Stephen B. Lichtenstein, M.D.
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Stephen B. Lichtenstein, M.D.Cataract Surgery |
Biography
Dr. Lichtenstein received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital serving as Chief Resident from 1977-1978. In 1979, he completed a Clinical Fellowship in Cornea, Anterior Segment Surgery and Complications of Cataract Surgery at Ohio State University. He was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1979.
Dr. Lichtenstein is an Attending Surgeon on the Cataract and Primary EyeCare Service of the Wills Eye Institute. He is also on the staff of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Lankenau Hospital. Since 1983 he has limited his practice to cataract surgery, high risk cataract surgery, and the management of complications of cataract surgery. He has been a clinical investigator in multiple FDA monitored intraocular implant studies and has lectured extensively regarding cataract surgery technique and technology, and the management of complications. He has been awarded the Honor Award for Teaching by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has personally performed in excess of 25,000 cataract operations over the last 30 years.
Dr. Lichtenstein has served on the Scientific Advisory Board for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He has been a scientific reviewer for the journal "Ophthalmology" and is the "Cataract Surgery" Section editor for Duane’s Textbook on Clinical Ophthalmology. He has been frequently listed as one of the Top Doctors for cataract surgery in the region, and was listed as a Top Doctor in Ophthalmology in 2009 and 2010 in Main Line Today. He was also featured in the March/April 2011 Issue of Premier Surgeon.
Service Locations
Dr. Lichtenstein sees patients at the Pagoda Building and Wills Eye Institute.
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