David Neely, MD

Board Certified Ophthalmologist

Dr. David Neely received his medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, followed by an Internship in General Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He moved on to Ophthalmology Residency at Callahan Eye Hospital at UAB where he served as chief resident and furthered his specialty training with a Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at Retina Consultants of Alabama and UAB. Dr. Neely has co-published many Ophthalmology Research papers and abstracts during his training at UAB as well as participating in resident education to train the next generation of eye surgeons. Dr. Neely has spent extensive time serving in medical missions in third-world countries in the Caribbean and Central America. He continues to visit Nicaragua several times per year performing eye surgeries free of service at the National Center of Ophthalmology in Managua, Nicaragua.  He is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Society of Retina Specialists. Dr. Neely is fluent in English and conversational in Spanish.

 Dr. Neely performs the following procedures listed below. Most procedures are performed in-office. Surgeries are performed at Cape Canaveral Hospital.

• Vitrectomy surgery

• Scleral Buckle

• Laser Retinopexy

• Pan Retinal Photocoagulation

• Focal Laser for macular edema

• Subretinal Tissue Plasminogen Activator for large subretinal hemorrhage

• Pneumatic Retinopexy

• Flourescein Angiography, ICG

• Intravitreal Injections (Avastin, Lucentis,      Eylea, etc.)

• Optical Coherence Tomography

• Heidelberg Retinal Tomography

• Sub Tenons Kenalog Injection

• Eye Ultrasound (B-Scan)

For Dr. David Neely, serving people and patients in both third-world countries as well as the U.S.  is his life-long mission.  He has a deep-rooted passion to seek out and treat people who would never have access to specialized medical care like we have access to in the United States. After marrying his wife, Jill, who was born and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, they frequently visit her home country to provide medical services and surgeries free of charge to the underserved people of her hometown. Both Dr. Neely and his wife Jill Neely, who is a Board Certified Internal Medicine physician, volunteer with an organization called “FOR Nicaraguan Health” that provides free medical services, procedures, and surgeries with the help of U.S. physicians and volunteers.

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Dr. David Neely is proud to be joining Dr. Frank X. Venzara, III at Florida Retina Specialists and looks forward to continuing his life mission both on the Space Coast and in his home away from home of Managua, Nicaragua.  This won’t be the first time that Dr. Neely and Dr. Venzara have worked together; in years past they both performed eye surgery together at the National Center of Ophthalmology in Nicaragua on a mission trip that laid the foundation for this new opportunity.