 Robert H. Osher, M.D. is Professor of Ophthalmology at the College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati and Medical Director Emeritus of the Cincinnati Eye Institute. His practice is limited to cataract and implant surgery by referral. Dr. Osher served his residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and completed three fellowships in Miami and at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He has received the Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship Award, the Maumenee Award, the Sheets Award, the Rayner Award from England, the Canon Award from Japan, the Senior Academy Honor Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from AAO, the Lim Award from China, the Gold Medal Award from Australia, the Mooney Award from Ireland, the Nordan Lifetime Achievement Award, the Kelman Award from Greece, the Excellence Award from Canada and a lectureship bearing his name in Argentina. The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has given Dr. Osher its two highest honors, the prestigious Binkhorst Medal and the Innovator's Award. He also has received the Kelman Award, the highest honor given to a cataract surgeon by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Osher has achieved worldwide recognition in cataract surgery. He has designed many of the contemporary intraocular lenses and instruments used in cataract surgery, in addition to developing new techniques in this subspecialty. Dr. Osher’s surgical videos have won more than 25 first-prize honors at the American, European, Asian and South American Cataract Societies including 3 Grand Prizes at ASCRS and ESCRS. His lectures have been presented to implant societies in more than 35 countries and he has co-authored several textbooks in his subspecialty. He serves as editor of the Video Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Video Textbook of Viscosurgery, and International Advances in Phacoemulsification and has published more than 250 videos and peer-reviewed articles. He has served on the executive committee of the Outpatient Surgery Society and as the international editor of the Brazilian journal FOCO. He is a Reviewer for the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and serves on the editorial boards of six additional Journals. Besides his interest in cataract surgery, Dr. Osher has been a proud coach of more than 70 youth baseball and basketball teams reaching the National Championships in each sport. He served as the ophthalmic consultant for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1990’s. Dr. Osher has also published 17 children’s stories raising money with the proceeds for charitable organizations. |
