Education
Associate Fellow, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, 1984.

Ophthalmology Residency
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

Additional Training
Internal and emergency medicine, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii,
U.S. Army Medical Corps, 25th Division

Internal medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Medical School
University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City, Kansas

Undergraduate Study
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology, June, 1986
American Board of Eye Surgery in cataract/implant surgery,
November, 1990 and re-certified in 1996

Memberships
Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellow, American College of Eye Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Diplomat, National Board of Medical Examiners, May, 1979
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS)
Windsor National Associates, 1997 – 1999.
Fellow, Society for Excellence in Eye Care (SEE)
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
American Medical Association (AMA)

Awards
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Honor Award, 1999
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, David J. McIntyre Award, 2007
Woodward-White publishers, Best Doctors in America, 1994-2008
Consumer Research Council of America, America’s Top Doctors, cataract surgery 2006-07
American Medical Association, Physician’s Recognition Award, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2006
Alpha Omega Alpha - Medical Honor Society, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa - Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Society, 1974

Military Service
Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1979-1981
U.S. Army Resident, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978-1979

Publications

"Language in Ophthalmology: How to Name Diseases"; a seminar at the University of Iowa, March, 1982.

A Book Review of Ophthalmic Terminology by Stein, Slatt and Cook in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, 94:273, August, 1982.

"Graves' Optic Neuropathy: An Investigation"; a seminar at the University of Iowa, April, 1983.

"Disease Names: A Doctrine of Signatures"; Guest Editorial Ophthalmic Surgery; Volume 16:287, 288; 1985.

"An Alternative to Dialing: Lens Counter-Rotation"; Implant Techniques Section Ocular Surgery News; Volume 8:7, April 1, 1990.

"Insertion Technique for the Soft Hydrogel IOL"; Implant Techniques Section Ocular Surgery News; Volume 8:8, April 15, 1990.

"Insertion of a Single Piece, No Hole IOL"; Ocular Surgery News; Volume 8:11, June 1, 1990.

"Success without Marketing"; Future Focus newsletter; Volume 2:4, July, 1990.

"One-Handed Method of Posterior Chamber Phacoemulsification"; Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; Volume 16:5, September, 1990.

"Rough Weather Ahead", guest editorial; Ophthalmology Management; Volume 8:8, September, 1990.

"Advice to New Ophthalmologists"; Ophthalmology Management; Volume 8:9, October, 1990.

"Resolutions '91: It's A Whole New Game"; Ophthalmology Management; Volume 9:1, p. 22, January, 1991.

"The Nuclear Flip Technique in Small Pupil Phacoemulsification"; Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; Volume 17:2, March, 1991.

"One-Handed Method for PC Phaco Keeps Within Central Circle of Safety"; Phaco & Foldables; September/October 1991.

Operative Profile, Ocular Surgery News; "Operative Profile highlights the cataract procedures of leading surgeons throughout the world.” pp. 49, 56, December 1, 1991.

"Questions & Answers by Dr. Arnold", Focus on Cataract Surgery, all issues since inception in Spring 1992 until magazine stopped.

"A Prospective Study of a Single Injection Peribulbar Technique"; Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Volume 18:157 March 1992.

"A Study of Acute Intraoperative Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage"; Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Volume 18:489, September 1992.

"Good Near, Far Vision, Contrast Sensitivity With Multifocal IOL", Ophthalmology Times, November 15, 1992.

"Flurbiprofen, Suprofen Research Continues", Ocular Surgery News, Volume II No. 2, January 15, 1993.

"But Monofocals Unbeatable for Reliability, Satisfaction", Ophthalmology Times, May 1, 1993.

"Flare No Worse in Oval IOLs Than in Round", Ophthalmology Times, May 15, 1993.

Commentary on "Acute Intraoperative Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage in Capsular Bag Phacoemulsification" by Davison, JA. J. Cataract Refract. Surg. 1993; 19:534-537 which appeared in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Volume 19:813-814, November 1993

Commentary on "Incidence of retinal detachment after YAG laser posterior capsulotomy", Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Volume 20:363-364, May 1994

"Photic phenomena after phacoemulsification and posterior chamber lens implantation of various optic sizes", Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Volume 20:446-450, July 1994

"Setting goals key to successful program", Ocular Surgery News, June 15, 1994.

"No-stitch combined phacotrabeculectomy", Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, submitted September 1994, accepted for publication July 1995. Volume 22:253-260, March 1996.

"No-stitch combo technique controls IOP well", Ophthalmology Times, August 28 - September 3, 1995.

"Small incision cataract surgery: improved materials for enhanced patient outcomes", a symposium on foldable IOLs (Alcon AcrySof specifically) published by Ocular Surgery News in February, 1996.

"Unforeseen complications undermine the best laid plans", a discussion of penetrating keratoplasty, astigmatic keratotomy, and sewn-in posterior chamber lenses in the "Complications" section, Ocular Surgery News, February 1, 1996.

"Patient-centered comanagement". Argus, Volume XIX, No. 4, April 1996

"Inflammation with acrylic, PMMA, silicone". A report on a study presented by Dr. Arnold at the 1996 ASCRS meeting, Ocular Surgery News, Volume 14, No. 18, September 15, 1996.

"Evaluation of Medial Clear Corneal Incisions: An ergonomic advantage in the OR". Highlights of the ASCRS 1996 Annual Meeting, from Ophthalmology Interactive CD ROM.

"Eye Care Like You've Never Seen Before", MD News, Sept./Oct. 1996 issue.

"No-Stitch Phacotrabeculectomy", Ophthalmology Digest, December 1996.

"An acrylic lens is an ideal alternative to a silicone lens for clear corneal incisions", Phaco & Foldables, Volume 10, No. 1, Winter, 1997.

"Avoiding the New Doctor Blues", Ophthalmology Management, March 1998.

"Reducing Post-op Care Doesn't Mean Less Care", A Supplement To Review of Ophthalmology, April 1998.
"Practice Management And Cost Accounting", Ten Eyecare Practices: Benchmarks For Success, American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators, 1998. .

“EW Dialogue: Medicare and the Changing Face of Ophthalmology”, Eye World, an international newsmagazine for eyecare clinicians, Volume 3, No. 8, August 1998.

“How to Put Experience to Work For You”, Review of Ophthalmology, October 1998.

“RBRVS: Did Eye Surgeons Get Cheated?”, Review of Ophthalmology, October 1998.

Caring For Patients With A Personal Touch”, Ophthalmology Management, January 1999.

“Three Ways to Beat the Refractive Problem”, Review of Ophthalmology, March 1999.

“Should You Hire a Tech?” Review of Ophthalmology, March 1999.

“Positive Pressure”, Chapter 8 in Complications in Phacoemulsification, edited by William J. Fishkind, MD, FACS, published by Thieme in 2002.

“My Two Cents”, a series of in-depth articles on personal financial management for the ophthalmologist published in EyeWorld from 2002 through 2003.

Common Cents; An overview of investing for Ophthalmologists and their Administrators, a book published by ASOA in November 2003. The chapters are based on a compilation of the articles published in EyeWorld.

“From Burnout to Balance”, a chapter in the book, The Efficient Ophthalmologist, by John Pinto, published in 2004 by ASOA.

The ABCs of ASCs; Everything you need to know about getting started, operating, and successfully maintaining an ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center, a book written and edited by me and published by ASOA in November 2004.

“What I learned the second time around”, an article in the January 2005 Outpatient Surgery Magazine;

“The Value of ASC Ownership – the Economics of Medicare” in the Spring 2005 edition of Administrative Eyecare, a publication of ASCRS/ ASOA.

“Digital Video Recording Devices”, an overview of several systems in the July 2005 Outpatient Surgery Magazine.

“Symposium on new CMS/ruling re: Presbyopia Correcting Lens Implants – Legal and
Practice management implications”, in the July 2005 Ocular Surgery News.

“Design and Construction of the Arnold Surgery Center and Clinic”, The Video Journal of Ophthalmology - VJO, Spring 2005 edition, Vol. XXI, No. 1.

Consultation Section, advice regarding a woman reporting “negative dysphotopsia” after routine cataract surgery, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Vol. 31, August 2005, pg.1487 – 1488.

“The economics of Medicare and the value of ASC ownership”, Greene County Medical Society Journal, November 2005, pg. 8 – 9

“Best of Practice Management 2005 – CMS ruling brings back free market”, in the December 15, 2005 Ocular Surgery News.

“Pseudophakic Dysphotopsia”; Davison, Arnold, et al., Volume 6 #5, September/October 2005
Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update, pages 215 – 225.

“Gala affair at the ‘ASCARS’”, guest editorial in Eye World, September 2005, page 4.

“The Right Ingredients for Building an ASC”, June 2006, Ophthalmology Management

Consultation Section, advice regarding the use of “piggyback lenses” in patients suffering from negative dysphotopsia, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Vol. 32, pg. 910 – 911, June 2006

“Advances in phacoemulsification – small incision cataract surgery”, Greene County Medical Society Journal, March 2006, pg. 12-13

“Damaged or Lost Capsular Bag”; Cataract Surgery Complications Section of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, Vol. 7, No. 1, pg. 30, January 2007.

“The Physician’s Perspective – Planning and Building an Ambulatory Surgery Center”; Visions USA, the winter/spring 2007 edition of the Zeiss publication highlighting their technology, and clinical and surgical insights, pg 24-26, March 2007

“What’s New in Ophthalmology?”; a review of new products and instruments from the 2007 ASCRS meeting; Outpatient Surgery Magazine, Surgical Products Supplement, July 2007.

Professional Activities

Chair of the ASCRS Annual Film Festival Awards., judge since 2001, MC2003 & 2004.

Member and former chairman of Government Relations Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). Committee member of the Continuing Medical Education group for ASCRS, reviewing all educational programs of the Society since 2002. Member of the Program Committee for the annual ASCRS meeting. Regular reviewer of papers submitted to the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Member of the Editorial Board of the national ophthalmic weekly journal, Ocular Surgery News, on the Practice Management panel since 2002.

Member of Board of Directors, and Secretary/Treasurer, Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society (OOSS).

Former ASCRS Advisor to the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Committee of the American Medical Association (ASCRS/AMA).

Former Representative for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery to the American Medical Association House of Delegates (ASCRS/AMA).

Former Co-chair, Young Ophthalmologists Committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).

Former Member of the Diagnostic and Procedural Terminology Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).

Former member of the Editorial Board, Ophthalmology Management, a magazine that focuses on business and management issues for ophthalmologists.

Former member of Government Affairs Committee of the Society for Excellence in Eye
Care (SEE). Elected to Society Fellowship, August 1998.

Editorial Advisor of former quarterly, Focus on Cataract Surgery.

Consulting Editor of former quarterly, Future Focus Newsletter.

Consulting Editor of the former monthly, Ophthalmology Management.

Designer of the UVB-350-03 (UPB-350S), a small incision, narrow profile, single piece posterior chamber lens manufactured by IOPTEX Research.

Designer of the UPB-370 IOL, a surface passivated, 7mm, single piece PMMA, biconvex, posterior chamber lens implant from IOPTEX Research. This was the first new surface modified IOL approved by the FDA.

Clinical Investigator of the ACRYLENS, a foldable acrylic posterior chamber lens implant from IOPTEX Research.

Member of Scientific Advisory Board, IOPTEX Research, a former intraocular lens manufacturer.

Clinical Investigator of the IOGEL foldable hydrogel posterior chamber lens implant from Alcon.

Clinical Investigator of the AcrySof MA30BA foldable acrylic posterior chamber lens from Alcon.

Instructor of advanced phacoemulsification courses since 1988 sponsored by Alcon Surgical. Dr. Arnold has participated in these courses at the ASCRS and Academy meetings as well as regional sites across the country.

Former member of Board of Governors, Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation.

Former member of Scientific Advisory Board of INNOTECH, a technology lens manufacturing company formerly based in Roanoke, VA. The Excalibur system is capable of surface casting spectacle lenses in 20 minutes. The company was purchased by Johnson & Johnson in 1998.

Clinical investigator of the Sensar IOL (AR40NB), a foldable acrylic lens from Allergan Medical Optics.

Former scientific advisor to several ophthalmic companies investigating new drugs and devices for ophthalmology including Oculex, iScience, and BiosyntRx.

Dr. Arnold has presented his work, by invitation, to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, the Society for Excellence in Eyecare, the American College of Surgeons, and other national and international organizations.

Rev. 5/07