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J. Bradley Randleman, MD is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Staff Ophthalmologist and Co-Director of the Refractive Surgery Section at the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his arrival in Cleveland, Dr. Randleman was Professor of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California and Director of the Cornea & Refractive Surgery Service at the University of Southern California Roski Eye Institute in Los Angeles, California, and the Hughes Professor of Ophthalmology at Emory University and Director of the Cornea Section at the Emory Eye Center. A widely respected cornea specialist, his areas of expertise include corneal and intraocular (IOL) refractive surgical procedures, including LASIK and premium cataract and IOL surgery, complicated cataract surgery, and the management of corneal ectatic disorders. His primary research focuses on identification and management of corneal ectatic diseases, including keratoconus and postoperative ectasia after LASIK, and the avoidance, diagnosis, and management of refractive surgical complications. He has been awarded multiple research grants throughout his career, including R01 funding from the National Institutes of Health to evaluate corneal biomechanical analysis using Brillouin microscopy.

Dr. Randleman received his BA degree from Columbia College at Columbia University in New York City; his MD degree from Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Lubbock, Texas, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society in his junior year; and followed by his Ophthalmology residency and fellowship in Cornea/External Disease, and Refractive Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Randleman has been awarded the Claus Dohlman Fellow Award, the inaugural Binkhorst Young Ophthalmologist Award from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Kritzinger Memorial Award, Founder’s Award, President’s Award, and the Inaugural Recognition Award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and the Secretariat Award, Achievement Award, and Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He was named to The Power List by The Ophthalmologist in both 2018 and 2020.

Dr. Randleman has served as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Refractive Surgery since 2011. He has authored more than 165 peer-reviewed publications in leading ophthalmology journals in addition to 40 book chapters on refractive surgery evaluation, corneal cross-linking, and management of complications with IOLs, and has authored 4 previous textbooks, Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking; Corneal Cross-Linking, Second Edition; Refractive Surgery: An Interactive Case-Based Approach; and Intraocular Lens Surgery: Selection, Complications, and Complex Cases.