Professional Background
Dr. Whittaker is a Board-Certified Neuro-Ophthalmologist and one of the few in Kansas and Missouri. Dr. Whittaker earned his MS in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. He received his J.D. with distinction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and his M.D. from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS. His internship and ophthalmology residency were done at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and his neuro-ophthalmology fellowship was at the Dean McGee Eye Institute at the University of Oklahoma. He was Director of our Residency Program from 2005 until 2021, when he stepped down and is now Associate Director of the program. He has a joint appointment with the Department of Neurology, also at the University of Kansas.
- BA, Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
- JD, Law, Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
- MD, Medicine, Univ. of Kansas-Medical Ctr., Kansas City, KS
- Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
- Residency, Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
- Clinical Fellowship, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma
- Board Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology
- Medical Doctor, Kansas Board of Healing Arts
- Medical Doctor, Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
- Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Immediate Past President, 2021 - 2022
- Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, President, 2020 - 2020
- Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Member, 2018 - Present
- Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, Director, 2018 - Present
- KUPI Surgical Cohort Peer Review Committee, Chair, 2018 - Present
- North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, Preferred Practice Patterns Committee, Member, 2015 - Present
- North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, Member, 2014 - Present
