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Sheri Rowen, MD is a board-certified physician who pioneered new treatments and techniques for cataract

surgery, being one of only a handful of eye surgeons to introduce topical clear cornea cataract surgery with

foldable lenses. She demonstrated these techniques during live surgeries in France, Italy, Sweden, and Australia,

and was one of the first surgeons to feature CO2 laser eyelid surgery.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Maryland College Park, Dr. Rowen received her medical degree

from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. She completed her surgical internship and fellowship at the

prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital and a two-year vitreoretinal research fellowship at the renowned Wilmer

Eye Institute. Her residency training for ophthalmology was completed at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Rowen has served as clinical instructor at the Wilmer Eye Institute and a Clinical Assistant Professor of

Ophthalmology at the University of Maryland, training residents for many years. She is considered a key opinion

leader in ophthalmology and enjoys teaching residents and her peers by sharing new concepts about surgical

innovations and related pharmaceutical treatments. Her scientific articles, papers and interviews continue to

populate the field.

Honored with a 20-year award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for continued service in

teaching, Dr. Rowen was an early adopter of refractive surgery dating back to the early 1990s and brought the

first Flying Spot excimer laser for LASIK procedures to Maryland. Her blending of cataract, refractive, and

oculoplastics into one practice was one of the first in the country and has been emulated by many others. In

Baltimore, Dr. Rowen was recognized as one of the leading innovators of new technology, having been one of

the first surgeons internationally to perform advanced cataract surgery using drop-only sedation, no-stitch

surgery and advanced technology accommodating and multifocal lenses. In addition, she performed FDA

studies on new devices including the Collamer IOL and Visian ICL for correction of high myopia and retains

consulting status with many companies.

Dr. Rowen resides in Newport Beach, California where she moved to be close to her two grown daughters.