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Joseph Spadafora, D.O. Ophthalmologist
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Joseph W. Spadafora, D.O. is the Medical Director of
Community Eye Center.
He completed his undergraduate studies at Boston University,
followed by graduate work at the University Of New
Hampshire, Durham, NH. He received his medical degree from
the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic
Medicine and Surgery in Kansas City, MO.
Dr. Spadafora completed his Internship at Metropolitan
General Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL, and his Ophthalmology
Residency at the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital in Tulsa, OK,
where he was awarded the Mead Johnson Fellowship Grant
and the Burroughs Welcome Fellowship Grant.
He is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of
South Florida, Tampa. Dr. Spadafora is Board Certified and a
member of the American Osteopathic Association, American
Academy of Ophthalmology, Charlotte County Medical Society
and the Florida Medical Association.
Dr. Spadafora is affiliated with all area hospitals and is the
past-chairman of the St. Joseph’s Physicians Hospital
Organization. Dr. Spadafora is on the hospital’s Foundation
Board and serves on the Board of Governors of Prevent
Blindness Florida.
Dr. Spadafora has performed national research in ocular anti-
inflammatory agents, glaucoma medications, ocular antibiotic
agents, and laser cataract extraction at St. Lucy’s Outpatient
Surgery Center.


Joined Community Eye Center in 1988
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