Clinical Director (Retired)
Dr. Ken Brantley is highly skilled in managing irregular cornea, keratoconus, and advanced contact lens care. Dr. Brantley has served thousands of irregular cornea and keratoconus patients throughout his 28-year career. Dr. Brantley completed clinical externships at the Washington University School of Medicine and the O'Donnell Eye Institute in ocular disease and refractive care. Dr. Brantley, a Dean's List Scholar, received his Doctorate of Optometry and Vision Science from the University of Missouri College of Optometry in 1996. Since graduation, Dr. Brantley has completed post-doctoral credentialing in Corneal Refractive Therapy (C.R.T., 1997), Vision Shaping Treatment (V.S.T., 2001), Advanced Scleral Lens Management of Irregular Cornea (Duke, 2005), Advanced Laser treatment of the Anterior Segment (Northeastern State University, 2018), Surgical Procedures for the Optometric Physician (Northeastern State University, 2018), Dr. Brantley is a Member of the International Keratoconus Academy (I.K.A., 2023).
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Outside of clinical practice, Dr. Brantley is a certified professional photographer (C.P.P., 2023) and a member of The Professional Photographers of America. Dr. Brantley's artistic work has been accepted for public exhibition by Arts Huntsville for the 2022 and 2024 Artist Series Seasons.
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Dr. Brantley recently retired as the clinical care director of the Irregular Cornea and Scleral Lens Clinic at the Alabama Cornea Care Center. We wish him well in his future.
