Birmingham, AL Cornea Specialist - Price M. Kloess M.D. - Alabama Vision Center

Medical Director

 

 

Dr. Kloess is a board certified, fellowship trained ophthalmologist specializing in blade-free all laser Custom LASIK laser vision correction, "no stitch" cataract laser and surgery, refractive lens exchange with bifocal implants, phakic IOL surgery, and corneal transplantation surgery. He served as Cornea Chairman and Consultant to the USAF Surgeon General for refractive surgery for several years before returning home to Birmingham in 1994 as the founder and Medical Director of the Alabama Vision Center. He is a Principal Investigator for the Alcon FDA Phakic IOL Study and a clinical consultant for several pharmaceutical and surgical companies.  Dr. Kloess is a clinical assistant for the Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham.  He is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and served as President of the Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology.  

 

Education and Training

  • B.S. University of Alabama (with honors)
  • M.D. University of Alabama School of Medicine
  • Harvard Basic Sciences Course in Ophthalmology
  • Residency in Ophthalmology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
  • Fellowship, Cornea, Emory University School of Medicine
  • LASIK certification by NIDEK, VISX, Summit, Autonomous LADAR Vision
Professional Appointments
  • Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Fellow, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
  • President, Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Chief, Division of Ophthalmology, Baptist Montclair Hospital
Personal
Dr. Kloess participates in charitable surgical eye missions to prevent blindness in Mexico. He is chairman of the local Young Life Board. He and his wife Joy stay busy raising their three children, Emily, Jason and Margaret.

             

Dr. Price Kloess has been elected by his peers for the inclusion in the Best Doctors in America® from 2007 to 2010. Compiled by Boston-based Best Doctors, Inc., the Best Doctors in America® database is the result of an exhaustive survey of more than 40,000 physicians in the United States. Only those doctors recognized in the top 3% of their specialty earn this prestigious honor of being named one of the Best Doctors in America®.