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Steve Charles is a vitreoretinal surgeon who has developed many of the techniques and devices used by vitreoretinal surgeons worldwide. He is a board certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon, a mechanical/electrical engineer who has 48 patents or patents applied for,and has developed many of the techniques and devices used by vitreoretinal surgeons worldwide. He has performed over 34,000 vitreoretinal surgeries, lectured in 50 countries and operated in 25, delivered 17 named lectures, and over 1000 speaking trips. He authored a leading textbook in the field which is now in the 5th edition and in 6 languages and authored over 174 articles in the medical literature and over 50 book chapters.
Contents
- Education
- Vitreoretinal surgery
- Societies Honors and Awards
- Engineering
- Technology Company Board Positions
- Personal life
- References
Education
After four years in engineering school, he completed medical school at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He did research all four medical school years at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. After a medical internship at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami he completed a residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute followed by a two-year Clinical Associate appointment at the National Eye Institute (NIH); focused on vitreoretinal surgery, angiogenesis research, and medical device engineering.
Vitreoretinal surgery
Charles has performed a large number of vitreoretinal surgeries, as well as lectured extensively in the field. He is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field along with nearly 200 scholarly publications. He is the founder of the Charles Retina Institute, located in Memphis, Tennessee, which is an eye clinic specializing in the treatment of retina, macula, and vitreous diseases.
Societies, Honors, and Awards
He is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and International College of Surgeons and a member of the Retina Society, Macular Society, American Society of Retinal Specialists, Club Jules Gonin, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American-European College of Ophthalmic Surgery, Euro-Lam, and the Dowling Society. He is on the Board of Governors of the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research. He is on the editorial board of Retina and a reviewer for Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, and British Journal of Ophthalmology, writes a column for Retina Physician and is an editor for eMedicine.
He has received the Wacker Medal from the Club Jules Gonin, the first Founders Medal from the Vitreous Society, was inducted into the University of Miami School of Medicine Medical Alumni Association Hall of Fame, and was named by Ocular Surgery News as one of the top ten innovators in the past 25 years. He is consistently listed in Best Doctors in America and Becker’s Top 34 Ophthalmologists in America. He is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee.
Engineering
He is a mechanical and electrical engineer and has 150 issued or pending patents. He is a consultant for Alcon Laboratories and the principal architect of the Alcon Accurus and Alcon Constellation Vision System. He is the Founder of MicroDexterity Systems, developing robots for dexterity enhancement for minimally invasive knee and hip replacement, spine surgery, and skull base neurosurgery. He is the President of Infinity Research, Inc; a medical device and avionics consulting company. He is a cofounder of CamPlex LLC, developing advanced visualization technology for surgery. He is on the board of Zeroto510 a medical device venture capital firm.
Technology Company Board Positions
Personal life
Dr. Charles is an airline transport pilot, currently owning and flying a Falcon 50. He is the father of three daughters, and has two grandchildren.