Erik A. Chotiner, MD, FACS

Bio

Erik A. Chotiner, MD, FACS, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Franklin and Marshall College and took the medical degree at Thomas Jefferson University, collecting academic, clinical, and research awards along the way. Ophthalmology residency followed at Temple University, then a year-long fellowship in cornea, refractive surgery, and external disease at UC San Diego. A physician-leadership program at Northwestern's Kellogg School followed a decade into practice.

The practice is built on the front of the eye. Cataract surgery uses femtosecond laser assistance, a technology Dr. Chotiner was among the first in Pennsylvania to adopt, and lens selection is where much of the refractive planning happens. Corneal and lens-based refractive procedures sit alongside it, drawing on fellowship training in cornea and external disease. Anterior segment surgery covers the rest, from the cornea through to the lens.

Fellowship in two national colleges sits alongside board certification in ophthalmology. Teaching runs through a clinical assistant professorship at a Pennsylvania medical school, where residents and medical students train. Ophthalmic videography, and the clinical uses of smartphone technology, are longstanding side interests, and there is tennis, golf, and skiing away from work. In Dr. Chotiner's own words, "Cataract and refractive surgery have changed more over my career than most people realize, and much of the job is separating the genuine advances from the marketing. What a patient deserves is a straight answer about which option actually suits their eye." Patients can visit Dr. Chotiner in the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania.