Expertise: Myopia Management
Education: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 1974
Practice Name: Bruce Koffler MD LLC
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Dr. Bruce Koffler attended Georgetown University School of Medicine, and he completed his internship, residency and fellowship in corneal transplantation and infectious eye diseases at the Georgetown University Center for Sight in Washington, D.C.
He became an associate professor at the University of Kentucky starting in 1979, and during his time there established the UK/Lions Eye Bank. In 1983, Dr. Koffler opened his private practice, the Koffler Vision Group, and for over 40 years specialized in corneal diseases, corneal transplants, LASIK, glaucoma, contact lens, orthokeratology, myopia control and infectious diseases of the eye.
Dr. Koffler served as the President of the International Medical Contact Lens Council (IMCLC), which helps to organize the symposium for the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC). He also serves as the International Director for the Eye and Contact Lens Association (formerly CLAO), and he is a former board member for the American Association of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control (AAOMC) and the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control (IAOMC). He travels nationally and internationally for various speaking engagements for the organizations he represents.
Dr. Koffler was honored by his peers with the Best Doctor in America designation and was recently awarded the Senior Leadership Award for the American Academy of Ophthalmology along with the Fick-Kalt-Müller Research Award from the European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmology (ECLSO).
Currently, he works as an independent consultant for contact lens, myopia control and dry eye practices.
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Licenses & Certifications
Medical License in Kentucky (20329)
Financial Disclosures
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