Melinda O'Rourke, M.D.

Education: University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado - Bachelor of Sciences, Biochemistry and Biology, 1980. University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado - Doctorate of Medicine, 1984. Post-graduate Training: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado. - Internship, 1984-1987. University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado - Research in Ophthalmology, 1985-1987. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado - Residency in Ophthalmology, 1985-1987.

Publications:

• Vitamin C Levels in Human Tears, Archives of Ophthalmology, 1987.
• Unilateral Pseudosynophthalmos, Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 1989.

Research Presentations:

• XXX International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Vancouver, Canada, July, 1986.
• Association for Eye Research, Twenty-Seventh meeting, Oxford, England, September, 1986.

Board Certification:

• American Board of Ophthalmology, November, 1991

Societies:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Colorado Ophthalmologic Society
• Colorado Medical Society
• Clear Creek Medical Society

Refractive Surgery History:

• Refractive surgery since 1993
• PRK since FDA approval, October, 1995
• LASIK since June, 1997
• Extensive ongoing training and updates on refractive surgery

Personal History:

Dr. O'Rourke was born on August 29, 1955. She is married, and is the mother of two children. She enjoys skiing and long-distance running.