Robert K. Maloney, MD, MA (Oxon), is a former Rhodes
scholar and Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University.
He completed his education at Oxford University and
Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Maloney was the first surgeon
in western North America to perform LASIK surgery as
part of the original FDA clinical trials. He is clinical
professor of ophthalmology at UCLA and director of the
Maloney Vision Institute, in West Los Angeles, California.
Voted by his peers as one of America's top ten vision-correction
specialists in a nationwide survey conducted by Ophthalmology
Times, Dr. Maloney has trained more than 700 surgeons
in the use of the excimer laser and has personally performed
more than 40,000 vision-correction surgeries.
Dr. Maloney is the recipient of the prestigious 2001
Distinguished Lens Award, presented by the International
Society of Refractive Surgeons, for his innovative contributions
to the field of vision-correction surgery. The American
Academy of Ophthalmology has awarded him the Senior
Honor Award for contributions to the education of other
eye surgeons and the Secretariat Award for distinguished
contributions to the Academy. Dr. Maloney has published
more than 100 articles, abstracts, and reports in professional
journals and has delivered more than 200 invited lectures
on five continents.
Dr. Maloney's research is focused on developing new
technologies for vision correction surgery, including
the implantable contact lens and the light-adjustable
lens, and on complications of vision-correction surgery.
He has been a principal investigator for fourteen FDA
clinical trials. He has a special clinic devoted to
treating patients who have had problems with prior vision
correction surgery.
Dr. Maloney has appeared frequently on television
as the exclusive LASIK surgeon for the ABC hit series
Extreme Makeover. He has been interviewed by the Discovery
Channel, the Learning Channel, NBC's Extra, ABC's 20/20
and Prime Time Live, PBS's Life and Times, and CNN's
The World Today. He has also been featured in numerous
magazines and newspapers.
