Our team

The doctors and staff at Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida are dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care for our patients.

WHO WE ARE

Retina-Vitreous Associates of Florida, established in 1971, is the first and largest retina practice serving Tampa Bay. Our doctors are board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and Fellowship Trained. Our offices are equipped with the most advanced diagnostic tests available. In our offices and surgery suites, we also have a variety of cutting edge therapeutic modalities and we are capable of treating both simple and very complex retinal disorders.

MEET THE RETINA SPECIALISTS TEAM

Scott Pautler, MD

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Training

Dr. Pautler graduated with high honors from the University of Florida where he was inducted into Phi Eta Sigma honor society and was listed as an outstanding student in Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. He was selected for early admission into medical school at the

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Tampa and Temple Terrace

Steven Cohen, MD, FACS

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Dr. Cohen graduated with honors from Harvard College in Mathematics and completed his medical training at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program. He did an internship at Brown University and an Ophthalmology residency at University of California, Davis. H

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Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Palm Harbor

Karina Billiris Findlay, MD

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Dr. Findlay graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of South Florida with a degree in Chemistry before completing her medical training, internship and Ophthalmology Residency at USF and Retina Fellowship with Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida.

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Tampa, Temple Terrace, and Wesley Chapel

David Elchenbaum, MD

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Dr. Eichenbaum has been practicing in Tampa Bay since 2007 and was born in St. Petersburg. He completed the Medical Honors Program completing his undergraduate and medical degree at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He completed his Ophthalmology residency at the University of South Flori

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St. Petersburg and Cleawater

A.J. White, MD

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Dr. White received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, where he also did his internship. He completed ophthalmology residency at the University of South Florida, where he served as Chief Resident. He then completed a two-year surgical retina fellowship at LSU Health Scien

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Wesley Chapel, Temple Terrace, St. Petersburg

Ashley M. Crane, MD

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Dr. Crane graduated summa cum laude with phi beta kappa from Duke University in art history and chemistry. She received her medical degree from The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She completed ophthalmology resi

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Tampa, Temple Terrace, Clearwater and St. Petersburg

Priya Vakharia, MD

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Dr. Vakharia earned a Bachelor of Science degree in General Science and graduated with highest distinction. She received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, where she received an Honora

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Palm Harbor and St. Petersburg