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Education:
College - University of North Carolina, B.S. - Biology, 1988

Medical School - M.D., Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 1992

Graduate School - Ph.D. - Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 1992

Internship - North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1992-93

Residency - Wake Forest University Eye Center of Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 1993-96

State Licensure:
Tennessee and Virginia

Certification:
American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Ophthalmology

Sullivan Country Medical Society

American Medical Association

Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Christian Medical and Dental Society

Honors:
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Normal Sulkin Award in Neuroscience

Alpha Omega Alpha

Medical Honor Society

Research:
"RPE Transplants in Animal Models of Inherited Retinal Dystrophy and Aging." Sheedlo, H.J., Gaur, V.P., Li, L. Seaton, A.D., Stovall, S., Yamaguchi, K and Turner, J.E. Retinal Degenerations (Anderson, R., Hollyfield, J., and Lavail, M.M. Eds.) 337-347, CRC Press 1991.

"Transplantation to the Diseased and Damaged Retina." Sheedlo, H.J., Gaur, V.P., Li, L., Seaton, A.D. and Turner, J.E. Trends in Neuroscience. 14:347-350, 1991.

"Photoreceptor Cell Rescue in the Dystrophic and Aging Retina by Pigment Epithelial Cell Transplantation." Sheedlo, H.J., Gaur, V.P., Li, L. Seaton, A.D., Stovall, S.V., Yamaguchi, K. and Turner, J.E. Lam DMK (Bray, G., Ed.) 1991.

"RPE Transplants Stabilize Retinal Vasculature and Prevent Neovascularization in RCS Rat." Seaton, A.D. and Turner, J.E. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, 33:83-91, 1992.

"Photoreceptor Rescue in the Dystrophic Retina by Transplantation of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium." Sheedlo, H.J., Gaur, V.P. Li, L., Seaton, A.D., Stovall, S. and Turner, J.E. International Review of Cytology. (Jeon, K.W. and Friedlander, M., Eds.) 1-49, Academic Press, 1992.

"RPE Transplants in the RCS Rats; Effects on the Retina Vasculature." Seaton, A.D. 1992 A Dissertation.

"RPE Transplants Play a Primary Role in the Inhibition and Regression of Neovascularization in the RCS Rat." Seaton, A.D., Sheedlo, H.J. and Turner, J.E. Inves. Ophthalmology Vision Science. 35. 162-169, 1994.

"Loss of Visibility Caused of Moisture Condensation on the Posterior Surface of a Silicone Intraocular Lens During Fluid/Gas Exchange After Posterior Vitrectomy." Slusher, M.M and Seaton, A.D. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 118:667, 1994.

"Bilateral Jaw Wink Phenomenon Occurring with CHARGE Association." Weaver, R.G. and Seaton, A.D. American Journal of Ophthalmology. (submitted)

"Eyelid Edema as the Presenting Manifestation of Melkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome." Yeatts, R.P. and Seaton, A.D. American Journal of Ophthalmology. (submitted)