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Ohio Eye Alliance
Canton, OH
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Ohio Eye Alliance
Alliance, OH
Ohio Eye Alliance
Canfield, OH
About
Bio
Dr. Richard Lehrer earned his
Bachelor of Arts Degree from Brandeis University and his medical degree from
Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1988. He pursued his postgraduate career with
a fellowship in glaucoma at Tufts Medical Center in Boston and completed his
residency in Ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute of the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He then completed fellowship training in Cornea
and Glaucoma at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Lehrer established his
practice with Ohio Eye Alliance in 1993, where he is currently the Director of
Glaucoma Services, with offices in Canton, Alliance and Canfield Ohio. He
serves on the medical staffs of Alliance Community Hospital where he served as
past president of the medical staff and past chair of surgery, and Surgery
Alliance where he is the medical director. He is also on staff at Aultman
Hospital, Mercy Medical Center, Summa – Akron City Hospital, and the Southwoods
Hospital in Boardman.
In addition to keeping up with
the latest glaucoma surgical and diagnostic techniques, he is also an
experienced cataract and intraocular lens implant and corneal transplant
surgeon. He has been the first glaucoma specialist in NE Ohio to perform new
and innovative surgeries such as Viscocanalostomy, AquaFlowTM, Ex‑PressTM Shunt,
Canaloplasty and iStentTM.
Dr. Lehrer has been involved in
ophthalmic and neurological research since 1984 and continues to maintain an
interest in teaching, having distinguished himself with six faculty
appointments from 1983 through the present. He is co-author of numerous
original research papers and delivers many ophthalmology lectures throughout
the United States. He is an Assistant
Clinical Professor at Ohio State University and at NEOMED in Rootstown. He serves as Course Director for Schlemm’s
Canal (Advanced Glaucoma) Surgery at the American Academy of Ophthalmology
annual meeting. He is also a regular
speaker on Advanced Glaucoma Surgery at the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery national meetings.
Dr. Lehrer has also been invited to speak and present at the American
Glaucoma Society annual meetings.
He is dedicated to sight
preservation and is a member of the Jackson Township Lions Club and serves as surgical
advisor to the Melvin Jones District 13-D Lions Eye Foundation and is the Lions
District 1 3-D Chairman for Sight Conservation. He also is a consultant for the
The Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Glaucoma
Cataract Surgery
Cornea
Ophthalmology
Doctor Q&A
81 Answers
22 Agrees
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A 60-year-old female asked:

Dr. Richard Lehrer answered
33 years experience Ophthalmology
Not necessarily: Many patients with corneal transplants have glaucoma, sometimes related to medications used to prevent rejection. If medications and laser are inadeq ... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:

Dr. Richard Lehrer answered
33 years experience Ophthalmology
Need to see your doc: You really need to see your doc to evaluate this issue.
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A 30-year-old male asked:

Dr. Richard Lehrer answered
33 years experience Ophthalmology
Sounds like cataract: Any time there are opacities in the lens it may be called a cataract. There are many types of cataracts, some focal and small opacities, some diffuse ... Read More
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Mar 30, 2013
A very compassionate and qualified surgeon. At the top of the list.
Dec 5, 2012
I highly recommend Dr Lehrer! He is a superb surgeon!!
Jun 22, 2013
Great responses. Very accurate.
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Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
Graduated 1988MD
Residency
Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Awards
AAO Honor Award
AAO Lifetime Learning Achievement
Affiliations
American Glaucoma Society
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
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