Belinda L. Shirkey, MD was an honors graduate of the University of Arkansas, served her residency at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York; completed her Vitreoretinal Fellowship at Duke University Eye Center, and has been honored by the National Eye Institute as a Howard Hughes Research Scholar. From 1999-2012, she was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology/ New York Eye & Ear Infirmary Retina Service; from 2012 until joining Retina Associates of Kentucky, she was the Fellowship Director/Vitreoretinal Surgery and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Arizona Medical School in Phoenix. Certified since 1999 by the American Board of Ophthalmology, Dr. Shirkey practices as a Vitreoretinal surgeon and is a member of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, Club VIT and is listed in the Edition of America’s Top Ophthalmologists. Dr. Shirkey joined Retina Associates in 2015 and brought a wealth of knowledge and teaching experience to our main office in Lexington. She serves as the practice’s Medical Director. Surgically, Dr. Shirkey treats patients with retinal detachments and macular diseases. She is also Principal Investigator for many of our clinical trials.