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Eaton Duke Eye Center has reappointed Dr. Alexander M. Eaton of Retina Health Center as an associate research consultant, a role he has served since 1999. The Duke Eye Center, part of the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., is a world-class eye care and research center, which specializes in the treatment of blinding eye diseases such as macular degeneration. The Duke Eye Center was recently ranked one of the top 10 ophthalmology hospitals in the country by U.S. News and World Report. Eaton, an alumnus of Duke University School of Medicine, is a well-known macular degeneration expert. He has won numerous honors and awards for his research and service, holds a number of patents on surgical devices, and authored "See Again! Reversing and Preventing Macular Degeneration," published by Random House Company.

Capt. Art Garcia, a 24-year paramedic with Lee County Emergency Medical Services, was appointed to the Florida Emergency Medical Review Committee. The committee was recently created to develop a reporting system to analyze customer service, medical treatment and ethical issues for the purpose of statewide quality improvement The committee, which meets for the first time in Cocoa Beach, hopes to develop a standard for care that can be met by all Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics in the state.