Stanley Chang, MD (Harkness Eye Institute, New
York). Doctor Chang is chairman of the Harkness Eye Institute at
Columbia University and on staff at Columbia University
Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New
York. His areas of expertise include complex retinal
detachment, diabetic retinopathy and macular disorders.
Doctor Chang developed several revolutionary surgical
approaches to treat complicated forms of retinal detachment
and he was the first to use perfluoropropane gas in the
management of retinal detachment worsened by scar tissue
proliferation. He has made a major contribution to the
development of perfluorocarbon liquids for vitreoretinal
surgery in general.
Doctor Chang earned his MD from Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his residency at
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and his fellowship at
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Doctor Chang is a recipient of the
2005 Kreissig Award and the W.H. Helmerich Award from the
Vitreous Soiety.
Steve Charles, MD (Charles Retina Institute,
Memphis). Doctor Charles is founder of the Charles Retina
Institute. He is a mechanical and electrical engineer who
holds 103 patents or patents pending. He received the Wacker
Medal from the Club Jules Gonin and the first Founders Medal
from the Vitreous Society. Ocular Surgery News named him one
of the top ten innovators in the past 25 years. He is on the
editorial board of Retina and a reviewer for Ophthalmology,
Archives of Ophthalmology, American Journal of
Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology and other
peer reviewed journals.
Doctor Charles earned his MD from the University of Miami
School of Medicine. He completed a medical internship at
Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and a residency the
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, followed by a two-year clinical
associate appointment at the National Eye Institute. He is a
clinical professor at the University of Tennessee and an
adjunct professor at Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons and Chinese University of Hong Kong.
David F. Chang, MD (Peninsula Eye Surgery Center,
Mountain View, Calif.). Doctor Chang is managing partner of the Peninsula Eye
Surgery Center and is in private practice in Los Altos,
Calif., focusing on cataract and intraocular lens implants.
He was the first U.S. surgeon to implant the
light-adjustable artificial lens and the first dual-optic
accommodating IOL. Doctor Chang has designed a number of
popular cataract surgical instruments that bear his name and
are used worldwide. He served as program chairman for the
American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting from
2004-2009.
With an MD from Harvard Medical School, Doctor Chang
completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of
California, San Francisco. He is a clinical professor at the
University of California, San Francisco, and has written the
textbook, “Mastering Refractive IOLs.” Doctor Chang will
serve as president of the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery in 2012.
Robert Cionni (Eye Institute of Utah, Salt Lake
City). Doctor Cionni is medical director of the Eye Institute of
Utah. He has championed advanced cataract and implant
techniques and was one of the first surgeons in the Midwest
to perform sutureless cataract surgery. Doctor Cionni has
focused on traumatic cataract, congenital lens subluxation
and disease-induced zonular weakness, designing implants and
new surgical techniques. Patients with ocular injuries are
referred from all over the world for his opinion and
surgical expertise.
Doctor Cionni earned his MD from the University of
Cincinnati and completed an internship at Good Samaritan
Hospital in Cincinnati, a residency in ophthalmology at the
University of Louisville and a fellowship in cataract and
implant surgery at Cincinnati Eye Institute.
Stephen C. Coleman, MD (ColemanVision, Albuquerque,
N.M.). Doctor Coleman practices at ColemanVision, where he
focuses on LASIK surgery. He is among a select few U.S. eye
surgeons instructing other physicians on the use of the VISX
laser system and he has been part of an ongoing FDA study
evaluating WaveFront technology for nearsightedness,
farsightedness and astigmatism.
Doctor Coleman earned his MD from Georgetown University
School of Medicine and completed advanced specialized
training in surgery of the eye at St. Vincent’s Hospital and
Medical Center in New York. He served as a flight surgeon in
the Air Force in Europe. He frequently performs eye
surgeries in third-world countries and recently spent six
weeks in India operating on patients at the Aravind Eye
Hospital, the world’s largest non-profit eye institution.
Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD (Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los
Angeles). Doctor Coleman is director of the Jules Stein Eye
Institute Mobile Eye Clinic. She focuses on glaucoma,
cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). She is
executive editor of glaucoma for the American Journal of
Ophthalmology and is currently the principal investigator of
a collaborative multi-site study on the incidence of AMD in
elderly women, funded by the National Eye Institute. She is
also a consultant to the FDA’s ophthalmic devices panel and
chairs the glaucoma subcommittee of the National Eye Health
Education Program of the NIH.
Doctor Coleman earned her MD from the Medical College of
Virginia. She completed her ophthalmology residency training
at the University of Illinois at Chicago and fellowship
training in glaucoma at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns
Hopkins University. She is a professor of ophthalmology at
the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Scott W. Cousins, MD (Duke Eye Center, Durham,
N.C.). Doctor Cousins directs the Duke Center for Macular
Diseases in the Duke University Eye Center. He is a
retina-trained ophthalmologist specializing in the
diagnosis, treatment and research of macular diseases. His
clinical practice focuses on age-related macular
degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vascular
diseases. Doctor Cousins is developing blood tests and new
imaging technologies for the identification of patients who
are at high risk for developing complications of macular
degeneration.
Doctor Cousins earned his MD from Case Western Reserve
University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in
ophthalmology at Washington University and his vitreoretinal
fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He is the Robert
Machemer professor of ophthalmology at Duke University.
Alan Crandall (Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City). Doctor Crandall is director of glaucoma and cataract at
the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. He
has expertise in trabeculoplasty and laser
cyclophotocoagulation and is involved in numerous clinical
research studies at the Moran Eye Center. Doctor Crandall is
president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery and has presented in many countries, including
Sweden, Denmark, Egypt, Singapore, Venezuela, Vietnam,
Brazil and England. He has also published more than 100
papers for peer review and more than 10 medical books or
chapters.
He earned his MD from the University of Utah School of
Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at the
Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. He
is currently a professor of ophthalmology & visual
sciences at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Steven J. Dell, MD (Texan Eye, Austin, Texas). Doctor Dell is director of Refractive and Corneal Surgery
for Texan Eye, which focuses on cataract & LASIK
surgery. He is the inventor of the Dell Astigmatism Marker,
the Dell Fixation Ring and the Dell PlumeSafe Ophthalmic
Evacuation System and Handpiece. Doctor Dell is an
award-winning lecturer, textbook author and editor. He has
performed more than 20,000 surgical procedures and conducted
research on the latest advances in eye surgery, often
serving as an investigator for studies sponsored by the FDA.
Doctor Dell earned his MD from Baylor College of Medicine
and completed his residency in ophthalmology at Tulane
University. The physician-readers of the medical journal
Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today chose him one of the
top 50 opinion leaders in cataract and refractive surgery.
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD (LASIK Long Island).
Doctor Donnenfeld was one of the original investigators of
the excimer laser. He has performed more refractive
surgeries and has trained more surgeons to perform
refractive surgery than any other doctor in the New York
City area. More LASIK surgeons have chosen Doctor Donnenfeld
to perform refractive surgery on their own eyes than have
chosen all other surgeons combined. He designed and patented
four instruments for refractive surgery use.
Doctor Donnenfeld earned his MD from Dartmouth Medical
School. He completed his ophthalmology residency at
Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital and his fellowship
in anterior segment & refractive surgery and cornea
& external disease at Wills Eye Hospital. He was chosen
as the 2005 National Cataract and Refractive Surgeon of the
Year by the journal Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.
Pravin U. Dugel, MD (Retinal Consultants of Arizona,
Phoenix). Doctor Dugel is managing partner of Retinal Consultants
of Arizona and founding member of Spectra Eye Institute in
Sun City, Ariz. He was co-investigator in National Eye
Institute research studies and in several multicenter
studies. Doctor Dugel has authored more than 30 papers and
book chapters and is the first person to receive both the
Heed Foundation and the Ronald G. Michels Vitreo-Retinal
Surgery Fellowship awards.
Doctor Dugel earned his MD from UCLA School of Medicine. He
completed his ophthalmology residency and his fellowship in
vitreo-retinal surgery at the Doheny Eye Institute at USC
School of Medicine. He completed another fellowship in
vitreoretinal diseases at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
Daniel S. Durrie, MD (Durrie Vision, Overland Park,
Kan.). Doctor Durrie is founder of Durrie Vision, specializing
in LASIK and cataract surgery. He has been recognized as one
of the “Top Ten Refractive Surgeons in America” and one of
the “50 Most Influential Ophthalmologists in the World.”
Durrie Vision Research is one of the few centers in the
country to be chosen to conduct FDA clinical trials. Doctor
Durrie has given the prestigious Distinguished Lans
Lectureship at the International Society of Refractive
Surgery and has been a Barraquer Lecturer at the
International Society of Refractive Surgery.
Doctor Durrie earned his MD and completed his ophthalmology
residency at the University of Nebraska and completed a
Corneal Fellowship with Filkins Eye Institute in Omaha, Neb.
He serves as a clinical professor and director of refractive
surgery services at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Paul H. Ernest, MD (TLC Michigan, Adrian, Mich.) Doctor
Ernest is a LASIK and cataract surgeon. Doctor Ernest worked
with Edward J. Holland, MD, at the Cincinnati Eye Institute
to develop a predictable treatment for cataractous eyes with
low levels of pre-operative corneal astigmatism.
Doctor Ernest earned his MD and performed his residency at
Wayne State University in Detroit and served a fellowship at
Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit, specializing in cornea and
anterior segment surgery. Before entering medical school,
Doctor Ernest was an engineering major and took an
engineering internship with
David S. Friedman, MD (Wilmer Eye Institute,
Baltimore). Doctor Friedman is director of the Glaucoma Fellowship
Program at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins
University. He is a member of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology’s Glaucoma Preferred Practice Patterns Panel,
co-chair of the World Glaucoma Association Research
Committee and chairman of the American Glaucoma Society
Practice Guidelines Sub-Committee. He is also on the
editorial board of Ophthalmology and Journal of Glaucoma.
Doctor Friedman earned his MD from Harvard Medical School.
He completed his ophthalmology residency at the Wills Eye
Hospital in Philadelphia and his glaucoma training at the
Wilmer Eye Institute. He graduated summa cum laude in East
Asian studies from Yale University and is fluent in
Mandarin. Doctor Friedman undertakes eye-care development
projects in China and other countries for Helen Keller
International.
Bonnie Henderson, MD (Ophthalmic Consultants of
Boston). Doctor Henderson is author of “Essentials of Cataract
Surgery.” Primarily known as an educator, she created and
organized the annual Harvard Intensive Cataract Surgical
Training Course, which focuses on teaching surgery to
ophthalmology residents. She has been principal investigator
for the development of a computer software program
simulating surgery for training purposes.
Doctor Henderson earned her MD from Dartmouth Medical School
and completed her residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Infirmary at Harvard Medical School. She is an assistant
clinical professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical
School.
Warren Hill, MD (East Valley Ophthalmology, Mesa,
Ariz.). Doctor Hill has been medical director of East Valley
Ophthalmology for almost 25 years. He specializes in
specializing in consultative ophthalmology, challenging
anterior segment surgery, intraocular lens power
calculations and diagnostic ophthalmic ultrasonography.
Doctor Hill has been voted a “Top Doc” in ophthalmology by
medical peers in Phoenix Magazine and “One of the Top 50
Opinion Leaders in Cataract and Refractive Surgery” by
readers of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.
Doctor Hill earned his MD from the University of Arizona
College of Medicine, completed internal medicine training at
Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix and ophthalmology
training at the University of Rochester (N.Y.).
Edward J. Holland, MD (Cincinnati Eye Institute). Doctor Holland is director of cornea services at the
Cincinnati Eye Institute and professor of ophthalmology at
the University of Cincinnati. He has gleaned referrals
worldwide for his corneal conditions and stem cell
transplantation. Other clinical interests include corneal
transplantation, cataract surgery, ocular surface
transplantation and refractive surgery. He has served on the
executive committee for the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgeons and has edited Cornea, the most widely
read textbook on corneal disease and surgery.
Doctor Holland earned his MD for the Loyola-Stritch School
of Medicine in Chicago and trained in ophthalmology at the
University of Minnesota. He completed a fellowship in cornea
and external disease at the University of Iowa and a second
fellowship in ocular immunology at the National Eye
Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda,
Md. Doctor Holland won the Binkhorst award from the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in 2008.
Douglas D. Koch, MD (Baylor Vision, Houston). Doctor Koch is medical director of Baylor Vision, the
refractive surgery clinical and research group at Baylor
College of Medicine. He is also professor of ophthalmology
at the Cullen Eye Institute at Baylor College of Medicine.
He is editor of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery and past president of the International Intra-Ocular
Implant Club and the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery. Doctor Koch is one of six charter
members of the executive committee of the Refractive Surgery
Interest Group of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Doctor Koch earned his MD from Harvard Medical School. He
completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine and
fellowship training in London, Los Angeles and Seattle. In a
survey by Ophthalmology Times, Doctor Koch was named one of
the top 10 refractive surgeons in the United States.
Colman Kraff, MD (Kraff Eye Institute, Chicago). Doctor Kraff is a member of the Kraff Eye Institute. He
was the first refractive eye surgeon in the Midwest to
perform LASIK and is one of three primary excimer laser
trainers in the United States. He is the principal
investigator for eight FDA studies for laser manufacturers
and co-investigator for four more studies. In addition to
his work as reviewer for the Journal of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery, he has written more than five textbook
chapters.
Doctor Kraff earned his MD from Rush Medical College. He
completed his residency in ophthalmology and his fellowship
in cornea and external disease at University of Illinois Eye
and Ear Infirmary. Holding a teaching appointment at
Northwestern University Medical School, Doctor Kraff is an
attending physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Richard L. Lindstrom, MD (Minnesota Eye Consultants,
Minneapolis). Doctor Lindstrom is founder and attending surgeon at
Minnesota Eye Consultants. He is chief medical editor for
Ocular Surgery News and medical director of TLC Vision,
Sightpath Medical and Refractec. Doctor Lindstrom has
developed a number of solutions, intraocular lenses and
instruments. His awards include the Lans Distinguished
Award, recognizing an individual who is an innovative
researcher in the field of refractive surgery, the Barraquer
Award, the top award in the field of refractive surgery, and
the first lifetime achievement award from the International
Society of Refractive Surgery.
Doctor Lindstrom earned his MD and completed his residency
in ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He
completed fellowships in anterior segment surgery at Mary
Shiels Hospital in Dallas and in glaucoma at University
Hospital in Salt Lake City. He spent 10 years on the active
faculty at University of Minnesota in the department of
ophthalmology.
Stephen S. Lane, MD (University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis). Doctor Lane is clinical professor of ophthalmology at the
University of Minnesota. He was one of the original clinical
investigators for the FDA trial examining the use of the
excimer laser. His expertise is in cornea and external
disease, anterior segment surgery and refractive surgery. In
addition to his practice at Associated Eye Care in
Minneapolis, he has participated in more than 20 national
clinical trials in cataract and refractive surgery.
Doctor Lane earned his MD from the University of Minnesota
and completed his ophthalmology residency at Pennsylvania
State University and spent a fellowship in cornea and
external disease and refractive surgery at the University of
Minnesota. He was president of the American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery and serves on the editorial
board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Robert K. Maloney, MD (Maloney Vision Institute, Los
Angeles). Doctor Maloney is director of the Maloney Vision
Institute. He was the first surgeon in the western United
States to perform LASIK surgery, as part of the original FDA
clinical trials. He has trained more than 700 surgeons for
the excimer laser and has personally performed more than
40,000 vision-correction surgeries. Doctor Maloney has
published more than 100 articles, abstracts and reports in
professional journals and has delivered more than 200
invited lectures.
A former Rhodes scholar and summa cum laude graduate of
Harvard University, Doctor Maloney completed his education
at Oxford University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is
currently clinical professor of ophthalmology at UCLA. In
addition to serving as clinical professor of ophthalmology
at UCLA, he has appeared frequently on TV as the exclusive
LASIK surgeon for the ABC series “Extreme Makeover.”
Richard Mackool, MD (Mackool Eye Institute, Astoria,
N.Y.)
Doctor Mackool is founder of the Mackool Eye Institute. He
developed the first combined microsurgical system for
performing both phacoemulsification and either posterior or
anterior segment vitrectomy. He performed the first human
implantation of an acrylica intraocular lens and designed
the Mackool Phacoemulsification System, which features dual
infusion sleeve technology permitting surgical procedures
made through non-leaking incisions while reducing the risk
of thermal injury to surrounding tissues.
Doctor Mackool earned his MD from Boston University and
completed his internship at University of Southern
California Medical Center and his residency at New York Eye
and Ear Infirmary.
Samuel Masket (Advanced Vision Care, Los Angeles). Doctor Masket is a partner in Advanced Vision Care. He is
former chairman of the Cataract Special Interest Committee
of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
and a member of the board of trustees of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology. He serves on the editorial boards
of several journals and is the consultation section editor
of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is
author of the “Atlas of Cataract Surgery,” an overview of
the current state of cataract and related surgery.
Doctor Masket earned his MD from New York Medical College,
performed his internship at Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, and completed a residency at New York Medical
College and a fellowship at the Harkness Eye Institute of
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. He is clinical
professor of ophthalmology at UCLA’s Jules Stein Eye
Institute.
Marguerite McDonald, MD (Ophthalmic Consultants of Long
Island, Lynbrook, N.Y.). Doctor McDonald is a corneal, cataract and refractive
surgeon at Ophthalmic Consultants. She performed a number of
firsts, including the world’s first excimer laser treatment
to eliminate or reduce the need for glasses and contact
lenses and the world’s first Summit/Autonomous
Wavefront-based excimer laser surgeries. She was the third
physician in the world to perform conductive keratoplasty
for farsightedness. She is the principal investigator of
National Eye Institute grants for in radial keratotomy,
epikeratophakia and excimer laser photorefractive
keratectomy.
Doctor McDonald earned her MD from Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her
ophthalmology residency at Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat
Hospital and a fellowship in corneal and external diseases
at the LSU Eye Center in New Orleans. She is clinical
professor of ophthalmology at New York University and served
as president of the International Society of Refractive
Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Robert H. Osher, MD (Cincinnati Eye Institute). Doctor Osher is professor of ophthalmology at University
of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Focusing on cataract and
implant surgery, he has designed many of the contemporary
intraocular lenses and instruments used in cataract surgery.
Doctor Osher has co-authored five books on cataract and
implant surgery and is editor of the Video Journal of
Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Video Textbook of
Viscosurgery, and International Advances in
Phacoemulsification. He is also a reviewer for the Journal
of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Journal of
Ophthalmology and the Archives of Ophthalmology.
Doctor Osher earned his MD at University of Rochester
Medical School and trained in a residency at Bascom Palmer
Eye Institute in Miami. He completed three fellowships in
Miami and at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. Doctor
Osher has been the ophthalmic consultant for the Cincinnati
Reds since 1990. He won the 2009 Innovator award from the
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Stephen J. Ryan, MD (Doheny Eye Institute, Los
Angeles). Doctor Ryan is president of Doheny Eye Institute, which
is affiliated with the University of Southern California. He
is an internationally recognized expert in retinal diseases
and ocular trauma. In addition to having been the founding
president of the National Alliance for Eye and Vision
Research, he has authored or edited nine books and more than
270 peer-reviewed articles.
Doctor Ryan earned his MD from Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine. He completed his residency in
ophthalmology at the Wilmer Ophthalmologic Institute at
Johns Hopkins. He served as dean of the Keck School of
Medicine at USC and is a recipient of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology Senior Honor Award.
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute,
Miami). Doctor Rosenfeld pioneered the use of Avastin, the first
drug that actually reverses vision loss for patients with
age-related macular degeneration. He is currently the
principal investigator for nine prospective studies
investigating pharmacotherapies for the treatment of
neovascular age-related macular degeneration. In addition to
early-onset and late-onset maculopathies, particularly
age-related macular degeneration, his interests include the
genetics of AMD and therapies for dry and wet AMD.
In 2009, Doctor Rosenfeld gave the J. Donald M. Gass Award
lecture at the Retina Society and the David and Mary Seslen
Award lecture at the Barnes Retina Institute. In 2006, he
won the Florida Society of Ophthalmology’s Shaler Richardson
Service to Medicine Award, recognizing the greatest personal
contribution to quality ophthalmic patient care. With an MD
from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Doctor
Rosenfeld completed his residency at Massachusetts Eye and
Ear Infirmary at Harvard University and his vitreoretinal
fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
Bradford J. Shingleton, MD (Ophthalmic Consultants of
Boston). A glaucoma and cataract specialist with Ophthalmic
Consultants, Doctor Shingleton has performed more cataract,
glaucoma and laser operations than any other ophthalmologist
in New England. He co-authored two major textbooks and
published over 100 scientific medical articles and chapters.
An avid sports fan, he is team ophthalmologist for the
Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and the
New England Revolution.
Doctor Shingleton earned his MD from the University of
Michigan and completed his residency and fellowship training
at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is an
associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at Harvard
Medical School and was president of the American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery from 2008-2009.
Stephen G. Slade, MD (Slade & Baker Vision Center,
Houston). Doctor Slade is a partner in Slade & Baker. He was
the first surgeon in the United States to perform LASIK and
has the nation’s longest experience with INTRALASE, a
“bladeless” Lasik. He was also first in the United States to
implant the Crystalens, a phacoemulsification lens for
presbyopia. He has directed LASIK training of more than
8,000 other refractive surgeons worldwide, including the
vast majority of surgeons now doing LASIK in the United
States. Doctor Slade was chosen by more than 450 of his
fellow ophthalmologists to perform surgery on their own
eyes.
Doctor Slade earned his MD from University of Texas School
of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center. He completed a
residency in ophthalmology in New Orleans and a fellowship
in corneal surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
He received the Barraquer Award, the top award in the field
of refractive surgery in 2007.
Roger Steinert, MD (UC Irvine, Calif., Ophthalmology
Group). Doctor Steinert is a member of UC Irvine Ophthalmology
Group. He was involved in the first stage of excimer laser
refractive surgery and LASIK. While a visiting scientist at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his laboratory group
was the second in the world to begin studying the
applications of the excimer laser in 1983. He was in the
first group of surgeons in FDA trials of phototherapeutic
keratectomy and photorefractive keratectomy.
Doctor Steinert earned his MD from Harvard Medical School
and completed his ophthalmology residency at
Harvard-Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is current
president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery and received the Barraquer Award, the most
prestigious honor in refractive surgery, in 2008.
Richard Tipperman, MD (Ophthalmic Partners of
Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.). Doctor Tipperman is a partner in Ophthalmic Partners of
Pennsylvania. His specializes in refractive surgery,
cataract surgery and management of complications of cataract
surgery. He has authored numerous publications and twice won
the prestigious Best Paper of Session award at the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting.
He has been listed as one of the Top Doctors in Philadelphia
Magazine and Main Line Today.
Doctor Tipperman earned his MD from the University of
Rochester (N.Y.) School of Medicine and Dentistry, was a
resident in general surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in
Rochester, a neurosurgery resident at the Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and was chief
resident in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in
Philadelphia.
John A. Vukich, MD (Davis Duehr Dean Center for
Refractive Surgery, Madison, Wis.). Doctor Vukich is the surgical director of Davis Duehr
Dean Center. He is an associate editor of the Journal of
Refractive Surgery and has twice served as program chairman
of the largest refractive surgery meeting in the world, the
ISRS/AAO Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day.
Doctor Vukich earned his MD from Emory University and
completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of
Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is an associate clinical
professor at University of Wisconsin Medical School.
Robert N. Weinreb, MD (Hamilton Glaucoma Center, San
Diego). Doctor Weinreb is director of the Hamilton Glaucoma
Center, known for its cross-disciplinary investigative
programs. He has written or edited more than 16 books,
including “Essentials in Ophthalmology,” a multi-volume
textbook of ophthalmology. He is co-editor of Graefe’s
Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and
research editor of Survey of Ophthalmology. Doctor Weinreb
has served as president of the American Glaucoma Society,
the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and
the World Glaucoma Association.
Doctor Weinreb earned his MD from Harvard Medical School and
completed his residency and fellowship training at the
University of California, San Francisco. He has trained more
than 100 post-doctoral fellows in glaucoma, many of whom
hold distinguished academic positions throughout the world.
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