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William J. Collis, M.D.

William J. Collis, M.D. Founder/Retired.  Dr. Collis' education includes a B.S. from the University of Kentucky, 1957; an M.D. from the University of Louisville, 1961; an internship at the Cleveland Clinic, 1962; a Medical Neurology Residency at the Cleveland Clinic and National Institutes of Health, 1962 - 1965; a Neuro-Ophthalmic Fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1965; an Ophthalmic Residency, 1965-1968; and a Retinal Fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1968-1969.

He taught at the Harvard Medical School in Ophthalmology and then returned home to the private practice of ophthalmology and as a clinical professor in ophthalmology at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Collis' teaching experiences also include an extensive bibliography and series of lectureships: a visiting lectureship at the University of Athens, Department of Ophthalmology; as a Visiting Professor, Orbis, Morocco, in March 1983; and as a Guest Visiting Lecturer, Arizona Ophthalmology Society, 3 days in September 1981.

Dr. Collis is the founder of the Kentucky Eye Institute. His recognitions and awards include the Pryor Outstanding Premedical Student, University of Kentucky, 1957; Phi Beta Kappa, 1957; Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, University of Louisville, 1961; Board Certification in Ophthalmology, 1970; Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgical Society Award, 1985-1988 for Meritorious Service; Plato Award AHEPA, Buckeye District (one recipient/year), 1992; Annual Award, National Council of Christians and Jews, Central Kentucky, 1993; Lexington Philharmonic, Benefactor Award, 1991; AHEPA Man of the Year, National Award, 2000; Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 2002.

Dr. Collis and his wife, Constance, founded the Hellenic Ideals Program of the Bluegrass in 1980, which continues today. He has supported the William and Constance Collis Foundation, a Scholarship for Greek Orthodox Priests; free eye examinations, treatment and spectacles to his father's village of Domionus, Greece in 1974, and in 1982 to his mother's village of Furna, Greece; an"Orbis" surgical teaching experience in Morocco; an ophthalmic lectureship in South Africa; the John Collis Walk, established in honor of his father; the Leadership 100; AHEPA; the American Spiritual Ensemble; he has served as a board member of Ocular Surgery News and Ophthalmic Management, the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, and the Kentucky Society to Prevent Blindness; the Hellenic College/Holy Cross Seminary; the Lexington Philharmonic; and the Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital of Lexington, Kentucky.