Optical Express Staff: Surgeons, Doctors & Nurses

Qualification:

Chairman of the Optical Express International Medical Advisory Board (IMAB)

Experience:

Mr Steve Schallhorn is one of the most respected laser eye surgeons in the world and is currently the chairman of the Optical Express International Medical Advisory Board (IMAB). Mr Steve Schallhorn is regarded by his peers as a laser eye surgery expert and this is due to his vast experience in the field. His expertise is such that he is a laser eye surgery instructor in the United States.

In 2007, Mr Steve Schallhorn retired from the U.S Navy where he was director of the refractive surgery centre. He was the first surgeon in the U.S Department of defence to perform Lasik and implantable contact lens surgery.

Mr. Steve Schallhorn has been a prolific writer of medical papers and has had in excess of 200 published. He is also the author of numerous academic journals. He lectures regularly and is a visiting professor of medicine at Harvard, USC, UCSF and Baylor universities in the USA