Samuel A. Whittier, MD

DR. DEREK P. BITNER – CENTRAL IOWA PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY SPECIALIST Derek P. Bitner, M.D. received his Bachelor of Science degree in molecular and cellular biology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He went on to earn his Doctorate of Medicine from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. After his preliminary internal medicine year, he completed an ophthalmology residency at the Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and then went on to complete a Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Fellowship at the Duke University Eye Center in Durham, North Carolina. As a board-certified and fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist, Dr.

Austin L. Strohbehn, MD – Iowa Retina Specialist Austin L. Strohbehn, MD is a board-certified, fellowship trained retina specialist whose focus includes the medical and surgical management of retinal diseases including macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, and retinal tears or detachment. Dr. Strohbehn joined Wolfe Eye Clinic in 2021 and sees patients at our Carroll, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Spencer and Ottumwa office locations.

DR. KYLE J. ALLIMAN – DES MOINES RETINA SPECIALIST | OTTUMWA RETINA SURGEON Kyle J. Alliman, M.D. received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Northern Iowa and his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Following an internship at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, he completed an ophthalmology residency at the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. Widely regarded as one of the leading eye centers in the world, Dr. Alliman furthered his education at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and completed a vitreoretinal surgery fellowship. As a board-certified and fellowship-trained vitreoretinal surgeon, Dr. Alliman has been seeing patients with Wolfe Eye Clinic since 2010.