Richard Lindstrom

Founder and attending surgeon of Minnesota Eye Consultants, and Adjunct Professor Emeritus at the University Of Minnesota Department Of Ophthalmology, Minneapolis, Minnesota

An ophthalmologist and entrepreneur extraordinaire, Lindstrom holds more than 30 patents, having developed a number of refractive solutions, intraocular lenses and surgical instruments. He serves on the Boards of Directors of several companies, is a past president of ASCRS and ISRS, and is also a member of the ASCRS Executive Committee as Member at Large. He has been at the forefront of ophthalmology’s evolutionary changes throughout his career, and is deservedly recognized as a world-leading researcher, teacher, inventor, and acclaimed physician and surgeon.

Part of the Power List 2016

Welcome to The Power List 2016 – our second foray into the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology.

Though we realize our list can (and should) never be definitive, who can argue that the faces within – both familiar and new – do not beautifully highlight the brilliance and diversity found within the field?

Here, we celebrate 100 reasons to be proud of ophthalmology.

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