Credentials: Education & Honors
Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, FAAO, FACS
As a leading Long Island LASIK and cataract surgeon, Dr. Eric D. Donnenfeld has many years of experience in the field of ophthalmology. Please browse his credentials below.
Honors
Professional Associations & Positions Held
Editorial Board – Ophthalmology Journals
Fellowship:
- Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery/Cornea
and External Disease, Wills Eye Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984-1985
Residency:
- Ophthalmology, Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat
Hospital, New York, New York, 1981-1984
Chief Resident, 1983-1984
Internship:
- Medicine and Surgery Categorical Internship,
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton Lower Falls,
Massachusetts, 1980-1981
Medical School:
- Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1977-1980, M.D., 1980
Graduation with Honors
Alpha Omega Alpha
College:
- Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,
1977-1980, A.B., 1977
Magna Cum Laude
Highest Distinction in Major, Honors Group
Rufus Choate Scholar
Honors
Nassau Surgical Society
- 2010 Distinguished Service Award
Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today
- National Refractive Surgeon of the Year, ASCRS, 2005
- Top 50 Most Influential Ophthalmologists in the World, 2006, 2005
Dartmouth Medical School
- Board of Overseers, 2005
World Cornea Congress
- Best Paper of Session, 2005
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
- Best Paper of Session, Annual Meeting, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Lions Club of Long Island
- Knights of the Blind Award, 1999
Sons of Italy
- Fight for Sight Award, 1999
American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Senior Honor Award, 2004
- Honor Award, 1994
North Shore University Hospital
- Teacher of the Year, 1992
Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital
- Surgeon of the Year, 1986
- Program Director, Biennial Meeting, 1987 – 1991
- Program Director, Advances in Cornea and External Disease, 1990, 1989
Professional Associations & Positions Held
American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Fellow
American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
- Board of Directors, Brooklyn/Long Island Chapter
American Medical Association
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
- Cornea Committee
Contact Lens Association of America
Cornea Society
- Board of Directors
International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty
Long Island Ophthalmological Society
Nassau Academy of Medicine
- Director, Ophthalmology Section
- Board of Directors
Nassau County Medical Society
- Program Director, Ophthalmology Division
Nassau Surgical Society
- President
- Chairman, Academic Committee
- Board of Directors
- Program Director
New York Medical Society
New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology
- Board of Directors
Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group
- President
- Board of Directors
Editorial Board – Ophthalmology Journals
Therapeutic Updates in Ophthalmology
- Chief Medical Editor
- Section Editor
Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today
- Assistant Medical Editor
Review of Refractive Surgery
- Assistant Medical Editor
- Section Editor
Review of Ophthalmology
Ocular Surgery News
Ophthalmology Management
Refractive Surgery Quarterly
Evidence-Based Eye Care
Out-Patient Surgery
Optometric Management
