Luke A. Barker, MD

Education:

East Tennessee State University
Degree: Doctor of Medicine - 2005

Middle Tennessee State University
Degree: Bachelor of Science - 2001

Professional Societies / Licenses:

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Texas Medical Association

Christian Ophthalmology Society

American Medical Association

Christian Medical & Dental Association

Tennessee Academy of Science

Training:

Internship
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Scott and White Memorial Hospital.
Temple, Texas 2005-2006

Ophthalmology Residency
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Scott and White Memorial Hospital.
Temple, Texas 2006-2009

Honors and Awards:

Chief Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, 2008-2009

Quillen College of Medicine Student Ambassador, 2004

2nd Place – 2003 ETSU Student Research Forum, Medical Student Division, 2003

2nd Place – Tennessee Academy of Science, Oral Presentation, Health and Medical Sciences Division, 2002

Health Science Summer Research Fellow, 2002

Charles & Mary Hamdy Scholarship
QCOM merit and need based scholarship, 2001-2002

Albert L. & Ethel C. Smith Memorial Scholarship. 
MTSU pre-medical scholarship, 1997-2001

Presentations & Publications:  

Luke A. Barker, M.D., Vanessa Hoelscher, Robert H. Rosa, Jr.,M.D.
“Age Related Eye Disease Study 2 Study Group.”  Oral presentation at 30th 
Annual Veirs Lecture and Ophthalmology Conference 2009 about our clinical 
site’s participation in the Age Related Eye Disease Study 2, a National Eye 
Institute, NIH sponsored, multi-center, randomized trial of lutein, zeaxanthin, 
and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in age-related macular degeneration.

Luke A. Barker, M.D., Doug Casady, M.D., Stacia Lusby, M.D., Kyle H. Smith, M.D.
“Orbital Radiation for Acute Thyroid Related Orbitopathy: A Retrospective Review.”
Oral presentation at 29th Annual Veirs Lecture and Ophthalmology Conference 2008
and currently preparing for submission for publication.

Rice PJ, Adams EL, Ozment-Skelton T, Gonzalez AJ, Goldman MP, Lockhart BE, Barker LA,
Breuel KF, Deponti WK, Kalbfleisch JH, Ensley HE, Brown GD, Gordon S, Williams DL. 
“Oral delivery and gastrointestinal absorption of soluble glucans stimulate increased
resistance to infectious challenge.” J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 Sep;314(3):1079-86.

Peter J. Rice, Brent E. Lockhart, Luke A. Barker, Elizabeth L. Adams, Harry E. Ensley, 
David L. Williams.  “Pharmacokinetics of fungal (1-3)-β-D-glucans following intravenous
administration in rats.”  International Immunopharmacology, Sept. 2004, Vol. 4, Issue 9, 
pp.1209-1215.

L. Barker, B. Lockhart, L. Adams, D. L. Williams, and P. J. Rice. “Pharmacokinetics of 
Intravenous (1-3)-β-D-glucans in Rats.”  Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 
Jan. 2003, Vol. 78, No. 1, p. 33.

L. Barker, B. Lockhart, L. Adams, D. L. Williams, and P. J. Rice.  “Pharmacokinetics of 
Intravenous (1-3)-β-D-glucans in Rats.”  2003 ETSU Student Research Forum Poster Presentation.

L. Barker, B. Lockhart, L. Adams, D. L. Williams, and P. J. Rice.  “Pharmacokinetics of 
Intravenous (1-3)-β-D-glucans in Rats.”  2002 Tennessee Academy of Science Oral Presentation, 
Health and Medical Sciences Division.

Practice:

Nethery Eye Associates group practice
September 2012-Present

Brazos Eye Surgery of Texas.
Sept 2009-Sept 2012

Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center.
Jul 2009-Sept 2009