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Faculty Detail    
Name LANNING B KLINE
 
Campus Address EFH 601 Zip 0009
Phone  (205) 488-0756
E-mail  lkline@uabmc.edu
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Ophthalmology  Ophthalmology Professor
Center  Multiple Sclerosis Center  Multiple Sclerosis Center Professor

Biographical Sketch 
Dr. Kline is a native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1969 and graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1973. He served an internship in the Duke University Department of Medicine (1974) and a residency in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal (1977). He completed fellowships in neuro-ophthalmology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida. Dr. Kline has been a faculty member of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology since 1979. He has been a Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at UAB since 1990. In 1998, Dr. Kline was appointed the Chairman of UAB's Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Kline is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, is a member of the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American College of Surgeons  Fellow  http://www.facs.org/