Dr. Scott MacRae is one of the most experienced and respected refractive surgeons in the world. He has more than 30 years of experience as a cornea specialist, more than 20 years of experience as a refractive surgeon, and has performed more than 20,000 refractive surgery procedures.

He is the Director of Refractive Services in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester where he is a Professor in Ophthalmology and a Professor of Visual Science at the University of Rochester's Center for Visual Science.

Dr. MacRae is an editorial board member on three refractive surgery journals and most recently was the Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery. He is a noted expert and widely published, including the Journal of Refractive Surgery, Popular Science, The New York Times, and various refractive surgery journals. He also co-authored the premier text on wavefront sensing, "Customized Corneal Ablation: The Quest for Super Vision," now out in its second volume, "Wavefront Customized Visual Correction: The Quest for Super Vision II."

A board-certified ophthalmologist, Dr. MacRae is focused on patient safety and results. A leader in the refractive surgery field, Dr. MacRae has trained over 400 surgeons and has an extensive background in the development, safety, and effectiveness of laser vision correction technology. He has served as a member and consultant of the FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel, and was Chairman of the Public Health Committee with the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His work includes design of numerous refractive surgical instruments, laser surgery techniques and he holds the patent on a commonly used astigmatism treatment. Dr. MacRae also travels the world to lecture on laser vision correction, the prevention and treatment of complications. When other surgeons experience complications, they turn to Dr. MacRae. He was also named one of the "Top 50 Opinion Leaders in Cataract and Refractive Surgery" as voted by the readers of the professional journal Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.

Dr. MacRae studied at the University of Wisconsin and completed two cornea fellowships - at Medical College of Wisconsin and Emory University. After spending 16 years at Oregon Health Sciences University, Dr. MacRae joined the University of Rochester Department of Ophthalmology, where he is now a leader in the Alliance for Vision Excellence--a patient care and research collaboration between the University of Rochester and industry. The partnership brings together the most technologically advanced instruments, devices, and diagnostic tools to create optimal laser vision correction results for you.

Certified Specialties

Ophthalmology - American Board of Ophthalmology

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Ophthalmology (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Residency/Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin. 1981 - 1982

Residency, Residency/Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. 1978 - 1981

Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine. 1977 - 1978

Education

MDDO | University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics. 1977

Awards

Ziemer Award for his Outstanding Advocacy and Implementation of Ziemer "Small Spot" Femtosecond Laser Technology. 2012

U.S. Patent Issued for Invention of Rochester Nomogram by Scott MacRae, MD and Manoj Venkiteshwar, Ph.D.. 2012

Voted Best Doctors in America US News & World Reports. 2011

Awarded Best Paper of Multifocal- Accommodative Intraoccular Lens Session, ASCRS Annual Meeting. 2010

Awarded Best Paper of Cataract- Intraocular Lens Session ASCRS Annual Meeting. 2009

Awarded Best Paper of Keratorefractive Session. ASCRS Annual Meeting. 2008

In Top 50 Opinion Leaders in Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today By Physician Readers of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. 2005 - 2011

Lans Lectureship Award Jointly Awarded by International Society of Refractive Surgery and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2003

Amini Award, The Wisconsin Ophthalmic Alumni Association Meeting. 2003

Senior Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2001

Swarthmore Who's Who Registry. 1997 - 2008

Certificate of Appreciation, ARVO, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. 1997

George Kambara Award of Lectureship University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1996

Panelist-Physicians Review Group for Ad Hoc White House Health Reform Committee, Panel-Physician Choice in Managed Competition. 1993

Panelist-Physicians Review Group for Ad Hoc White House Health Reform Committee, Panel-Outcomes Studies in Managed Competition. 1993

Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology. 1991

Honorary Lectureship: Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Illinois Society to Prevent Blindness. 1990

Voted Best Doctors in America. 1990 - 2012

Elected Chief of Residency Program Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin. 1980 - 1981

Qualified Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin. 1970 - 1973

Research

Patents

System and Method For Treating Vision Refractive Errors

Issue date: September 25, 2012

Patent #: 8,273,077

Country: United States

Inventors: Scott M MacRae, Manoj Venkiteshwar

System and Method for Treating Vision Refractive Errors

Issue date: June 12, 2013

Patent #: 1871262

Country: Europe

Inventors: Scott M MacRae, Manoj Venkiteshwar

System and Method for Treating Vision Refractive Errors

Issue date: June 12, 2013

Patent #: DE 1871262

Country: Germany

Inventors: Scott M MacRae, Manoj Venkiteshwar

System and Method for Treating Vision Refractive Errors

Issue date: June 12, 2013

Patent #: CH 1871262

Country: Switzerland/Liechtenstein

Inventors: Scott M MacRae, Manoj Venkiteshwar

System and Method for Treating Vision Refractive Errors

Issue date: June 12, 2013

Patent #: GB 1871262

Country: United Kingdom

Inventors: Scott M MacRae, Manoj Venkiteshwar

Publications

Journal Articles

Impact of corneal aberrations on through-focus image quality of presbyopia-correcting intraocular lenses using an adaptive optics bench system.

Zheleznyak L, Kim MJ, MacRae S, Yoon G

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 2012 October 38 (10):1724-33. Epub 08/15/2012.

High-resolution, noninvasive, two-photon fluorescence measurement of molecular concentrations in corneal tissue.

Cui L, Huxlin KR, Xu L, Macrae S, Knox WH

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2011 April 52 (5):2556-64. Epub 04/20/2011.

Contribution of optical zone decentration and pupil dilation on the change of optical quality after myopic photorefractive keratectomy in a cat model.

Bühren J, Yoon G, MacRae S, Huxlin K

Journal of refractive surgery.. 2010 March 26 (3):183-90. Epub 03/11/2010.

Comparison of Zernike and Fourier wavefront reconstruction algorithms in representing corneal aberration of normal and abnormal eyes.

Yoon G, Pantanelli S, MacRae S

Journal of refractive surgery.. 2008 June 24 (6):582-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effect of optical zone decentration on lower- and higher-order aberrations after photorefractive keratectomy in a cat model.

Bühren J, Yoon G, Kenner S, MacRae S, Huxlin K

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2007 December 48 (12):5806-14. Epub 1900 01 01.

Photorefractive keratectomy in the cat eye: biological and optical outcomes.

Nagy LJ, MacRae S, Yoon G, Wyble M, Wang J, Cox I, Huxlin KR

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 2007 June 33 (6):1051-64. Epub 1900 01 01.

Customized LASIK treatment for myopia: relationship between preoperative higher order aberrations and refractive outcome.

Subbaram MV, MacRae S, Slade SG, Durrie DS

Journal of refractive surgery.. 2006 October 22 (8):746-53. Epub 1900 01 01.

Aberrations induced in wavefront-guided laser refractive surgery due to shifts between natural and dilated pupil center locations.

Porter J, Yoon G, Lozano D, Wolfing J, Tumbar R, Macrae S, Cox IG, Williams DR

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 2006 January 32 (1):21-32. Epub 1900 01 01.

Higher-order aberrations in eyes with irregular corneas after laser refractive surgery.

McCormick GJ, Porter J, Cox IG, MacRae S

Ophthalmology.. 2005 October 112 (10):1699-709. Epub 1900 01 01.

Causes of spherical aberration induced by laser refractive surgery.

Yoon G, Macrae S, Williams DR, Cox IG

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 2005 January 31 (1):127-35. Epub 1900 01 01.

Surgeon offsets and dynamic eye movements in laser refractive surgery.

Porter J, Yoon G, MacRae S, Pan G, Twietmeyer T, Cox IG, Williams DR.

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2005; 11: 2058-2066.

Creating More Accurate Microkeratome Incisions.

MacRae, S.M.

Journal of Ophthalmology. 2005; 23: 214-217.

Monochromatic ocular wavefront aberrations in the awake-behaving cat.

Huxlin KR, Yoon G, Nagy L, Porter J, Williams D

Vision research.. 2004 44 (18):2159-69. Epub 1900 01 01.

Separate effects of the microkeratome incision and laser ablation on the eye's wave aberration.

Porter J, MacRae S, Yoon G, Roberts C, Cox IG, Williams DR

American journal of ophthalmology.. 2003 August 136 (2):327-37. Epub 1900 01 01.

Effect of beam size on the expected benefit of customized laser refractive surgery.

Guirao A, Williams DR, MacRae SM

Journal of refractive surgery.. 2003 19 (1):15-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

Treatment of interface keratitis with oral corticosteroids.

MacRae SM, Rich LF, Macaluso DC

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 2002 March 28 (3):454-61. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bitoric laser in situ keratomileusis for the correction of simple myopic and mixed astigmatism.

Chayet AS, Montes M, Gómez L, Rodríguez X, Robledo N, MacRae S

Ophthalmology.. 2001 February 108 (2):303-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Slit Skiascopic-guided Ablation Using the Nidek Laser

MacRae, S.M., Fujieda, M.

Journal of Refractive Surgery. 2000; 16(2): 230-235.

Photoastigmatic refractive keratectomy in myopes. Nidek US Investigators Group.

MacRae SM, Peterson JS, Koch DD, Rich LF, Durrie DS

Journal of refractive surgery.. 2000 16 (2):122-32. Epub 1900 01 01.

Sterile interface keratitis associated with micropannus hemorrhage after laser in situ keratomileusis.

MacRae S, Macaluso DC, Rich LF

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 1999 December 25 (12):1679-81. Epub 1900 01 01.

Excimer ablation design and elliptical transition zones.

MacRae S

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 1999 September 25 (9):1191-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

How To Use The Nidek Laser

MacRae, S.M.

Review of Ophthalmology. 1999; 6(2): 46-48.

Bacterial Keratitis and Endophthalmitis: A Complication of Radial Keratotomy in the Floppy Eyelid Syndrome

Macaluso, D., MacRae, S.M., Edwards, A., Robertson, J.

Journal of Refractive Surgery. 1999; .

Customized and low spherical aberration corneal ablation design.

MacRae S, Schwiegerling J, Snyder RW

Journal of refractive surgery.. 1999 15 (2 Suppl):S246-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Proceedings of the Nidek International Excimer Laser Users Meeting. Cancun, Mexico, December 11-13, 1998.

Journal of refractive surgery.. 1999 15 (2 Suppl):S182-284. Epub 1900 01 01.

Sterile interface keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis: three episodes in one patient with concomitant contact dermatitis of the eyelids.

Macaluso DC, Rich LF, MacRae S

Journal of refractive surgery.. 1999 15 (6):679-82. Epub 1900 01 01.

The State of Customized PRK

MacRae, S.M. and Schwiegerling, J.

Review of Ophthalmology. 1998; : 101-105.

Long-term effects of radial keratotomy on the corneal endothelium.

MacRae SM, Rich LF

Journal of refractive surgery.. 1998 14 (1):49-52. Epub 1900 01 01.

How to Choose a Managed Care Computer System.

MacRae, S.M.

Review of Ophthalmology. 1995; .

Survival of streptococcus in optisol-GS medium.

Varner AC, Rich LF, Crow BL, MacRae S

Journal of refractive surgery.. 1995 11 (3):207-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

The long-term effects of polymethylmethacrylate contact lens wear on the corneal endothelium.

MacRae SM, Matsuda M, Phillips DS

Ophthalmology.. 1994 February 101 (2):365-70. Epub 1900 01 01.

How Academia Fits Into Managed Care.

MacRae, S.M.

Review of Ophthalmology. 1994; 27(5): 27-29.

The treatment of persistent wound leak after radial keratotomy.

MacRae S, Cox W, Bedrossian R, Rich LF

Refractive & corneal surgery. 1993 9 (1):62-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stability of Refraction During Four Years After Radial Keratotomy in the Prospective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy Study.

MacRae, S.M.

American Journal of Ophthalmology. 1992; 1(113): 111-112.

Corneal ulcer and adverse reaction rates in premarket contact lens studies.

MacRae S, Herman C, Stulting RD, Lippman R, Whipple D, Cohen E, Egan D, Wilkinson CP, Scott C, Smith R

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1991 April 15111 (4):457-65. Epub 1900 01 01.

Positioning Hole Synechias With Anterior ChamberLenses.

MacRae, S.M.

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 1991; 4(17): 521.

Successful Treatment of Recurrent Corneal Erosion With Nd:YAG Anterior Stromal Puncture.

Rubenfield, R.S., MacRae, S.M., Laibson, P.R.

American Journal of Ophthalmology. 1991; 2(111): 252-255.

Intraocular Drugs Used in Cataract Surgery and Their Effect on The Corneal Endothelium.

MacRae, S.M.: Max Fine Symposium Paper.

Journal of Refractive and Corneal Surgery. 1991; 3(7): 249-251.

Use of Gas Permeable Contact Lenses Following Trabeculectomy.

Samples, J.R., Andre, M., MacRae, S.M.

CLAO Journal. 1990; : 4.

Contact lenses--convenience and complications.

Smith RE, MacRae SM

The New England journal of medicine.. 1989 September 21321 (12):824-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Disinfection of Goldmann tonometers against human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

Pepose JS, Linette G, Lee SF, MacRae S

Archives of ophthalmology.. 1989 July 107 (7):983-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effect of hard contact lens wear on the keratoconic corneal endothelium after penetrating keratoplasty.

Matsuda M, MacRae SM, Inaba M, Manabe R

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1989 March 15107 (3):246-51. Epub 1900 01 01.

Diurnal variation in vision after radial keratotomy.

MacRae S, Rich L, Phillips D, Bedrossian R

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1989 March 15107 (3):262-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Familial ophthalmoplegia-plus syndrome with corneal endothelial disorder.

Kosmorsky, G.S., Meisler, D.M., Sheeler, L.R., Tomsak R.L., Sweeney, P.J., Mitsumoto, H., MacRae, S.M.

Neuro-ophthalmology. 1989; 9: 271-277.

Corneal endothelial changes associated with contact lens wear.

MacRae SM, Matsuda M, Shellans S

The CLAO journal : official publication of the Contact Lens

Corneal endothelial changes associated with aphakic extended contact lens wear.

Matsuda M, Inaba M, Suda T, MacRae SM

Archives of ophthalmology.. 1988 January 106 (1):70-2. Epub 1900 01 01.

An Improved Method For Lamellar Keratoplasty.

Rich, L.F., MacRae, S.M., and Fraunfelder, F.T.

CLAO. 1988; : 42.

Serologic markers after the transplantation of corneas from donors infected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Pepose JS, MacRae S, Quinn TC, Ward JW

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1987 June 15103 (6):798-801. Epub 1900 01 01.

Guidelines For Safe Contact Lens Wear

MacRae, S.M., Cohen, E.J., Andre, M.

American Journal of Ophthalmology. 1987; .

Closed Loop Anterior Chamber Lenses

Stark, W.J., Cowan, C.L., Worthen, D.M., MacRae, S.M., and Cohen, E.

Archives of Ophthalmology. 1987; 104: 20-21.

The role of the Food and Drug Administration in ophthalmology.

Stark WJ, Chandler JW, Cowan CL, Worthen DM, MacRae SM

Archives of ophthalmology.. 1986 August 104 (8):1145-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effects of hard and soft contact lenses on the corneal endothelium.

Mac Rae SM, Matsuda M, Shellans S, Rich LF

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1986 July 15102 (1):50-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Recurrent erosion. Treatment by anterior stromal puncture.

McLean EN, MacRae SM, Rich LF

Ophthalmology.. 1986 June 93 (6):784-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effect of radial keratotomy on the corneal endothelium.

Mac Rae SM, Matsuda M, Rich LF

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1985 October 15100 (4):538-42. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Effect of Long-Term Contact Lens Wear on the Corneal Endothelium.

MacRae, S.M., Matsuda, M., and Yee, R.

CLAO. 1985; 11: 322-326.

Vitamin A is present as retinol in the tears of humans and rabbits.

Ubels JL, MacRae SM

Current eye research.. 1984 June 3 (6):815-22. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Corneal Toxicity of Presurgical Skin Antiseptics

MacRae, S.M., Brown, B., and Edelhauser, H.F.

American of Journal of Ophthalmology. 1984; 98: 221-232.

The Corneal Toxicity of Diethyltoluamide (DEET)

MacRae, S.M., Brown, B.A., Ubels, J.L., Edelhauser, H.F., and Dickerson, C.L.

Journal of Ocular Cutaneous Toxicology. 1984; 3(1).

Postoperative corneal edema.

Mac Rae SM, Edelhauser HF

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1983 April 95 (4):552-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

The effects of sodium hyaluronate, chondroitin sulfate, and methylcellulose on the corneal endothelium and intraocular pressure.

Mac Rae SM, Edelhauser HF, Hyndiuk RA, Burd EM, Schultz RO

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1983 March 95 (3):332-41. Epub 1900 01 01.

The Effect of Carbon Monoxide on Donor Corneas

MacRae, S.M. and Brightbill, F.

Cornea. 1982; 1: 85-88.

Corneal Sensitivity and Control of Diabetes

MacRae, S.M., Engerman, R., VanHorn, D.L., and Hyndiuk, R.A.

Cornea. 1982; 1: 223-226.

Visual Loss in Giant Cell Arteritis

MacRae, S.M. and Appen, R.E.

Wisconsin State Medical Journal. 1977; .

Hyperopic Shift in Four Incision Radial Keratotomy

Rich, L.F., MacRae, S.M., and Duaman, E.

Journal of Refractive Surgery. .

Continuous Quality Improvement for Myopic Excimer Laser PRK

MacRae, S.M., Dudley TA, Rich, L.F., Bird-Robertson, L, Peterson J.

Archives of Ophthalmology. .