University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Unit - Chief Resident 2003-2004
University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Unit - Ophthalmology Resident 2001-2004
University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga Unit - Transitional Year Resident 2000-2001
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MD 2000
University of Mississippi - BA, Magna Cum Laude, Biological Sciences and English 1995

Green Eye Institute - Hattiesburg, MS 2004-2018

American Board of Ophthalmology - Board Certification Active Through 2026
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Mississippi State Medical Association
Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure - Active
Staff Physician, Merit Health Wesley Hospital

Millsaps College
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University Medical Center, internship
University Medical Center, residency

Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at UMC's Department of Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
Mississippi State Medical Association
Central Medical Society
Past President, Jackson Ophthalmology Society
Past President, Mississippi Society to Prevent Blindness

University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Callahan Eye Hospital, Fellowship Training in Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery
University of Tennessee’s Hamilton Eye Institute, Residency in Ophthalmology
University of Mississippi School of Medicine 2010
The University of Mississippi 2006

Dr. Kosko is passionate about minimally invasive glaucoma surgery and is always trying to learn more to bring better and safer treatments to his patients. Dr. Kosko was the first surgeon in Mississippi to implant the XEN® Gel Stent, and the first surgeon in Mississippi to perform ABiC® (Ab Interno Canaloplasty). Dr. Kosko also performs the GATT procedure (Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy), the iStent® and iStent Inject® procedures, the Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) procedure, SLT glaucoma laser surgery (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty), MicroPulse® laser trans-scleral cyclophotocoagulation (mTSCPC), and other glaucoma laser procedures. Dr. Kosko has future plans to incorporate the Hydrus™ Microstent and InnFocus MicroShunt® into his practice as they become available. He also has a special interest in clinical trials for additional up-and-coming MIGS devices (minimally invasive glaucoma surgery) and sustained glaucoma medication delivery implants.


Cataract surgery remains Dr. Kosko's favorite surgery to perform. While in residency at the Hamilton Eye Institute, Dr. Kosko performed more cataract surgeries than any resident in the history of the training program. Dr. Kosko also completed a fellowship at Callahan Eye Hospital/UAB, widely regarded to be one of the highest volume fellowships in the country for cataract and glaucoma surgery. In the years since completing training, Dr. Kosko has performed several thousand additional cataract and glaucoma procedures and has extensive experience with laser-assisted cataract surgery, as well as combining such advanced cataract surgery techniques with minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries to help decrease patients’ dependence on eye drops.


His research is published in peer-reviewed medical journals and he is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, serving as a Clinician Educator. He has participated in ophthalmic medical mission work in Kenya and the Dominican Republic and is trained in the MSICS procedure (manual small incision cataract surgery), which is used to remove advanced cataracts in third world countries where modern instrumentation is not readily available. While he considers himself privileged to have the MSICS procedure in his skill set, Dr. Kosko is immensely grateful to operate in Jackson Eye Associates' surgery center where the surgeons use the most state-of-the-art ophthalmic microscopes, lasers, and phacoemulsification (cataract) machines available in the world today.

American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
American Glaucoma Society
Mississippi State Medical Association
Jackson Ophthalmology Society
Boy Scouts of America: Eagle Scout

Vanderbilt University
Millsaps College
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University Medical Center, internship
University Medical Center, residency
Millsaps College, M.B.A.

Wilmer Institute, John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland

Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Stabismus
Mississippi State Medical Association
Mississippi Eye Ear Nose and Throat Association
Jackson Ophthalmology Society

University of Mississippi, B.A.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University Medical Center, internship
University Medical Center, pre-residency in Neuro-Ophthalmology
University Medical Center, residency in Basic Ophthalmology

American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus

University of Michigan Medical School, M.D.
Loma Linda University Medical Center, residency
Wills Eye Hospital, fellowship

Academic faculty at Loma Linda University Department of Ophthalmology
Glaucoma service of Doheny Eye Institute

University of MS Medical Center, MD
University of MS Medical Center, Resident
University of CA School of Medicine, Fellowship-Dermatology
University of MS Medical Center, Resident-Ophthalmology

Staff Physician, Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of MS
Private Practice, Jackson MS

American Academy of Ophthalmology
MS Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
Jackson Ophthalmology Society
Central MS Medical Association
MS State Medical Association

University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University of Roanoke, internship
Parkland Memorial Hospital, residency

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American Medical Association

University of Mississippi, B.A.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University Medical Center, residency, Chief Ophthalmology Resident

University of Mississippi, B.A.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University Medical Center, internship
University Medical Center, residency, Chief Ophthalmology Resident

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association

Chief Resident - Ocular and Facial Trauma, West Virginia University 2016-2017
Residency in Ophthalmology, West Virginia University 2013-2016
Preliminary Residency Year, Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, University of South Carolina 2012-2013
University of Mississippi, M.D. 2008-2012
University of Mississippi, M.S., Biomedical Sciences 2006-2008
University of Mississippi, B.A., Biochemistry 2004-2006
Millsaps College 2001-2004

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Orthopedics, Research assistant 2007-2011
Ross Construction, Construction worker Summers 2001-2002

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Member since 2013
West Virginia Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Member since 2013

Louisiana Tech, B.S.
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, M.D.
University Medical Center, internship
University Medical Center, residency, Chief Ophthalmology Resident

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Jackson Ophthalmologic Society
Refractive Surgery Interest Group
American Medical Association
Mississippi State Medical Association
Mississippi Eye Ear Nose and Throat Association