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About the Presenter:
Dr Steinert is currently Chair of the department and Director of the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California, Irvine, where he holds joint appointments as Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering. He combines a consultative practice in cataract, refractive, and corneal surgery with teaching and translational laboratory research in these fields. He has authored or co-authored four textbooks, including the definitive text, Cataract Surgery, which is in its third edition. He has published over 150 peer-review journal scientific articles and over 90 book chapters. Dr. Steinert is a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and became President of that society in April 2005, as well as Chair of the Annual Program, a position he currently fills. He serves as Associate Editor of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He has presented 12 named lectureships, including the 2004 Binkhorst Lecture at ASCRS and the 2008 Barraquer Lecture at AAO. Dr. Steinert serves as medical monitor of several FDA trials. He holds seven U.S. and numerous international patents. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in every edition of Best Doctors in America and America’s Top Doctors. Ophthalmology Times named him one of the top 100 ophthalmologists in North America.
Dr. Steinert earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, having graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College. He served his residency at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and rose through the ranks of the Harvard faculty until being recruited to UCIrvine.
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