Dr Richard L Lindstrom, founder and attending surgeon of Minnesota Eye Consultants, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and internationally recognized leader in corneal, cataract, refractive and laser surgery. He has been at the forefront of ophthalmology's evolutionary changes throughout his career, as a recognized researcher, teacher, inventor, writer, lecturer and highly acclaimed physician and surgeon.
After graduating Magna Cum Laude from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Dr Lindstrom completed his doctorate degree in medicine in 1972. He conducted research, residency and fellowship training at the University of Minnesota and affiliated hospitals and extended his fellowship training at Mary Shield Hospital in Dallas and was a Heed Fellow at University Hospital in Salt Lake City. In 1980, Dr Lindstrom returned to the University of Minnesota, where he spent ten years on the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology, the last two as a full professor and the Harold G. Scheie Research Chair. He continues as an Adjunct Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. He entered private practice in 1989, and has led the growth and expansion of Minnesota Eye Consultants as managing partner. He is also medical director of TLC Vision, Midwest Surgical Services, and associate director of the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank. He is Medical Director of Ocular Surgery News.
Dr. Lindstrom is President (2007-2008) of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. He also served as Secretary of the Executive Committee of the American Society of the Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and is the Chair of the Corporate gifts Committee.
He is Chairman and CEO of Lindstrom Cleaning and Construction, a three-generation family business.
Dr Lindstrom holds 32 patents in ophthalmology and has designed a number of intraocular lenses and instruments that are used in clinical practices globally. He serves on the Board of Directors of TLC Vision, Occulogix, eyeonics and the Minnesota Medical Foundation, and Inner City Tennis. A frequent lecturer throughout the world on cornea, cataract and refractive surgery, he has presented over 37 named lectures and keynote speeches before professional societies in the U.S. and abroad most recently giving the Benedetto Strampelli Medal Lecture in Rome, Italy, and the Albrecht von Garefe-Vorlesung Innovator’s Lecture in Nuremberg, Germany in May 2006. He gave the Lans Lecture at the XXVI International Congress of Ophthalmology Meeting in Singapore in March 1990 and the Barraquer Lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on October 1995. He gave the Blumenthal Memorial lecture in Jerusalem, Israel at the Jerusalem International Refractive & Cataract Surgery Conference in July 2007.
Dr Lindstrom serves on a number of editorial boards, including JCRS, JRS and OSN, OSN International, OSN Latin America, and OSN Japan where he is Chief Medical Editor. He is the Honorary Editor-in-Chief of the U.S./Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology, and on the Tracey Medical Advisory Board. He has co-edited three books, published over 350 journal articles and 60 book chapters. His professional affiliations are extensive, including Global Education Director of the American Academy of Ophthalmology for refractive surgery, past President of the International Intraocular Implant Club, President in 1992 of the International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty (ISRK), and is a member of the American Ophthalmology Society.
He is the recipient of numerous awards for distinguished service by national and international ophthalmology associations, including the LANS, Barraquer and the first lifetime achievement award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery in October 1995 and also was honoured with a lifetime achievement award in October 2002, the Binkhorst Lecture Award from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the Bausch and Lomb Lifetime Achievement Award, April 2005, and the Paton Award from the Eye Bank Association of America.
