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Brian DeBroff, MD, FACS

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Chief, Yale New Haven Health/Bridgeport Hospital; Vice Chairman of Faculty Affairs, Ophthalmology; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Brian DeBroff, MD, FACS

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Biography

Dr. Brian DeBroff specializes in cataract and IOL implantation surgery. He has particular clinical and research interests in Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery, Optiwave Refractive Analysis using intraoperative wave front analysis for optimizing refractive results with implant surgery, multifocal and EDOF IOL’s after cataract surgery. He is a preceptor to train other Ophthalmologists in the Catalys Precision Laser Cataract System. He was appointed Director of cataract and IOL implant surgery at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Yale School of Medicine in 1999.

Dr. DeBroff graduated from the Tufts University School of Medicine where he was inducted in the Sir William Osler and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Societies. He is Vice Chairman of Yale Ophthalmology, Director of Faculty Affairs, and serves on the Board of Permanent Officers at Yale University. He has held positions at Yale including Chief of Ophthalmology, VA Connecticut, Chief of Ophthalmology Yale New Haven Health/Bridgeport, and Residency Program Director. He was presented with the Yale Resident Teaching Award in 1998 and 2008. Dr. DeBroff has over 100 publications including a book on phacoemulsification cataract surgery, and he has written seven book chapters and has lectured nationally and internationally. He is Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Ophth & Visual Sys https://medcraveonline.com/AOV... and is on the editorial board/Senior Reviewer for the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Archives of Ophthalmology, and British Journal of Ophthalmology and Dr. DeBroff was inducted in the IIIC (International Intra-Ocular Implant Society) https://www.iiiclub.org/missio...founded by Sir Harold Ridley and has received awards by Best Doctors, Castle Connolly, Connecticut Magazine, and New York Magazine. He was recently inducted in: Best Cataract Surgeons in America (https://bestcataractsurgeons.c...).

Education & Training

  • MD
    Tufts University (1989)
  • BS
    Tufts University (1985)

Activities

  • Cataract Surgical Techniques
    Hyderabad, TG, India 2022
    Ophthalmology Twinning Program

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