Patient Care Bio
Dr. Scott MacRae is one of the most experienced and respected refractive surgeons in the world. He has over 25 years of experience as a cornea specialist, over 15 years of experience as a refractive surgeon, and has performed over 15,000 refractive surgery procedures.
He is the Director of Refractive Services in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester where he is a Professor in Ophthalmology and a Professor of Visual Science at the University of Rochester's Center for Visual Science.
Dr. MacRae is an editorial board member on three refractive surgery journals and most recently was the Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery. He is a noted expert and widely published, including the Journal of Refractive Surgery, Popular Science, The New York Times, and various refractive surgery journals. He also co-authored the premier text on wavefront sensing, "Customized Corneal Ablation: The Quest for Super Vision," now out in its second volume, "Wavefront Customized Visual Correction: The Quest for Super Vision II."
A board-certified ophthalmologist, Dr. MacRae is focused on patient safety and results. A leader in the refractive surgery field, Dr. MacRae has trained over 400 surgeons and has an extensive background in the development, safety, and effectiveness of laser vision correction technology. He has served as a member and consultant of the FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel, and was Chairman of the Public Health Committee with the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His work includes design of numerous refractive surgical instruments, laser surgery techniques and he holds the patent on a commonly used astigmatism treatment. Dr. MacRae also travels the world to lecture on laser vision correction, the prevention and treatment of complications. When other surgeons experience complications, they turn to Dr. MacRae. He was recently named one of the "Top 50 Opinion Leaders in Cataract and Refractive Surgery" as voted by the readers of the professional journal Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.
Dr. MacRae studied at the University of Wisconsin and completed two cornea fellowships - at Medical College of Wisconsin and Emory University. After spending 16 years at Oregon Health Sciences University, Dr. MacRae joined the University of Rochester Department of Ophthalmology, where he is now a leader in the Alliance for Vision Excellence--a patient care and research collaboration between the University of Rochester and Bausch & Lomb, Inc. The partnership brings together the most technologically advanced instruments, devices, and diagnostic tools optimal laser vision correction results for you.
| Ziemer Award for his Outstanding Advocacy and Implementation of Ziemer "Small Spot" Femtosecond Laser Technology |
2012 |
| U.S. Patent Issued for Invention of Rochester Nomogram by Scott MacRae, MD and Manoj Venkiteshwar, Ph.D. |
2012 |
| Voted Best Doctors in America US News & World Reports |
2011 |
| Awarded Best Paper of Multifocal- Accommodative Intraoccular Lens Session, ASCRS Annual Meeting |
2010 |
| Awarded Best Paper of Cataract- Intraocular Lens Session ASCRS Annual Meeting |
2009 |
| Awarded Best Paper of Keratorefractive Session. ASCRS Annual Meeting |
2008 |
| In Top 50 Opinion Leaders in Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today By Physician Readers of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today |
2005 - 2011 |
| Lans Lectureship Award Jointly Awarded by International Society of Refractive Surgery and the American Academy of Ophthalmology |
2003 |
| Amini Award, The Wisconsin Ophthalmic Alumni Association Meeting |
2003 |
| Senior Honor Award, American Acadermy of Ophthalmology |
2001 |
| Swarthmore Who's Who Registry |
1997 - 2008 |
| Certificate of Appreciation, ARVO, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology |
1997 |
| George Kambara Award of Lectureship University of Wisconsin, Madison |
1996 |
| Panelist-Physicians Review Group for Ad Hoc White House Health Reform Committee, Panel-Physician Choice in Managed Competition |
1993 |
| Panelist-Physicians Review Group for Ad Hoc White House Health Reform Committee, Panel-Outcomes Studies in Managed Competition |
1993 |
| Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology |
1991 |
| Honorary Lectureship: Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Illinois Society to Prevent Blindness |
1990 |
| Voted Best Doctors in America |
1990 - 2012 |
| Elected Chief of Residency Program Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin |
1980 - 1981 |
| Qualified Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin |
1970 - 1973 |
