K. Craig Place, M.D.
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Dr. Place received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry at the University of Illinois in 1969. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1973. Dr. Place completed his general surgery residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City and his ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Dr. Place joined K.C. Eye Specialists in July of 1978. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Place is a member of the medical staffs of Research Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital, and Menorah Medical Center.
Caroline M. Chang, M.D.
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Dr. Chang graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993. She completed her internship in internal medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital and her ophthalmology residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, both in New York City.
Dr. Chang is board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She joined K.C. Eye Specialists in 2002. Dr. Chang is a member of the medical staffs of Shawnee Mission Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center.
Stephen U. Stechschulte, M.D.
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Dr. Stechschulte joined KC Eye Specialists March 1, 2011. He has been practicing in the Kansas City area since 2001.
Education
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Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, A.B. June 1988, Major: Economics
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University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, M.D. May 1994
Academic Appointments
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Rheumatology, July 1991 – June 1992
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University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, Intern, Department of Medicine, July 1994 – June 1995
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University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Resident, Department of Ophthalmology July 1995 – June 1998
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Clinical Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, July 1998 – June 2000
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, Fellow, Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery, July 1998 – June 2000
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Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Research Fellow, Surgical Research Laboratory, January 1999 – June 2000
Honors and Awards
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1998 Fellow, Heed Ophthalmic Foundation
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1997 Vice-President, Cordes Eye Society, San Francisco, California
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1994 Lange Book Award, Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of Kansas
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1994 Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society, University of Kansas
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1993 Junior AOA, President, Kansas Alpha Chapter, AOA
