Dr. Roni Shtein

Biography

Dr. Roni Shtein is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan. He specializes in clinical patient-oriented research, focusing on conditions such as dry eye syndrome and ocular surface disease. He also investigates the effects of diabetes on the cornea and employs clinical confocal microscopy in his work. His clinical interests encompass comprehensive eye care, corneal transplantation—including full thickness lamellar transplants—and various cataract refractive surgeries such as LASIK and PRK. Dr. Shtein is also adept in medical and surgical management of corneal and conjunctival disorders, including dystrophies, degenerations, infections, ulcers, tumors, and corneal complications arising from systemic diseases. He completed his medical degree at Brown University in 2001 and subsequently underwent residency training in Ophthalmology at the Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, in 2005, followed by a fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at the same institution in 2006.

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