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Offices:
Eye Clinic of Racine, Ltd.
3805A Spring Street
West Professional Building
All Saints - St. Mary's Campus
Racine, Wisconsin 53405
Telephone: (262) 637-9615
Kenosha Toll-Free: 658-8489

Education

• BA in Biology, Cum Laude
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Williams College-Williamstown, Massachusetts

MD

• M.D. with Honors 1986
• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago

Internship

• St. Joseph’s Hospital- Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ophthalmology Residency

• Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Licensure

• Medical License: Wisconsin

Board Certification

• American Board of Ophthalmology

Academic Appointments

• Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1991 – present. Responsible for surgical instruction of ophthalmology residents
• Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Family Practice Residency Program 1997 – present. Ophthalmology instruction for Family Practice residents

Recognition

• Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College
• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Illinois
• Teacher of the Year Award, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin. Six time recipient

Positions

• Executive Committee Racine County Medical Society 1996 – 1998 and 2006 - present
• President, Racine County Medical Society 1996 – 1997 and 2007 - 2008
• Board Member Prevent Blindness Wisconsin 1994-1998
• Chairman Prevent Blindness Wisconsin Scientific Advisory Committee 1996
• Surgery Committee, All Saints Medical Center 2006 - present

Hospital Affiliations

• All Saints Medical Center-3801 Spring Street Racine, Wisconsin 53405
• Eye Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin-8700 W. Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
• Zablocki VA Medical Center-Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53295
• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI
• Aurora Medical Center-Racine, WI

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Medical Association
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Wisconsin State Medical Society
• Milwaukee Ophthalmologic Society
• Refractive Surgery Interest Group of the American Academy of Ophthalmologists
• Racine County Medical Society
• Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology

Research
 

Publications and Presentations

• "Bilateral Peripheral Corneal Edema After Cefaclor Therapy" Lawrence W. Platt, M.D. Achives of Ophthalmology
• Faculty Sponsor "The use of capsulorrhexis in extracapsular cataract surgery" Jamie Coleman, M.D. and Lawrence W. Platt, M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin Resident’s Day – May, 1992
• "Serial Paracentesis In The Treatment Of Elevated Intraocular Pressure" Matthew C. Carnahan, M.D. and Lawrence W. Platt, M.D. Ophthalmology – Volume 109, Number 9, September 2002
• "The Incidence of Retrobulbar Hemorrhage after Retrobulbar Anesthesia" Lawrence W. Platt, M.D. and Gerald Harris, M.D. Presented at Resident’s Day – May 1990
• "Handling the Broken Posterior Capsule", presented at the cataract conference, The Eye Institute-June 6,2007