Dr. Igor Westra received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH.  He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial University of Miami Hospitals in Miami, FL. His ophthalmology residency was completed at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Westra then completed a two-year fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous at Casey Eye Institute/Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. Westra is Board Certified in Ophthalmology. As a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, he also participates in many other medical groups including the Vitreous Society, North Carolina Medical Society, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Dr. Westra also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Westra resides in Wilmington with his wife and three daughters.

A graduate of the School of Medicine at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dr. Erik van Rens completed a clinical fellowship in Endocrinology and Diabetic Vascular Disease at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He then joined the Retina-Vascular Service at Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Van Rens completed his ophthalmology residency at Wake Forest University Eye Center in Winston-Salem where he finished as Chief Resident. He concluded his retinal training at Alton Ochsner Foundation in New Orleans with a fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery.

Dr. Van Rens is Board Certified in Ophthalmology. He is a member of several national and international professional associations including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Vitreous Society, the North Carolina Medical Society, the Royal Netherlands Society of Medicine and the Dutch Opthalmological Society.

Dr. Van Rens makes his home in Wilmington with his wife and three daughters.