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He earned his medical degree at the
Medical College of Georgia, where
he also completed an internship
and ophthalmology residency. He
then went to
the University
of California,
San Francisco’s
Proctor
Fellowship as
a Heed Fellow,
followed by a
fellowship in
cornea and refractive surgery at the
University of Utah’s Moran Eye Center.
Khalifa is a member of
the American Academy of
Ophthalmology, the Fredrick C.
Cordes Eye Society, the Society of
Heed Fellows, the Cornea Society,
the American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery, and the
Association for Research in Vision
and Ophthalmology.
He serves as a peer reviewer for
JAMA Ophthalmology, the American
Journal of Ophthalmology, and
Acta Ophthalmologica. He won the
“Teacher of the Year” award each year
at the University of Rochester.
His clinical interests are penetrating keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, endothelial keratoplasty, cataract surgery, and corneal
infectious disease.
Sheryl Menacker, MD, joined the Eye
Center in January 2014 on a part-time
basis within the pediatric service. She
assists with special-needs patients and
helps teach residents how to do this
as well. She earned her undergraduate
degree at T