Curriculum Vitae

Education

Brown University
Providence, RI
9/72 – 6/76
A.B. Magna cum laude

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
9/76 – 6/80
M.D.

Internship

Flexible year
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Ct
7/80 – 6/81

Residency

Department of Ophthalmology
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, NY
7/81 – 6/84

Fellowship

Refractive Keratoplasty Fellowship with Jose Barraquer,
Bogota, Colombia; July & August 1984

Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
with Richard Troutman
9/84 – 6/85

Honor Societies

Phi Beta Kappa , Sigma Xi

Professional Societies

New York State and County Medical Society
American Academy of Ophthalmology
International Society of Refractive Surgery

Honors

American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award

American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award

Additional Training

Kelman Intraocular Implant and Phacoemulsification course,
New York, NY
May, 1983

New York Lighthouse Low Vision Course
New York, NY; April, 1984

Certifications

Diplomate American Board of Ophthalmology 10/85

Academic Appointments

Resident Instructor in Ophthalmology
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, NY 7/85 – 7/87

Residency Coordinator
Department of Ophthalmology
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, NY 7/89 – 7/91

Surgeon Director
Manhattan Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital
New York, NY 3/97 – 1/2000

Chief of Contact Lens Clinic
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, NY 7/1985 – 1/2000

Chief Coordinating Investigator
Excimer Laser Study
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, NY

Director of Refractive Surgery Service
Manhattan Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital
New York, NY

Hospital Appointments

Attending Surgeon
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, NY 1985 – present

Associate Attending, Department of Surgery
Beth Israel Hospital North
New York, NY 1986- 2000

Special Attending (Cornea)
Department of Surgery
Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville, NY 2000-2011

Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology
Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY 1998- 2006

Assistant Attending Surgeon

NYPH Weill Cornell

New York, NY 1999 – present

Committees

Quality Assurance Committee
Department of Ophthalmology
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
New York, NY 1986- 2014

Transfusion Committee
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
New York, NY 1989-1994

The New York Eye Bank for Sight Restoration New York, NY
Medical Advisory Board 1992- present
Secretary 1995 -1998

Chairman-Department of Ophthalmology
Credentials Committee
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
New York, NY 1993- 1999

Skills Transfer Advisory Committee
American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1992-1996

Publications

Haight, D.H. and Troutman, R.C.: The use of Disparate Diameter Corneal Grafts to Obtain Average Post-operative Keratometry Readings
Journal of Refractive Surgery, Vol. 1 No.4 pp 161-164, Sept-Oct 1985.

Haight, D.H. and Troutman, R.C.: Suture Material and Techniques in Penetrating
Keratoplasty in Corneal Surgery,
C.V. Mosby, St. Louis, 1986

Buzard, K., Haight, D.H. and Troutman,R.C., The Ruiz Procedure for Post Keratoplasty Astigmatism,
Journal of Refractive Surgery.Vol 3, No 2 pp 40-45., Mar-Apr 1987

Troutman, R.C., Haight, D.H., and Belmont, S: Suture Materials and Techniques in Corneal Surgery 2nd Edition,
Mosby-Yearbook, St. Louis, 1993

Haight, D., Auran, J., Koester, C., et al: In vivo confocal scanning slit microscopy of the human cornea after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 34:703, 1993

Johnson, D.A., Haight, D.H., Kelly, S.E., Muller, J., Swinger, C.A., Tostanowski, J., and Odrich, M.G. Reproducibility of Videokeratographic Digital Subtraction Maps Following Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keratectomy,
Ophthalmology Vol. 103 No.9 1392-98,1996

Lazzaro, D.R., Haight, D.H., Belmont, S Gibralter, R.P., Aslanides, I.M.,& Odrich, M.G. Excimer laser keratectomy for astigmatism occurring after penetrating keratoplasty. Ophthalmology, Vol.103, No.3, 458-66,1996

Mandava, N., Donnenfeld, E.D., Owens, P.L.
Kelly, S.E., Haight, D.H. Ocular Deviation Following Excimer Laser
Photorefractive Keratectomy
Cataract & Refractive Surgery , Vol. 22 No. 4 504-505,1996

Beade, P.E. and Haight, D.H. Contact Lenses in Color Atlas of Ophthalmology – The Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital Pocket Guide.Thieme, New York, 1999

Haight, D.H. Sutures and Suturing Technique in Corneal Surgery, 3rd Edition
Mosby, St. Louis, 1999

Haight, D.H.

Highlights of the ASCRS 1999 Annual Meeting “Keratometric vs. Refractive Change After Correction of Hyperopia with the VISX Star S2 Excimer Laser”

Boston: Ophthalmology Interactive; 1999. (CD-ROM)