{"id":348,"date":"2019-08-28T22:18:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T22:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2020-08-25T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T23:27:33","slug":"john-welling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/providers\/john-welling\/","title":{"rendered":"John Welling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"348\" class=\"elementor elementor-348\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09d63ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09d63ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03c13a2\" data-id=\"03c13a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f9dc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11f9dc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">JOHN WELLING, MD<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d65401f elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d65401f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3317bf\" data-id=\"f3317bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd41287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd41287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CORNEA, CATARACT, AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY SPECIALIST<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a9ca7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8a9ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. John Welling is a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon specializing in cataract surgery, laser vision correction (LASIK and PRK), refractive lens exchange (RLE), implantable contact lenses (ICL), corneal transplants (DMEK, DSEK, DALK, PKP), pterygium surgery, keratoconus, corneal collagen cross linking, ocular surface tumors, corneal dystrophies, and infectious eye disease. He is also available for general ophthalmology, diabetic exams, uveitis, and routine eye care.<br \/><br \/>Dr. Welling serves as lead instructor for a cataract surgery course at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He also sits on the ASCRS Surgical Skills Transfer Committee and teaches a cataract surgery course at the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Welling has served as international faculty for SightLife Skills Transfer Courses in Nepal and Ethiopia, giving hands-on training in advanced corneal transplant techniques. He is the author of peer-reviewed journal articles, a book chapter, and numerous presentations at national and international conferences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df30cf0\" data-id=\"df30cf0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176de00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"176de00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7652\" alt=\"John Welling, MD: Medical Eye Center\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/John-Welling_LabCoat_Optical-1366x2048.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-efe1915 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efe1915\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f41b38\" data-id=\"4f41b38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dc7555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4dc7555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/MEC-Web-BioPage-WellingText.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-350\" alt=\"Medical Eye Center restoring vision in African communities\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0dc2d68\" data-id=\"0dc2d68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af06d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7af06d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After completing his cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery fellowship at Emory University, Dr. Welling and his family spent one year in Africa and Asia where Dr Welling served as the Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) \/ Moran Eye Center International Fellow. Dr. Welling currently serves as the Country Medical Coordinator for the Himalayan Cataract Project in Ghana, where he helps direct HCP\u2019s programs, facilitates training opportunities for local surgeons, and leads high volume cataract outreaches with local HCP partners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9fd0db elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9fd0db\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c9819c\" data-id=\"2c9819c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94f4403 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"94f4403\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=nTACYrhmGuk&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e48d7a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e48d7a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fe99d6\" data-id=\"4fe99d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6154299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"6154299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/305818519?app_id=122963&amp;api=1&amp;player_id=player_2\" width=\"669\" height=\"376\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Dr. Abigail Nyarko Interview - Bolgatanga Ghana 2018\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"\" id=\"player_2\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ae1f88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ae1f88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45baccc\" data-id=\"45baccc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf967a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcf967a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Welling enjoys exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with his wife and children. He loves fishing, camping, photography, woodworking, and running.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f679b89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f679b89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ce7b19\" data-id=\"3ce7b19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5053b93 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5053b93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"888415b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Education and Training<\/h2><p><strong>Fellowship, 2016<\/strong><br \/>International Ophthalmology\u2014The Himalayan Cataract Project \/ University of Utah Moran Eye Center Salt Lake City, UT<\/p><p><strong>Fellowship, 2015<\/strong><br \/>Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery\u2014Emory University, Atlanta, GA<\/p><p><strong>Residency, 2014<\/strong><br \/>Ophthalmology\u2014Havener Eye Institute, Ohio State University<\/p><p><strong>Internship, 2011<\/strong><br \/>Internal Medicine\u2014Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH<\/p><p><strong>Medical School, 2010<\/strong><br \/>Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/p><p><strong>Undergraduate, 2005<\/strong><br \/>BS in Microbiology with Honors\u2014Brigham Young University, Provo, UT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f2e701 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f2e701\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cfa611\" data-id=\"0cfa611\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5fb13e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d5fb13e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Joined Medical Eye Center in 2016<\/strong><br \/>Dr. Welling is currently accepting new patients. Call us today to make your appointment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN WELLING, MD CORNEA, CATARACT, AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY SPECIALIST Dr. John Welling is a board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeon specializing in cataract surgery, laser vision correction (LASIK and PRK), refractive lens exchange (RLE), implantable contact lenses (ICL), corneal transplants (DMEK, DSEK, DALK, PKP), pterygium surgery, keratoconus, corneal collagen cross linking, ocular surface tumors, corneal dystrophies, and infectious &#8230; <a title=\"John Welling\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/providers\/john-welling\/\" aria-label=\"More on John Welling\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":84,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7654,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/348\/revisions\/7654"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.medicaleyecenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}