About John Vukich
Dr Vukich has gained international attention for this work in developing the Implantable Contact Lens and currently serves as US Medical Monitor of the core FDA studies for this device. He has been the principal investigator in six clinical trials evaluating various intraocular lenses as well as diagnostic imaging devices. Dr Vukich has presented over 100 original research papers and invited lectures on refractive surgery on six continents.
Dr Vukich is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School. He graduated with honours from Emory University and completed his ophthalmology training at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. He has received Best Paper of Session awards four times at scientific meetings including the Australian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
He is the recipient of the AAO honour award and has been recognised by his peers as one of Madison's Top Doctors yearly since 2000. He has served on the executive committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Refractive Surgery section and on the education committee of the AAO. He has twice been the program chairman of the largest refractive surgery meeting in the world, the ISRS/AAO Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day.
Dr Vukich has authored multiple peer reviewed articles, continuing medical education supplements and four book chapters. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery, section editor of the Ophthalmic Hyperguide, and serves on the editorial board of both Review of Refractive Surgery and Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.