Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Jeffrey Robin has extensive qualifications that Trusted LASIK Surgeons estimates place him among the top 1% of LASIK laser eye surgery, cataract and refractive surgeons in the United States.

For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Premier Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Jeffrey Robin has included some additional career highlights that, while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly demonstrate his highly distinguished career as a true pioneer in advancing vision correction surgery throughout the world.

Dr. Robin’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 22 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK and PRK
• First laser vision correction in state of Illinois
• First LASIK procedure in Cleveland, OH
• Over 29 years experience in cataract surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
• Performed over 57,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Certified on the following laser vision correction lasers: AMO Visx S4, Alcon Wavelight Allegretto, AMO IntraLase, Bausch & Lomb Technolas, Nidek EC 5000, Alcon Ladarvision, Summit, Visx 2020.
• Principal Investigator for 1 FDA clinical study for manufacturers of lasers and other devices as well as a Co-Investigator for 10 other FDA clinical studies
• Investigator for 4 National Eye Institute (NEI) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Studies
• Refractive and Cataract Surgery Expert Witness: Over 24 years experience providing expert witness services on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, including case review and expert testimony for cases involving the following
  • LASIK and PRK laser vision correction surgery, corneal transplants, and conductive keratoplasty procedures

Premier Patient Care

• “All-Laser” LASIK (bladeless) using the IntraLase laser
• Wavefront Optimized LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery using the Alcon Wavelight Allegretto laser
• Use of iLASIK Procedure- WaveScan Technology, IntraLase, and Visx Advanced CustomVue treatments
• Offers complete refractive surgery care
  • LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery
  • ntraocular lens implant surgery (IOLs) including Refractive Lensectomy (RLE) or Clear Lensectomy (CLE) using monofocal lenses, and multifocal lenses, as well as phakic implants and toric implants.
  • Limbal Relaxing Incisions
• Management of complications of surgery for new patients who had problems from a LASIK or other vision correction procedure performed by another doctor
• Other eye surgeons, optometrists, opticians, employees of companies that specialize in vision correction surgery devices or products, or their family members have had their LASIK, PRK or other vision correction procedure or cataract surgery performed by Dr. Robin.

Professional Credentials

• Current Faculty Appointments:
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Past Faculty Appointments (Staff and/or other Privileges)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California
    • Director, Residency Training Program
    • Chairman, Residency Training Committee
    • Member, Clinical Services Committee
    • Coordinator, Cornea and External Disease Service
    • Member, Quality Assurance Committee
  • Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago
    • Senior Research Scientist
    • Co-Director, Cornea and External Disease Service
    • Member, Independent Study Program Advisory Committee
    • Co-Chairman, Eye Trauma Subcommittee
    • Director of Refractive Surgical Services
  • Chief of Ophthalmology, West Side Veterans Administration Hospital (Chicago, IL)
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
    • Co-chairman, Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Program
  • Head of Department of Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    • Chief of Refractive Surgery Department
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
    • Cornea & Refractive Surgery Fellowship Co-Director
  • Visiting Professorships: Dr. Robin has served as a visiting professor of ophthalmology at universities and teaching hospitals throughout the United States and around the world including:
    • South America: Lima, Peru, Santiago, Chile, Caracas, Venezuela, Quito, Ecuador, and Bogota, Colombia
    • Middle East/Central Asia: Madurai (India), Jeddah, Dammam and Abha (Saudi Arabia)
• Professional Society and Organizations- Membership and Affiliations
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
    • Honor Award
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
    • Offices held (past): President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Program Chairman, Executive Director
    • Recipient of Lans Honorary Lectureship
    • Recipient of ISRS Founders’ Award
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
  • Georgetown University of Ophthalmology Alumni Society
  • American Medical Association (past)
  • Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (past)
  • Cornea Society (past)
  • Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group (past)
  • Pan American Ophthalmologic Society (past)
  • Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation (past)
  • Associacion Ecuatoriana de Ofialmologia (honorary)
  • Sociedad Colombiana de Ofialmologia (corresponding/honorary)
  • Sociedad Peruana de Ofialmologia (honorary)
• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
• Past Consulting Positions (for companies that develop lasers, other ophthalmic products and medication)
  • Bausch and Lomb, Inc.
  • Eye Care International
  • Chiron: LASIK Advisory Board
  • Refractive Technologies, Inc.
• Past Editorial Boards
  • Journal of Refractive Surgery, Editorial Board and Co-Editor
  • Ocular Surgery News
  • Operative Techniques in Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Past Service as a Reviewer of Research Articles:
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Journal of Refractive Surgery, Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Ocular Surgery News, Ophthalmology Times
• Over 60 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published
• Over 10 text book chapters
• Over 3 videos and podcasts on ophthalmology
• Over 500 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings
• Served on over 100 vision correction and other eye related panels at major ophthalmology meetings
• Taught over 75 courses at major eye meetings

Additional Career Highlights

• First eye doctor in USA to personally have laser vision correction (1992)
• Best Doctors in Orlando, Orlando Magazine, 2009-2012
• America’s Top Ophthalmologists, Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2010-2011
• Florida: Most Recommended Physicians, National Consumers Survey, 2011
• Recipient of Brown Memorial Lectureship, Columbus Ophthalmological Society, Columbus, OH
• The Best Doctors in America, multiple years including 2011-2012
• The Best 2000 Doctors in America, 1996 EB Brown Publishing Co.
• Best Doctors in Cleveland, Cleveland Magazine, 1997 and 1998
• National Registry of Who’s Who: Professionals, 1998 and 1999
• Recipient of ISRS Lans Honorary Lectureship, 1995
• Recipient of ISRS Founders Award, 2001
• Chief Resident, Georgetown University Department of Ophthalmology, 1981-1982
• Trained 14 ophthalmologists as Cornea and Refractive Surgery fellows
• Trained hundreds of ophthalmology residents and medical students in various areas of ophthalmology, corneal surgery, corneal and external diseases, and refractive corneal surgery
• Charitable Activities:
  • Performs free laser vision correction for members of the Wounded Warriors Project and their primary caregivers (2010-present)

Education

• Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • President's Freshman Award for Academic Excellence
  • Summa Cum Laude
• Medical School: Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Honor Medical Society
• Internship: Flexible Internship, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
• Residency: Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
  • Chief Resident
• Fellowships:
  • Cornea and External Disease Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Cornea and External Disease Service and Ocular Virology and Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, L.S.U. Eye Center, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Surgeon Bio

Jeffrey. Robin, M.D., has been performing laser vision correction for more than 20 years. In total, Dr. Robin has performed more than 65,000 laser vision and other refractive surgical correction procedures. Dr. Robin performed the first laser vision correction procedures in the state of Illinois and was among the first to perform LASIK in the state of Ohio.

Dr. Robin is believed to have been the first ophthalmologist in the world to personally have laser vision correction in 1992. He has traveled to more than 335 cities in more than 30 countries; many of these involved performing and teaching vision correction surgery. For much of his career, Dr. Robin has worked at university ophthalmology programs, including the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Rush-Presbyterian, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Case Western Reserve University. He still retains a great love for teaching and research. Dr. Robin is presently Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the new University of Central Florida College of Medicine and looks forward to helping this dynamic institution develop an ophthalmology program.

Dr. Robin’s career began as a corneal transplant surgeon but then soon became focused on the development of the field of elective vision correction surgery. His devotion to this specialty was reflected in his nearly 20 year involvement with the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS). He first became Secretary of this organization (which was the first professional society devoted to elective vision correction surgery), then served as its Program Chairman, President-Elect, President and Immediate Past-President. Dr. Robin relocated from Cleveland to the Orlando, Florida area so that he could continue working with ISRS as its Executive Director.

Dr. Robin has many hobbies such as photography, tennis, physical fitness/weight training and, when he has the opportunity, traveling. He reads voraciously and is a true sports fanatic. He considers himself a techno-geek and loves computers and other tech gadgets. Much of his time revolves around his wife and three children (two in college, one in high school) and their many activities/pursuits, especially involving his incredibly talented vocalist daughter and equally talented guitarist son. Dr. Robin also hopes to pursue an interest in the new field of wellness.

"My father's an optometrist, so I grew up in a world of vision correction. Becoming a corneal surgeon and then a laser vision correction surgeon seemed natural for me. Being able to improve vision and reduce dependence on glasses/contact lenses thereby increasing the quality of people’s lives is incredibly gratifying!" Dr. Jeffrey B. Robin

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