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Eric D. Donnenfeld

Eric D. Donnenfeld is an American ophthalmologist and emeritus Board of Overseer of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and a clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University.

In 2011, he became one of the first surgeons to use a laser to perform cataract surgery.

Biography

He was born to Robert S. Donnenfeld and Phyllis Donnenfeld, his father died in 1975 after getting caught in the door of a train leaving the Huntington station. In 1977, Donnenfeld earned his undergraduate degree with from Dartmouth College, and in 1980, he graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He assumed the role of President of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery for the term 2013–2014, and holds the position of Chief Medical Editor at EyeWorld, the official publication of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He has served as a board member of the Nassau Academy of Medicine, the American College of Surgeons , and the Nassau Surgical Society.

Work

Donnenfeld has authored over 190 papers on cornea, external disease, cataract, and refractive surgery, in addition to 500 scientific articles and 40 books and book chapters on various subjects related to corneal transplants, cataract care, and laser vision correction. He work as an FDA investigator in both laser vision correction and laser cataract surgery, being among the first five individuals worldwide to perform both procedures. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His studies have demonstrated the efficacy of NSAIDs in reducing macular edema risk and advantage of dropless regimens, particularly in patients with diabetes.

Selected publications

Donnenfeld, Eric D.; Perry, Henry D.; Kanellopoulos, Anastasios J.; Alino, Anne Marie; Rahn, Elsa K. (June 1998). "Conjunctival flaps". Ophthalmology. 105 (6): 1120–1123. doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(98)96017-1. PMID 9627666.
Donnenfeld, Eric D.; Perry, Henry D.; Moadel, Ken; Zagelbaum, Bruce; Ingraham, Herbert J. (June 1995). "Psoriatic Corneal Abscess". American Journal of Ophthalmology. 119 (6): 800–801. doi:10.1016/s0002-9394(14)72790-4. PMID 7785699.
Donnenfeld, Eric D.; Perry, Henry D.; Solomon, Renee; Chou, Timothy Y. (April 2007). "Resolution of Scleromalacia". Ophthalmology. 114 (4): 824.e1–824.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.002. PMID 17398327.
Donnenfeld, Eric D; O'Brien, Terrence P; Solomon, Renée; Perry, Henry D; Speaker, Mark G; Wittpenn, John (2003). "Infectious keratitis after photorefractive keratectomy". Ophthalmology. 110 (4): 743–747. doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01936-X. PMID 12689896.
Kaiser, Peter K; Karpecki, Paul M; Regillo, Carl D; Baumal, Caroline; Ryan, Edwin H; Ip, Michael S; Modi, Yasha; Yeu, Elizabeth; Nijm, Lisa; Farid, Marjan; Rebenitsch, Ronald Luke; Kim, Terry; Shechtman, Diana L; Nichols, Kelly; Schweitzer, Justin (2023). "Geographic Atrophy Management Consensus (GA-MAC): a Delphi panel study on identification, diagnosis and treatment". BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 8 (1): e001395. doi:10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001395. ISSN 2397-3269. PMC 10603481. PMID 37857560.
Perry, Henry D; Donnenfeld, Eric D (2004). "Dry eye diagnosis and management in 2004". Current Opinion in Ophthalmology. 15 (4): 299–304. doi:10.1097/00055735-200408000-00004. ISSN 1040-8738. PMID 15232468.
Solomon, Kerry D.; Fernández de Castro, Luis E.; Sandoval, Helga P.; Biber, Joseph M.; Groat, Brian; Neff, Kristiana D.; Ying, Michelle S.; French, John W.; Donnenfeld, Eric D.; Lindstrom, Richard L. (2009). "LASIK World Literature Review". Ophthalmology. 116 (4): 691–701. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.037. PMID 19344821.