Aleksandr Kagan, M.D.

EDUCATION
Residency in Ophthalmology: University of Louisville,
Louisville, KY 2001 - 2004

Internal Medicine Internship: St. Francis Hospital of Evanston
Evanston, IL 2001 – 2004

Degree awarded: Doctor of Osteopathy: Midwestern University
Downers Grove, IL 1996 – 2000

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science, Biology; University of Illinois at Chicago
Honors: Distinction in Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL 1993 - 1996

Smolensk State Medical Academy
Smolensk, Russia 1989-1993

BOARD CERTIFICATONS:
American Board of Ophthalmology        

Honors and Activities:
2000 Department of Ophthalmology Achievement Award
1998 Research Poster Session 1st Place Award
1996 HIAS Scholarship
1997 Sigma Sigma Phi Honor Society

Publications:

Abstracts:
Kagan, A., Moore, M.K., Lackey, A. and Viselli, S.M. “Immune Effects of DDE, An Environmental Androgen, 17th Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology,” Immune-Neuro-Endocrine Interactions; Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms”, Penn State University, University Park, PA, July 29-31, 1998

Paper:
Kagan, A, and Viselli, S.M.  The Environmental Antiandrogen, DDE, Induces Thymocyte Apoptosis. – in preparation

Professional Organizations:    
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Personal Interests:
Running, reading, international traveling

Languages:
Fluent in written and spoken English, Russian, Ukranian, Buelorussian