Paul M. Karpecki, OD, FAAO

Dr. Karpecki received his doctor of optometry degree from Indiana University and completed a fellowship in Medical Cornea in Kansas City in affiliation with the Pennsylvania College of Optometry.

He currently serves as Director of Cornea and External Disease for the Kentucky Eye Institute in Lexington KY. He is the Chief Clinical Editor for Review of Optometry, the most read journal in the profession, and chairman of the New Technology and Treatment Conferences.

He is Medical Director for KEPLR Vision and Director of Cornea and External Disease for the Center for Sight in Carmel IN. He was appointed to the Delphi International Society at Wilmer Johns Hopkins which included the top 25 dry eye experts in the world and co-chair for the previous two Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Symposia.

He served on the DEWS II Diagnostic Methodology Committee.

In 2017-2018 he completed a full year preceptorship in advanced retinal disease at Retina Associates of Kentucky, one of the top 20 retina practices in the country.

Dr. Karpecki is also an Associate Professor at the Kentucky College of Optometry in Pikeville KY.