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Residency Faculty

Jeff Joy, OD, FAAO

  • Salisbury VA Optometry Residency Director
  • IU graduate
    • Six month rotation at Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute
  • Residency Certificate
    • Baltimore VA Medical Center
    • Clinical Rotations at Wilmer Institute, Corneal Specialist, and others
  • Lecturer
  • NBEO examiner

Gary Mancil, OD, FAAO
Optometry Service Chief

  • SCO Graduate
  • Birmingham VA/UAB Residency
    • Low Vision Rehabilitation
  • UAB School of Behavioral Sciences
    • Graduate Certificate in Social Gerontology
  • Former UAB Faculty Member
  • Former Full-Time Private Practice
  • Funded Researcher and Chair of R&D Committee at Salisbury VAMC
  • Author and Lecturer

Roger Cummings, OD, FAAO,
Diplomate (Low Vision)

  • PCO graduate
  • Former PCO Faculty Member
  • Funded Researcher
  • Author and Lecturer
  • Asst. Director, Salisbury VA Optometry Residency
  • Chief, Advanced Low Vision Section

Charles (Jack) Davis, OD, MA, MPH, MHA

  • UAB graduate
  • Masters Degrees
    • Psychology
    • Public Health
    • Health Administration
  • Residency Certificate
    • Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
  • Former Faculty Member NSU
  • Former Full-Time Private Practice
  • Author and Lecturer Chair, Salisbury VA IRB

Ania Hamp, OD, FAAO

  • NSU Graduate
  • Residency, Memphis VAMC
  • Private practice experience in multi-disciplinary practice
  • Author and Lecturer
  • NC state board examiner
  • NBEO examiner
  • Chief, Charlotte Optometry Section

Robert Morris, OD, FAAO

  • TOSU Graduate
  • Residency, Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute
  • Private practice experience in a multi-disciplinary practice
  • Author and Lecturer
  • NBEO examiner
  • Chief, Teleretinal Imaging Section

Diana Mah, OD, FAAO

  • PCO Graduate
  • Residency, Salisbury VAMC
  • Private practice experience in a solo optometry practice
  • Author and Lecturer
  • NBEO examiner
  • Chief, Winston-Salem Optometry Section

Philip Roels, OD, FAAO

  • Michigan College of Optometry
  • Kansas City VA Medical Center residency
  • Private practice experience in multi-disciplinary practice
  • Author and Lecturer

Susan Yee, OD, FAAO

  • UAB graduate
  • Residency, Salisbury VAMC
  • Private optometry practice experience

Joan Sears, OD, MHPE, FAAO

  • ICO graduate
  • Residency, Illinois Eye Institute, Primary Care
  • Masters in Health Professions Education (University of Illinois at Chicago)
  • Former ICO Faculty
  • Private optometry practice experience Author and Lecturer
  • NBEO examiner
  • Researcher

Trisha Moore, OD

  • PCO graduate
  • Residency, Salisbury VAMC
  • Private optometry practice experience

Brandy Carroll, OD, MPH

  • UAB graduate
  • Puget Sound/ American Lake Division VA Residency
    • Primary Care
    • Low Vision
  • Masters in Public Health (UAB)
  • Private Optometry practice experience
  • Lecturer

Kristin Richwine, OD, FAAO

  • IU graduate
  • Residency, Marion, IL VAMC
  • Private Practice Experience
  • Regional Chair, AAO Admissions Committee

Felix M. Barker, II, OD, MS, FAAO

  • IU graduate
  • Masters in Vision Science (University of Houston)
  • Former Professor and Dean of Research, Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University
  • Research Interests:
    • Visual performance testing
    • Nutritional aspects of Macular degenerations
    • Light damage and lasers

Eddie Chu, OD

  • UC Berkeley Graduate
  • Completed VA Residency program at San Francisco VA Medical Center
  • Candidate for Fellowship in AAO
  • Research Experience

Part Time Staff

  • Carol Aycoth, OD
    • PCO graduate
    • Retired Air Force
    • Salisbury clinic

Ophthalmology Section Staff

  • Chandra Altemare, MD
    • Ophthalmology Chief
    • Uveitis Fellowship trained (National Eye Institute)
  • Greg Kaufmann, MD
    • Cornea Fellowship trained (University of Florida)
  • Charles Richards, MD
    • Wake Forest Eye Center/VA
    • Retina Fellowship trained (University of Virginia)


  • Susan Burden, MD
    • Comprehensive Ophthalmology
  • Rupal Chiniwalla, MD
    • Glaucoma Fellowship trained
  • Bob Green, MD
    • Comprehensive Ophthalmology
  • Samuel Tyson, MD
    • Comprehensive Ophthalmology

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