 William J. Faulkner, M.D., has been a cornea specialist at the Cincinnati Eye Institute since 1980. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and University of Louisville School of Medicine. Postgraduate training included internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (Stanford), residency at the University of Oklahoma, and fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard, Cornea and External Disease). Dr. Faulkner's practice focuses on medical and surgical treatments of the anterior segment of the eye. He performs small incision, sutureless, cataract surgery, and uses new multifocal intraocular lenses, and utilizes a new method for cornea transplant (endothelial keratoplasty). Long interested in refractive surgery, he first performed radial keratotomy in 1984, had it himself in 1987, and currently performs LASIK. He was one of the first surgeons to implant the intraocular contact lens. He is past president of the Cincinnati Society of Ophthalmology, Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at UC and a volunteer faculty member for the Bethesda Hospital Residency Program. He is a diplomat at the American Board of Ophthalmology and serves on the Board of Directors of Cincinnati Eye Bank. Dr. Faulkner volunteers for Prevent Blindness Ohio. He travels extensively for teaching and speaking engagements. Dr. Faulkner is married with a son and daughter. He has served on the Board of Glendale Youth Sports and coached baseball and soccer. He has led Youth Group and has been a deacon and elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Glendale. | 
