Ronald Krueger, M.D. Medical Advisory Board Member

Dr. Ronald R. Krueger, Medical Director of Refractive Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute in Ohio, is a renowned ophthalmologic surgeon with more than 26 years of experience in the field of refractive surgery, specifically in excimer laser research.

Dr. Krueger has performed over 18,000 refractive surgery procedures and has published more than 114 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as numerous abstracts, book chapters and trade journal articles. He is also credited with documenting the first physical descriptions of the effects of the excimer lasers on corneal tissue.

Dr. Krueger currently serves as Professor of Ophthalmology at the Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He was a former Secretary of Education and board member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery prior to its merger with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and now serves in both the executive committee and as the program committee chair of the new ISRS/AAO. In addition, Dr. Krueger has served as the Associate Editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery for over 15 years, and has lectured on refractive surgery in more than 40 countries.

Dr. Krueger was named one of the Top Fifty Opinion Leaders by the readers of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today in 2005 and 2006, and he has also been appointed to the U.S. Physician’s Advisory Board. In addition, he has received numerous awards, including the National Leadership Award, Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors award in 2005 and 2010, the 2007 Kritzinger Memorial Award of the ISRS/AAO and the 2008 Lans Distinguished Award of the ISRS/AAO.

He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Rutgers University in New Jersey, his Master of Science in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

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