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Long Days for Eye Surgeon

His name is Dr. Samuel Boles and he is the medical director and an ophthalmologist at Anne Arundel Eye Center in Annapolis. His salary is $150,000 and he is 46-years-old.

Boles received his medical degree from Georgia in 1989. His post-doctoral work involved an internship at Yale University, a cornea research fellowship at Harvard University and a residency at George Washington University. He went into ophthalmology because the demand is great.

He worked at the University of California, San Diego, as well as a private practice in Baltimore for nine years before opening the Anne Arundel Eye Center in 2007.

Boles works 60 to 80 hours a week. He is in the office about three to four days a week and is in surgery for about two days a week. In an average day he sees almost 30 patients. The patient care involves everything from follow-ups to in-depth patient consultations. With each patient he spends about 15 to 30 minutes. For operations he does anywhere from two to 10 a week.

He has two front-desk receptionists and two technicians, as well as a manager who work under him.

Boles enjoys spending time with his family as well as windsurfing and racquetball. He is also involved in charity and founded the Glaucoma Co-Management Roundtable. He is also on the board of the Polakoff Foundation that raises awareness of glaucoma.

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