Meet Dr. Alabata

Phil Alabata, D.O.

Dr. Phil Alabata is an accomplished ophthalmologist with over 20 years of expertise in eye surgery. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the prestigious Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, and pursued a Glaucoma Fellowship at the esteemed Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Alabata has a significant teaching background, having trained and supervised ophthalmology residents in both eye care and surgical techniques at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and the University of Florida Health in Jacksonville, Florida.

As a military physician for over nine years, Dr. Alabata made notable contributions to the field of ophthalmology. He was instrumental in establishing Fort Benning’s Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program, providing LASER VISION correction surgeries to special operations soldiers. He also served as the Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology and Assistant Chief of Surgery at Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Dr. Alabata is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and holds memberships in several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Florida Society of Ophthalmology, the Society of Military Ophthalmologists, the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, the Emerald Coast Health Alliance, and the American Medical Association.