Ronald R. Krueger, MD, MSE
Cleveland, OH

Dr. Ronald Krueger is currently the Medical Director of the Department of Refractive Surgery at the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. A graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, NJ, he completed two fellowships in cornea and external disease at the University of Oklahoma, Dean McGee Eye Institute and In refractive surgery at the University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute.  Dr. Krueger also holds a Masters of Science (MSE) in Bioengineering from the University of Washington.

Dr. Krueger has personally performed fifteen thousand refractive surgery procedures, and has authored over two hundred peer reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, book chapters and articles. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including; the Lans Distinguished Award (ISRS/AAO 2008), the Kritzinger Memorial Lecture Award (ISRS/AAO 2007), and the AAO Senior Achievement Award in 2006.  He has 24 years of experience in excimer laser research, and was the first to describe the effects of excimer lasers on corneal tissue. Dr. Krueger was also involved in the refinement of the early principles of ocular wavefront sensing and customized laser vision correction.  To this end, Dr. Krueger has co-organized an annual international congress on Wavefront Customization and Presbyopia Correction, and co-authored the book, "Customized Corneal Ablation: The Quest for Super-Vision I" and Wavefront Customized Vision Correction: The Quest for Super-Vision II".  He has led several clinical trials and has extensive research experience in ultrashort pulse (femtosecond and picosecond) laser photodisruption of ocular tissues.  Dr. Krueger is also involved in research into the cause(s) of presbyopia and restoration of accommodation.  He has authored two medical technology patents and is the cofounder of LensAR Inc.  Dr. Krueger serves on multiple scientific advisory boards and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Refractive Surgery.