Harvey "Chip" Cole, III, MD, FACS

Education
Undergraduate
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana B.S. Program, 1978-1981

Medical School
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, B.S., Biology, 1981-1982

Internship
Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana
Internal Medicine Program July 1986 – June 1987

Residency
Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ophthalmology Residency Program July 1987 – June 1990

Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Ophthalmic Plastic and Orbital Surgery, July 1990 – June 1992

Board Certification                       
American Board of Ophthalmology
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery
American Board of Laser Surgery

Hospital Appointments
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Specialty Surgery Center, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia

Professional Societies
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellow, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellow, American Society of Liposuction Surgery
American Medical Association
Georgia Society of Ophthalmology
Medical Association of Georgia
Medical Association of Atlanta

Honors / Awards
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Blue Key National Honor Fraternity
Summa Cum Laude Graduate
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Kappa Sigma National Achievement Award
Student Government
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Alpha Omega Alpha
Ochsner Clinic “Intern of the Year”
James H. Allen Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology
Marvin H. Quickert Award for the Most Outstanding Thesis, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1992
Most Outstanding Research Award, Southern Medical Association Eighty-Fourth Annual Scientific Assembly, 1990
Most Outstanding Research Award, Twenty-Fourth Annual C.S. O’Brien Professorship, 1989
AMA Physician Recognition Award
Outstanding Young Men of America Award
National Delegate to AMA Convention
Medical School Honor Board

Research Grants

• Investigator, “A Study to Test the Repeatability and Comparability of the Aphakic Patients,” Humphrey Instruments, Inc., 1983-1984, $16,950.

• Investigator, “A Study to Correlate the Humphrey Autokeratometer Conformance Factor with Keratoconus,” Humphrey Instruments, Inc., 1983-1984, $11,950.

• Principal Investigator, “Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Cromolyn Sodium in Allergic Rhinitis,” Fisons Corporation, 1984-1985, $3,200.

• Principal Investigator, “Brown Recluse Spider Envenomation of the Eyelid:  An Animal Model,” Hospital Corporation of America, 1990-1992, $4,800.