Dry Eye Disease and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: Early Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management

Faculty

Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD
Founding Partner, Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island
Garden City, NY
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY

Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, is an internationally recognized expert and pioneer in refractive, cornea, and cataract surgery and one of the leading refractive and cataract surgeons in the United States. He is a founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island. Dr Donnenfeld graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1977 and first in his class at Dartmouth Medical School in 1980. He was Chief Resident at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital and completed a Cornea and Refractive Fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital. Dr Donnenfeld is on the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth Medical School and a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at New York University Medical Center.

Dr Donnenfeld was the 2013-2014 President of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He is the Chief Medical Editor of EyeWorld, the official publication of the ASCRS. He is on the Executive Boards of ASCRS and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and is a member of the Refractive Committee of ASCRS and Cornea section of Ocular Surgery News. Dr Donnenfeld is a National Medical Director of TLC Laser Eye Centers and Surgical Director of the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island. He is a past president of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group. Locally, Dr Donnenfeld has also served as a board member of the Nassau Academy of Medicine, the ACS Long Island Chapter, and the Nassau Surgical Society, and is a past president of the Nassau Surgical Society, where he is the youngest person to ever receive their Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr Donnenfeld has served as Resident Instructor at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital and as Program Director at North Shore University Hospital. He has designed and patented 6 instruments for refractive surgery use. He has authored more than 190 papers on cornea, external disease, and cataract and refractive surgery, 500 scientific articles, and 40 books and book chapters on a range of subjects pertaining to corneal transplants, cataract care, and laser vision correction.

Dr Donnenfeld is on the editorial board of 9 journals and has participated in over 40 FDA studies. He is one of the first 5 people in the world to perform both laser vision correction and laser cataract surgery. Dr Donnenfeld is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has received its Honor Award, Senior Honor Award, Life Achievement Honor Award, and Secretariat Award. He has performed laser vision correction on over 70,000 patients and more than 1000 eye doctors and their families. The Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today has named Dr Donnenfeld as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Ophthalmologists in the United States. The Ophthalmologist, an internationally recognized magazine, named him to their Power List in 2018. Recently, Newsweek named Dr Donnenfeld America’s Best Eye Doctor in 2021 with a near perfect score for quality of care, continuity of care, and the quality of the technology used in his practice.