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Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
Accomplishments
Affiliations
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Matthew Sanderson

Denver

Summary

Accomplished Ophthalmologist with extensive experience at Colorado Permanente Medical Group, specializing in high-volume cataract and refractive surgeries. Proven leadership as a Clinical Medical Director, excelling in corneal surgery. Strong communicator dedicated to patient care and surgical excellence, consistently achieving outstanding outcomes in complex procedures.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Ophthalmologist

Colorado Permanente Medical Group - Cpmg
Denver
02.2004 - Current
  • Cornea and External Disease
  • High Volume Cataract Surgeon
  • General Ophthalmology
  • Refractive Surgery

Volunteer Faculty Ophthalmology

University of Colorado
Denver
01.2003 - 01.2010
  • Supervised Ophthalmology Residents and Fellows at Denver Health/University of Colorado Lions Eye Center/Veterans Administration

Cornea and Refractive Surgery Specialist

Spivack Vision Center
Centennial
05.1998 - 01.2004
  • Corneal Surgery Specialist
  • Refractive Surgery Specialist
  • Cataract Surgery Specialist
  • Clinical Medical Director

Medical Director/General Ophthalmologist

Center For Sight
Redding
11.1997 - 03.1998

Ophthalmologist

West Coast Eye Care Assoc
San Diego
10.1996 - 10.1997

Education

Fellowship - Cornea, External Disease, Refractive Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
06-1996

M.D. - Ophthalmology

New York University
New York, NY
06-1995

M.D. - Medical Internship

Graduate Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
06-1992

M.D. - Doctor of Medicine

Thomas Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA
06-1991

Bachelor of Arts - Biology (Genetics)

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
06-1987

Skills

  • Cataract surgery
  • Corneal surgery
  • Refractive surgery
  • General Ophthalmology

Certification

  • Medical License State of Colorado

Accomplishments

  • Started double room Cataract surgery at Kaiser Ambulatory Surgery Center in Denver Colorado
  • Started a Refractive Surgery program performing Lasik surgery at Kaiser Permanente
  • Helped transition Cataract and Dsaek surgery to the Minor Procedure rooms at Kaiser Permanente
  • Helped develop and perform High Volume Cataract surgery using Double Rooms in the Minor Procedure Rooms at Kaiser Permanente, performing over 1200 cataracts per year
  • Performed High Volume Cataract, Dsaek, MIGs, surgery in the Minor Procedure Rooms at Kaiser Permanente
  • Consistently has the lowest complication rate for Cataract Surgery as tracked at Kaiser Permanente with no surgical complications in over 15 years and thousands of cases
  • Performed role as Chief of Ophthalmology and instituted a Physician Assistant program to perform Intravitreal Avastin Injections
  • Served on the National Kaiser Permanente Standards and Sources committee leading and adopting a Single Source provider for Cataract surgery supplies

Affiliations

  • Participate in many of the local and regional Charity runs and bike rides including the Denver Half Marathon and Colfax Half Marathon, the Triple Bypass, Copper Triangle, Blue Sky Mountain climb bike rides.
  • Participated in the Sunset Mini Triathlon in Boulder reservoir.
  • Avid Mogul skier and cruiser on Telemark skis
  • Spent 10 years training in Wah Lum Tam Tui Northern Praying Mantis Kung FU and several other styles of Martial Arts upon the Kung Fu schools closing
  • Extensive travel history including horseback riding, scuba diving, kayaking

Timeline

Ophthalmologist

Colorado Permanente Medical Group - Cpmg
02.2004 - Current

Volunteer Faculty Ophthalmology

University of Colorado
01.2003 - 01.2010

Cornea and Refractive Surgery Specialist

Spivack Vision Center
05.1998 - 01.2004

Medical Director/General Ophthalmologist

Center For Sight
11.1997 - 03.1998

Ophthalmologist

West Coast Eye Care Assoc
10.1996 - 10.1997

Fellowship - Cornea, External Disease, Refractive Surgery

Medical College of Wisconsin

M.D. - Ophthalmology

New York University

M.D. - Medical Internship

Graduate Hospital

M.D. - Doctor of Medicine

Thomas Jefferson Medical College

Bachelor of Arts - Biology (Genetics)

Cornell University
Matthew Sanderson