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Samuel G. Farmer, M.D.

Physician/Surgeon

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

Sam Farmer was born in eastern Washington, and raised in Washington, California, Connecticut, and Switzerland. He received his B.A. from The Evergreen State College and his M.D. (with honors) from the University of Washington in 1979. Post-graduate education included an internship in the Department of Surgery, University of Washington, a year of research into central visual pathways in the laboratory of Robert Rodieck, a residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington, and a fellowship in vitreo-retinal diseases at the University of Iowa. He has been in private practice in Salem since 1986, though he has an academic affiliation with the Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Sciences University.

 

Curriculum Vitae

Place and Year of Birth:

Richland, Washington, 1952

Education:

• 1974 Bachelor of Arts,
  Evergreen State College,
  Olympia, Washington
• 1979 M.D. With Honors,
  University of Washington
  School of Medicine,
  Seattle, Washington

Postgraduate Education:

• 1979-1980 General Surgery Internship,
  University of Washington,
  Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle
• 1980-1981 Research Position,
  Laboratory of Professor Robert W. Rodieck,
  Department of Ophthalmology,
  University of Washington, Seattle
• 1981-1984 Residency,
  Department of Ophthalmology,
  University of Washington, Seattle
• 1984-1986 Fellowship,
  Vitreoretinal Service,
  Department of Ophthalmology,
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Positions Held:

• 1973 Student Research Assistant,
  NSF-Funded Education Research
• 1974 Research Assistant,
  NSF Student Originated Research Project
• 1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology,
  University of Washington, Seattle
• 1976 Research Traineeship,
  Department of Biological Structure,
  University of Washington, Seattle

Honors:

• 1978 Student Representative,
  American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress
• 1978 Alpha Omega Alpha
• 1979 Frederick C. Moll Prize “… for outstanding work in Pediatrics”
• 1979 James W. Haviland Award “… for outstanding clinical competence… and unusual promise as a leader in Medicine”

Board Certification:

• 1980 National Board of Medical Examiners
• 1985 American Board of Ophthalmology, Fellow

Licensure:

• 1980 Washington
• 1984 Iowa
• 1986 Oregon

Professional Affiliations:

• 1981 American Academy of Ophthalmology
• 1981 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• 1984 Iowa Eye Association
• 1986 Oregon Academy of Ophthalmology
  American Medical Association
  Oregon Medical Association
  Marion-Polk County Medical Society
  West Coast Retina Study Club
• 1988 American Society of Retina Specialists

Academic Affiliations:

• 1986 Clinical Instructor,
  Oregon Health Sciences University,
  Portland, Oregon
• Attending Physician,
  U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital,
  Portland, Oregon

Hospital Priveliges:

• Salem Hospital,
  Salem, Oregon
• Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital,
  Portland, Oregon
• Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center,
  Portland, Oregon
• Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital,
  Portland, Oregon

Publications:

• Farmer, SG and Kalina, RE: Epithelial implantation of cyst of the iris. Ophthalmology, 1981; 88:1286-1289.
• Farmer, SG and Rodieck, RW: Ganglion cells of the cat accessory optic system: morphology and retinal topography. J Comp Neurol, 1982; 205:190-198h.
• Reeh, MJ and Farmer, SG: Entropion, in Fraunfelder, FT and Roy, FH (eds): Current Ocular Therapy 2, Philadelphia, WB Saunders; 1985, p 358.
• Farmer, SG, Longstreth, WO, Kalina, RE, Todorov, A: Fleck retina in Kjellin syndrome. Amer J Ophthmol, 1985; 99:45.
• Koontz, MA, Rodieck, RW, Farmer, SG: The retinal projections to the cat pretectum. J Comp Neurol 1985; 237:42.
• Farmer, SG, Kinyoun, JL, Nelson, L, Wener, M: Retinal vasculitis associated with auto-antibodies to SS-A antigen. Amer J Ophthalmol, 1985; 100:814.
• O’Brien, DM, Farmer, SG, Kalina, RE, Leon, JA: Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy Following Intravenous Sympathomimetics. Retina, 1989; 9:281-286.
• Kimura, AE, Reddy, CV, Folk, JC, Farmer SG: Removal of subretinal hemorrhage facilitated by preoperative intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator. Retina, 1994; 14: 83-84.
• Watzke, RC, Klein, ML, Folk, JC, Farmer, SG, Munsen, RS, Champfer, RJ, Sletten, KR: Long-term juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasia. Retina, 2005 Sep;25(6); 727-35.

Practice History:

• Self-employed in Vitreoretinal medicine since 1986 in Salem, Oregon