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Dr. Donnenfeld is a trustee of the Dartmouth Medical School and a clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University. He is a national medical director of TLC laser centers and surgical director of the Lions Eye Bank for Long Island. He is also the past president of ASCRS and is in the presidential succession line for the International Intraocular Implant Society. Dr. Donnenfeld is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has received its Honor Award, Senior Honor Award, Life Time Achievement Award, and Secretariat Award. He is also the editor-in-chief of EyeWorld. Dr. Donnenfeld has written over 200 peer reviewed papers on cornea, external disease, cataract and refractive surgery, and 40 book chapters and books. He is on the editorial board of nine journals and has participated in over 60 FDA studies. Previously, He was a primary investigator of both the excimer laser and femtosecond laser for cataract surgery. He served as president of many professional societies including the Nassau Surgical Society, cornea section of ASCRS, the ophthalmology division of the Nassau Academy of Medicine, and the International Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group.

Dr. Donnenfeld completed a cornea fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital. He was a resident and chief resident at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He received his medical degree from the Dartmouth Medical School and bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.