Rhonda currently serves as Diagnostic Echographer/Senior Ophthalmic Medical Technologist, at Emory Eye Center and Senior Associate in Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta GA. In addition to 30 clinic hrs per week, Rhonda’s responsibilities include development of clinical protocol and training of clinical staff and ophthalmology residents in each of the following areas: Ultrasound Biometry: Immersion A-Scan axial eye length measurement, Optical Biometry: IOL Master axial eye length measurement, IOL Power Calculation: Holladay IOL Consultant/Holladay II, Ultrasound Diagnostic 10 MHz B-Scan: Standardized imaging, localization and differentiation of ocular lesions/pathology in the posterior segment, Ultrasound Diagnostic 20-50 MHz B-Scan: Standardized (high resolution) imaging, localization and differentiation of ocular lesions/pathology in the anterior segment, Ultrasound Diagnostic A-Scan: Standardized
(A-Scan) imaging, localization and differentiation of ocular lesions/pathology in the globe, and Intra-operative Ultrasound Guidance: Radioactive plaque therapy for choroidal melanoma. Rhonda graduated from Emory University and became a Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist in 1984, then became a Certified Retinal Angiographer in 1986. She joined the staff at Emory Eye Center in 1988 and earned her Master of Medical Science in Ophthalmic Technology from Emory in 1994. She became a Registered Ophthalmic Ultrasound Biometrist in 1997 and a Certified Diagnostic Ophthalmic Sonographer in 2001. She was a certified echographer for the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study and she is the author of the B-Scan module in JCAHPO’s Refinements series as well as Medscape’s chapters on A-Scan Biometry and Ocular B-Scan Ultrasound. In 1999 she started her own company, Eye Scan Consulting, providing regional and private accredited educational seminars in Ophthalmic Biometry and Diagnostic B-Scan Ultrasound across the country and in Europe and Canada.