Roy S. Chuck, MD, PhD, is Chairman and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Montefiore Health System. He currently holds the Henkind Chair at Einstein-Montefiore, and previously served as the Tom Clancy Professor and Director of Refractive Surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University and professor of ophthalmology and bioengineering at the University of California Irvine. Dr. Chuck’s clinical focus is in cornea and external diseases as well as refractive surgery.

After earning his Bachelor of Science in engineering at University of California, Berkeley, in 1986, Dr. Chuck attended Columbia University, earning his Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy in 1993. He started his postdoctoral training at St. Mary’s Health Center, completing a yearlong internship in internal medicine in 1994. From then until 1998, he pursued a residency in ophthalmology at Washington University and Barnes Hospital, acting as faculty chief resident in his final year. In 1999, he completed a yearlong fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California.

Dr. Chuck’s research follows his clinical focus. His research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals as well as shared through many patents, abstracts, book chapters and podium and poster presentations. He has been an editor and served on the editorial boards of many publications including the Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Journal of Refractive Surgery, Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, BMC Ophthalmology, AAO Preferred Practice Patterns and Cochrane Reviews. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the major journal ARVO Translational Vision Science and Technology and is a member of the NIH National Eye Institute Council of Editors.

Dr. Chuck has been recognized for many achievements and contributions to his discipline and the community. Among his many accolades include being awarded the American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement and Secretariat Awards, Fight For Sight Physician-Scientist of the Year, the Lions Club International Melvin Jones Fellow/Humanitarian Award and the NYC Chinatown Honor Award for Community Service. He is board certified and is a member of many local, national and international professional societies including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the International Society for Refractive Surgery, the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, and the Manhattan Ophthalmological Society. He currently serves as Secretary for Quality of Care for the United States’ American Academy of Ophthalmology.