Anthony Zacchei

{{Short description|American ophthalmologist}}

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Anthony C. Zacchei is an American ophthalmologist, an author of numerous publications and a member of such academies as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Career

Zacchei graduated from the Jefferson Medical College with a magna cum laude and many awards and honours. After that, he received training at the Emory University of Atlanta, Georgia. Later, he joined the world-renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami and became Director of glaucoma and Director of Cataract Surgery at the Moore Eye Institute which was a part of the Mercy System and the Crozer-Keystone Health System. He is a founding surgeon of Kremer Eye Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=http://www.crhvision.com/eye-doctors/michael-aronsky/ |title=Michael A. Aronsky, M.D. |publisher=Clompus Reto and Halscheid |accessdate=October 2, 2013 |archivedate=October 4, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224333/http://www.crhvision.com/eye-doctors/michael-aronsky/ |url-status=dead }} He also received memberships as an honorable member of Alpha Omega Alpha and performed over 50,000 Lasik surgeries and highly successful cataract surgeries.{{cite web|url=http://www.kremereyecenter.com/our-practice/our-doctors/managing-surgeons/anthony-c-zacchei-m-d/|title=Anthony C. Zacchei, M.D.|publisher= Kremer Eye Center|accessdate=October 2, 2013}}

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