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Dr. J. Chandler Berg is a native of Albany, GA and has been serving the local community for almost 40 years. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgia Tech majoring in Health Systems. Dr. Berg completed medical school at the Medical College of Georgia followed by ophthalmology training at Emory University where he also served as chief resident. Dr. Berg then completed specialty fellowship training in corneal disease and surgery at Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, before joining his father’s practice in Albany in 1984. Dr. Berg was the first fellowship trained corneal surgeon in Southwest Georgia.
Dr. Berg is a board-certified ophthalmologist who specializes in advanced intraocular lens technologies, complex cataract and anterior segment surgery, corneal disease management, and select corneal procedures. Dr. Berg has performed more than 30,000 cataract operations, providing patients with the safest and most effective surgical techniques available throughout his career.
Dr. Berg has been selected by his peers for “Who’s Who among Physicians and Surgeons” and has served as president of the Dougherty County Medical Society. He is a past member of the Medical Advisory Board of the Georgia Eye Bank and previously served as chief of ophthalmology at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital for over 10 years. He has numerous professional affiliations including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Castroviejo Corneal Society, American College of Eye Surgeons, American Board of Eye Surgeons and Georgia Society of Ophthalmology. He is the current president of the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Berg is a devoted husband and proud father and grandfather. His free time is spent with family, church, lake activities, hunting, exercise, computer science and in his workshop.