The Barraquer Lecture: surgical management of myopia--a clinician's perspective.

corneal, cataract, and refractive surgery. Dr. Lindstrom graduated from Wayzata High School in Wayzata, Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude from the College of Liberal Arts in 1971. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine in August 1972, as well as a Bachelor of Science. He then performed 6 months of full-time research at the University of Minnesota, supported by a grant from the National Eye Institute. Following a 12-month internship in internal medicine at Northwestern Hospital, he performed another 6 months of full-time research at the University of Minnesota, investigating organ culture of the cornea and corneal physiology, again funded by the National Eye Institute. He then completed a 36-month residency in ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota and affiliated hospitals. Following this, he spent 6 months in fellowship in cornea and external disease at the University of Minnesota Hospitals under the direction of Donald J. Doughman, MD, and John E. Harris, PhD, MD. He then spent 6 months in a fellowship in anterior segment surgery at Mary Shields Eye Hospital in Dallas, under the direction of William S. Harris, MD, and another 6 months as a Heed Fellow in glaucoma and anterior segment surgery at University Hospitals in Salt Lake City. Following 18 months of private practice in Dallas, where he served as a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at Texas Southwestern Medical School, he became a full-time assistant professor of ophthalmology in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. In 1988, he became a full professor and was awarded the Harold G. Scheie Research Chair in Ophthalmology. He returned to private practice in 1990 and directs an outpatient clinic adjacent to the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis. He conceptualized the Phillips Eye Institute Center for Teaching & Research, a state-of-the-art ophthalmic research and surgical skills education facility, and currently serves on its board as medical director. Dr. Lindstrom plays an active role in the teaching program for senior residents and fellows at the Phillips Eye Institute and the University of Minnesota Hospital. He also serves as an associate director of the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank. Dr. Lindstrom holds 25 patents in the following areas: intraocular lens implant technology, corneal preservation, irrigation solutions, viscoelastic Barraquer Lecture