Dr. Joseph Gira, MD, is a graduate of the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine receiving his Doctorate degree with distinction. His transitional internship was at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. Dr. Gira completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, Hermann Eye Center. He has been in private practice in St. Louis since 1999. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois.