focused on medical and surgical care of high-risk glaucoma. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and attended medical school at St. Louis University, where he graduated with distinction in research. He served as an ophthalmology resident at the University of Kansas, where he was appointed a co-chief resident and won the Alan W. Riley Award as resident of the year.

Dr. Fudemberg has authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks as well as presented work at international meetings. He was an editor of the Yearbook of Ophthalmology’s glaucoma section and has served as a reviewer for major ophthalmology journals. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and College of Physicians of Philadelphia and a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Activity planner

Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education

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