About the Author:
Louis D. “Skip” Nichamin, MD is the Medical Director and Managing Partner of the Laurel Eye
Clinic in Brookville, Pennsylvania, one of the leading private ophthalmic practices in the country.
After graduating from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Wayne State
University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan with high distinction and recognition, including
membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, he completed his ophthalmic residency
at the Sinai Hospital of Detroit in Michigan where he was awarded the H. Saul Sugar award for his
outstanding performance.
Dr. Nichamin has since been the recipient of numerous awards, lectured extensively around the
world, and authored hundreds of articles and chapters in the fields of cataract and refractive surgery.
His broad surgical experience numbers in the tens of thousands of surgical cases and includes
posterior, as well as anterior, segment procedures.
Dr. Nichamin has been a representative for the American Academy of Ophthalmology Board
of Councilors and served as the Chairman of the Cataract Clinical Committee of the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He holds a board position on the ASCRS Philanthropic
Foundation. Dr. Nichamin is a committee member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Preferred Practice Patterns and founding member of the American College of Ophthalmic
Surgery. He has been awarded the Senior Achievement and Secretariat Awards by the American
Academy of Ophthalmology. He is an active consultant in the ophthalmic industry and serves on
numerous medical advisory boards.
Review:
“This is a high quality book that will help surgeons beginning to perform limbal relaxing incisions learn how to do the technique or experience surgeons how to fine tune their technique.”
- Elizabeth C. Chiang, MD, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Doody’s Review Service
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