 Robert H. Osher, M.D. served as Medical Director of Cincinnati Eye Institute (CEI) for 20 years. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and his practice is limited to cataract and implant surgery. He has been listed in the Best Doctors in America since the first edition published in 1992 and was listed in the Top 10 Cataract Surgeons in the United States in a survey conducted by Ophthalmology Times. Dr. Osher is a graduate of University of Rochester Medical School and served his Residency at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. He completed three Fellowships in Miami and at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia prior to receiving Board Certification as a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has been elected into the honor societies of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha and has also received the Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship Award, Maumenee Award, Rayner Award from England, Canon Award from Japan, the Senior Academy Honor Award, the Binkhorst Medal, the Gold Medal Award from Australia and the Lim Award from China, the Mooney Award from Ireland, the Kelman Award from Greece, and a lecture series that bears his name in Argentina. Dr. Osher has achieved worldwide recognition as a leader 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 first-prize honors at the American, European, Asian and South American Cataract Societies and he has been awarded the coveted Grand Prize in both the ASCRS and ESCRS International competitions. His lectures have been presented in more than 35 countries including Japan, Britain, France, Sweden, Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, England, Chile, Portugal, Peru, Germany, Holland, Austria, Korea, Denmark, Costa Rica, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, China, Turkey, Belgium, Singapore, Ireland and Uruguay. Dr. Osher has co-authored five books and numerous manuscripts on cataract and implant surgery. He serves as Editor of the Video Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Video Textbook of Viscosurgery, and International Advances in Phacoemulsification, which are viewed by cataract surgeons on six continents. He is a Reviewer for the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the Archives of Ophthalmology, and is on the Editorial Board of five additional publications. He has served on the executive committee of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society and has been the international Editor of the Brazilian Journal, FOCO and a Board Member of the Russian Ophthalmosurgery Journal. Besides his interest in cataract surgery, Dr. Osher had been a proud coach of more than 50 CEI youth baseball and basketball teams reaching the National Championship in each sport. He has also been the ophthalmic consultant for the Cincinnati Reds since 1990. He has published 12 children's books raising money for local and national charities. |
