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Michael B. Raizman

Michael B. Raizman MD

Ophthalmology
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Dr. Raizman is a specialist in laser vision correction, cataract, and surgical and medical treatment of the cornea. He has performed thousands of refractive surgery procedures and more than 10,000 cataract and corneal procedures.

Dr. Raizman trained at the University of Michigan and Harvard Medical Schools. After two Fellowships at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, he did three years of research at Harvard Medical School, funded by a National Institute of Health grant. Dr. Raizman served on the full-time faculty at Harvard Medical School from 1988-1991.

Now an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Raizman has directed the Corneal Fellowship Training Program there since 1991. He is on the medical staff at Tufts Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He now serves as an examiner for doctors seeking certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Raizman began using the Excimer Laser in 1991 as an investigator for the early U.S. trials of the Summit laser. He has continued to serve as an investigator for new developments in laser technology. Dr. Raizman has taught hundreds of ophthalmologists in the use of the Excimer laser and has been invited to speak at the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology Refractive Surgery meeting and other national and international meetings on new techniques in refractive surgery.
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