Comprehensive Eye Care
Cataract Surgery & Treatment of Eye Disease

Dr. Kath graduated Summa-Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota, College of Biological Science. He received his medical degree from the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN. After completing medical school, Dr. Kath was an intern in internal medicine at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Cleveland OH. His residency training in ophthalmology was completed at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine.
Dr. Kath received certification from the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1981. He joined Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. in 1981 and has since served western North Carolina as a general ophthalmologist concentrating in small incision cataract surgery and glaucoma disorders.
Dr. Kath is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the North Carolina Medical Society, a member of the Western Carolina Ophthalmological Society and a member of the Burke County Medical Society. He is a professional that has dedicated his career to incorporating standards of excellence and quality in surgical and medical standards.
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Morganton Eye Physicians, PA is pleased to announce the association of Dr. Jeremy Bonkowske for the practice of Cornea and External Disease and Surgery. Dr. Bonkowske obtained his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine and completed an internship at the University of Missouri Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Bonkowske completed his ophthalmology residency at Wake Forest University, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Bonkowske completed a comprehensive one-year fellowship in cornea, external diseases, and refractive surgery at the Dean McGee Eye Center at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Bonkowske is now accepting patients at our Morganton, Marion, Forest City, and Shelby locations.
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