Kevin Dorsett, M.D.

BOARD CERTIFIED OPHTHALMOLOGIST

 

Dr. Dorsett received his medical degree and completed his residency at the University of South Florida. Dr. Dorsett is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Florida Medical Association, and the Polk County Medical Association, He currently serves as Chief of Ophthalmology at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.

 

Dr. Dorsett lives in Lakeland with his wife, Kim. He has two daughters and two grandchildren.  He enjoys fishing, camping, hiking and sailing.

 

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Monte Reid Sichelman, M.D.

BOARD CERTIFIED OPHTHALMOLOGIST

 

Dr Sichelman received his medical degree and completed his residency at the University of South Florida. He graduated from the University of South Florida, College of Business, with a Masters of Business Administration. He graduated from Stanford University, with a Bachelor of Arts, Economics Degree. Dr. Sichelman is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Tampa Bay Ophthalmology Society.

 

Dr. Sichelman enjoys all sports, especially tennis and golf, as well as collecting baseball, basketball, football and hockey cards. He and his family reside in Lakeland.

 

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Ahmad Tarabishy, M.D.

BOARD CERTIFIED OPHTHALMOLOGIST

 

Ahmad Bakir Tarabishy grew up in Brooksville, FL and graduated with highest honors from Central High School in 1997. He completed a combined 6-year undergraduate and medical school program and received his medical degree from the University of Jordan Medical College. He then completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. After residency, Dr. Tarabishy worked as a Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University where his research helped describe important inflammatory pathways in ocular infections.

 

He has published over 15 articles in major, peer-review scientific journals and is a co-author for 2 book chapters in major ophthalmology textbooks. He is a peer reviewer for Ophthalmology and JAMA Ophthalmology and has been a contributor to Encyclopedia of the Eye.

 

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Stephen M. Butler, M.D.

BOARD-CERTIFIED SURGEON

 

Stephen M. Butler, M.D., is a board-certified surgeon and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has been affiliated with South Florida Baptist Hospital since 1992, is a past president of the hospital medical staff and has served on every major medical staff committee.

 

Dr. Butler practices general and vascular surgery with a special interest in laparoscopic surgery; hernia and aneurysm repairs; and colorectal, carotid, breast and thyroid surgery. In addition, he performs endoscopy, peripheral vascular surgery and sentinel lymph node evaluation for breast cancer. Dr. Butler is nationally recognized in hernia repairs and teaches physicians the latest techniques in hernia repair and endoscopic suturing for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

 

A graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Dr. Butler completed his residency training in surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. He received further training in his field through an endoscopy fellowship at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to moving to the Plant City area, Dr. Butler was in private practice in Missouri.

 

Dr. Butler supports numerous local charitable causes, including the Spring, the Rainbow Ball, South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation and St. Leo's College.

 

 

 

ROBERT APPLEBAUM, M.D.

BOARD CERTIFIED OPHTHALMOLOGIST

 

Dr. Applebaum grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Tampa, FL. He attended high school at Berkeley Preparatory School. He then spent his freshman year at Georgetown University in Washington, DC before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed his bachelorʼs degree in Public Policy with a specialization in Health Policy. He completed a combined MD and MBA program at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, graduating in the top 1/3 of his medical school class and receiving the award for highest business school GPA. After medical school, Dr. Applebaum completed a one-year transitional internship at the Virginia Tech/Carilion School of Medicine. He then completed a spent three years at the University of South Florida, where he completed his ophthalmology residency.

 

As a native Floridian, Dr. Applebaum enjoys year-round golf and tennis, which he plays frequently with his father. During the winter months, he prefers to don his skis and hit the slopes as often as possible (which is never often enough). Dr. Applebaum enjoys collecting and tasting wines from around the world (ask him about his “dissertation email” on Napa Valley). He also enjoys cooking, eating, and listening to live music.

 

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MARLEN LEON, M.D.

BOARD CERTIFIED PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGIST

 

Dr. Leon attended medical school in Florida. She is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and Florida Licensed. Dr. Leon successfully completed her pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is prepared to care for our area children as well as to see patients with adult strabismus and other eye conditions.

 

 Dr. Leon sees patients from birth to 18 years of age for all eye problems (failed vision screenings, blocked tear duct, eye misalignments…) and is fluent in Spanish.  She performs Routine Eye Exams, Medical Eye Exams and Pediatric Eye Surgery including Strabismus Surgery (Eye Muscle Surgery), Tear Duct Surgery, Pediatric Cataract Surgery and Chalazion Surgery.

 

Dr. Leon sees patients at both of our North and South locations. Please feel free to call and schedule an appointment with her for your pediatric patients requiring ophthalmic eye care.

 

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