J. Rex Parent

Background

Parent, J. Rex was born on August 13, 1945 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Harry Allen and Isabelle Eilene (Hopkins) Parent.

Education

Bachelor, Hanover (Indiana) College Doctor of Medicine, Indiana U. Medical School, Indianapolis.

Career

Intern, Indiana U., Fort Wayne, 1971-1972; emergency room physician, St. Joseph's Hospital, Fort Wayne, 1972-1973; retinal research, U. Louisville, 1973; resident, U. Louisville, 1973-1977; chief resident, assistant professor, U. Louisville, 1977; private practice, president, Chief Executive Officer, Fort Wayne Ophthalmology, Inc., since 1977; clinical instructor, Indiana U., Fort Wayne, since 1977; president, Chief Executive Officer, Fort Wayne Ophthalmic Surgical Center, since 1986.

Achievements

• J. Rex Parent has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Humanitarian missions VOSH and Lions clubs, Honduras and other Control American countries, 1980s-94. Member American Medical Association, Indiana State Medical Association, Fort Wayne Medical Society, American Society Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Intraocular Lens Implant Society, Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgical Society, American Academy Ophthalmology, Indiana Academy Ophthalmology, Fort Wayne Academy Ophthalmology, Society for Excellence in Eyecare.

Connections

Married Connie Jo Parent, February 23, 1968. Children: J.R. Junior, Marcus Jason.

Father:

Harry Allen Parent

Mother:

Isabelle Eilene (Hopkins) Parent

Spouse:

Connie Jo Parent

child:

J.R. Junior Parent

child:

Marcus Jason Parent