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Matthew Schlenker

Matthew Schlenker MD, MSc, FRCSC

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Dr. Matthew Bryan Schlenker is an Assistant Professor and University of Toronto Glaucoma, Cataract, & Anterior Segment Surgeon at Trillium Health Partners, Kensington Eye Institute, and Toronto Western Hospital. He received his Bachelor’s Degree Magna Cum Laude in Economics from Yale University and then worked as a Financial Analyst at Bear Stearns and a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co. He received his MD with Honours and Ophthalmology training where he was a Chief resident at the University of Toronto. He then completed a Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Fellowship at Trillium Health Partners and a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

He is the Chair of Resident Research in the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences and sits on the Kensington Research Committee. He is a regular presenter at both local and international Academic conferences and has published in Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, the British Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, among other journals.

His research interests are Ophthalmology, Glaucoma, Cataract Surgery, Epidemiology, Vision Science, Eye Diseases, and Cataract Surgery.