Marc Michelson, M.D. has extensive qualifications and proven expertise that that Trusted LASIK Surgeons™ estimates place this surgeon among the top 1% of LASIK, refractive surgery, and cataract surgeons in the United States.
For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Marc Michelson has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons™ in our screening process, clearly supplement her distinguished career.
Dr. Marc Michelson’s qualifications and credentials as one of the best expert LASIK, and cataract surgeons include:
- When it comes to offering the latest cutting edge laser vision correction procedures, Dr. Michelson has been a leader and his firsts include:
- First surgeon to perform Excimer Photorefractive Keratectomy in Alabama
- First surgeon to perform Automated Lamellar Keratectomy in Alabama
- First Surgeon to perform LASIK in Alabama
- First Surgeon to perform Epi-LASIK in Alabama
- First Surgeon to perform Visian ICL in Alabama
- First Surgeon to Implant the Multifocal Intraocular Lens in Alabama
- Over 40 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
- Over 40 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and managing cataracts and lens exchanges in patients who have undergone previous RK surgery)
- Over 40 years experience in cataract surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
- Performed over 40,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
- Performed over 25,000 cataract surgery procedures
- Principal or Co-Investigator for over 5 FDA clinical studies for laser manufacturers and other ophthalmic devices and products
- Refractive and Cataract Surgery Expert Witness: Over 25 years experience providing expert witness services on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, including review and expert testimony for cases involving the following refractive and cataract eye surgery procedures:
- LASIK, PRK, laser vision correction surgery, corneal transplants, cataract surgery, intraocular lens (IOL) implant procedures, and conductive keratoplasty
Marc Michelson, M.D. is the Medical Director and Founder of Alabama Eye and Cataract Center as well Michelson Laser Vision in Birmingham. In addition, Dr. Michelson is Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine and currently serves as the Director or Cornea Services in the Department of Ophthalmology at UAB. Dr. Michelson completed his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned his Medical Degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine. His medical education continued with an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and a Residency in Ophthalmology at the Eye Foundation Hospital of the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Dr. Michelson advanced his eye surgery training to become a Corneal Surgeon and Specialist by completing a Fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Michelson founded the first Refractive Laser Eye Surgery Center in Alabama at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham where he conducted pioneering clinical research in Laser Eye Surgery to assist in the clinical trials required to present data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of the Excimer Laser.
At Alabama Eye & Cataract Center, Dr. Michelson performs Cataract Surgery in Birmingham and is a distinguished Cataract Surgeon in Alabama. He was one of the first eye surgeons in Alabama to implant the near vision presbyopia correcting lens implants in Alabama and has considerable experience in helping Alabama Cataract Surgery patients eliminate their dependence on eyeglasses, reading glasses and bifocals with the newer Trifocal Lens Implant and Astigmatism correction Lens Implants.
Dr. Michelson is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, is a Fellow of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Royal Society of Medicine, the Castroviejo Society and the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and he has been elected by his peers for inclusion in “Best Doctors in America ® from 1994-2008.
Dr. Michelson performed his first laser vision correction treatments on the human eyes in 1991. He has the distinction of being the first eye surgeon in the State of Alabama to perform Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK), Automated Lamellar Keratectomy (ALK), LASIK and the EVO ICL phakic lens. He is a member of the International Association for Training and Research in Ophthalmology Surgery and has published numerous scientific papers on cataract surgery and laser vision correction surgery. Dr. Michelson is a frequent speaker on LASIK, cataract surgery and lens implants and has presented numerous lectures at major ophthalmic symposia and meetings. He has taught and performed LASIK surgery and cataract surgery to his fellow ophthalmolgists around the world.
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Please call Toll Free (205) 969-8100 or visit Michelson Laser Vision, Inc. today for your complimentary LASIK consultation* with a trusted expert LASIK eye surgeon and Cornea specialist with proven expertise.
If you are interested in a general eye exam or cataract surgery, please call Dr. Michelson’s office at Toll Free (877) 879-0909 or (205) 930-0930 or visit Alabama Eye & Cataract Center.
You now have accurate information and a direct contact to an experienced expert LASIK, refractive, cataract, lens implant (IOLs) and vision correction eye surgeon. Dr. Marc Michelson, M.D. and his exceptional staff are looking forward to meeting with you.
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