Dana M Deupree MD FACS

Summary

• Dana M. Deupree, M.D., F.A.S. R.Si is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship trained retina specialist and surgeon, managing diseases of the vitreous and retina and serving the Tampa Bay, Florida area.
  
  As a retina specialist, Dr. Deupree's area of sub-specialty includes medical and surgical management of macular disorders, diabetic retinopathy, complexretinal detachments and trauma.
  
  In 2003, after 12 years as vitreo-retina specialist and surgeon at St. Luke's Cataract & Laser Institute in Tarpon Springs, Florida, Dr. Deupree opened his solo practice in Palm Harbor, Florida. In November of 2010, Dr. Deupree built and opened a state-of-the-art retina clinic and surgery center in Clearwater – where The Macula Center was located. Dr Deupree has relocated his practice to SR 52 in Bayonet Point under Retina CenterTampa Bay and is devoted exclusively to treatment of the vitreous, retina and macula.
  
  Dr. Deupree is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American Society of Retina Surgeons. He also formerly served as clinical assistant professor at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He received his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean in 1983. He was a Harvard Research Fellow on a National Eye Institute grant in Boston with a focus on diabetic eye disease. His internship and residency were completed at St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA. He received his sub-specialty training in retina after completing a two-year fellowship at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  
  After fellowship training Dr. Deupree entered practice at St. Luke's.
  
  Current research interests have included Rheopheresis treatment for macular degeneration being the principal investigator in over 55 FDA clinical trials. Dr. Deupree lives in Pinellas County, Florida with his wife, America. They have four children. He is fluent in English and Spanish.