Paul M. Karpecki, OD, FAAO.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky.—The University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO) announced this week that Paul M. Karpecki, OD, FAAO, has joined the faculty as an assistant clinical professor.

Karpecki received his doctor of optometry degree from Indiana University and completed a fellowship in medical cornea and refractive surgery in Kansas City in affiliation with the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (now Salus University). He previously served as the director of corneal services for The Advanced Ocular Surface Disease Center and Research at Kentucky Eye Institute in Lexington, Ky., as well as the ocular surface disease clinic for Gaddie Eye Centers in Louisville, Ky., according to the announcement.

Karpecki is also completing a preceptorship in advanced retinal disease management at Retina Associates of Kentucky. His achievements include an appointment to the Delphi International Society at Wilmer-Johns Hopkins, which included the top 25 dry eye experts in the world, and the National Eye Institute’s Dry Eye Committee. He also was selected recently to moderate the presentation of Dry Eye Workshop II to the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill.

A noted educator and author, Karpecki has given more than 1,000 invited lectures at various conferences and symposia covering four continents. He has also authored more than 1,000 papers and serves as the chief clinical editor for Review of Optometry, the most widely read journal within the optometric profession. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and serves as a board member for the charity, Optometry Giving Sight.

The Kentucky College of Optometry is the fourth college under the University of Pikeville banner, and the university recently completed construction of a new educational facility that will house the optometry college. Sixty students will be admitted per class for a total of 240.