Chairman
UAB Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. Kline is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1969 and graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1973. He served an internship in the Duke University Department of Medicine (1974) and a residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal (1977). He completed fellowships in neuro-ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida. Dr. Kline has been a faculty member of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology since 1979. He has been a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at UAB since 1990. In 1998, Dr. Kline was appointed the Chairman of UAB's Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Kline is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, is a member of the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Chief of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Electrophysiology Services
UAB Dept of Ophthalmology
Dr. Vaphiades completed a medical internship at Brown University followed by a Neurology residency at Loyola University Chicago. His Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship training was performed at Michigan State University. He is the Chief of the Neuro-ophthalmology and Electrophysiology Services at UAB. He assists in resident education. He evaluates and treats patients with visual dysfunction referable to the central nervous system.
Assistant Professor
UAB Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. Braswell is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. He completed a medical internship at Methodist Hospital from 1986 to 1987 and residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center from 1987 to 1990. He consults on neuro-ophthalmology cases and comprehensive ophthalmology.