Eric D. Donnenfeld, M.D., 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. Dr.Donnenfeld is the founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island andOphthalmic Consultants of Connecticut. He has authored more than 210 papers on the cornea, external disease, cataracts, and refractive surgery, 500 scientifi carticles, and 50 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 nine journals and has participated in over 40 FDA studies. He is one of the first 5 people inthe 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, andSecretariat Award. He is past President of the American Society of Cataract andRefractive Surgery, President-elect of the International Intraocular ImplantSociety, and Editor in Chief of EyeWorld. He was named #1 on Newsweek’sAmerica’s Best Eye Doctors list in 2022 and 2021. In addition, Cataract& Refractive Surgery Today recognized Dr. Donnenfeld as one of the Top50 Most Influential Ophthalmologists in the United States; TheOphthalmologist named Dr. Donnenfeld to their Power List in 2022, 2020 and2018; and he was also selected as Ophthalmology Management’s 25 Leaders in Innovation.
