Dr. Coney received his BS degree in biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  He received his MD degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine.  He completed his ophthalmology residency at Case Western Reserve University and a medical retina fellowship in diabetic retinopathy at the Joslin Diabetes Clinic of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.  Dr. Coney also finished a two-year vitreoretinal surgical fellowship at the Vitreoretinal Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.  He is secretary of the Ophthalmology section of the National Medical Association and serves on the Board of Directors.

Dr. Coney's primary interests are intraocular lasers and vitreoretinal surgery.  His special interests include clinical research of new medical and surgical management of advanced diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, and age-related macular degeneration.