R. Bruce Wallace, III, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Bruce Wallace served on the OOSS Board of Directors and as Vice President, President and Immediate Past President. Under his leadership, OOSS substantially expanded prospecting efforts and developed a strategic partnership with AAO/AAOE. Dr. Wallace was inducted as President Emeritus in 2014

R. Bruce Wallace, III, M.D., is founder and medical director of Wallace Eye Surgery in Alexandria, Louisiana. He is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at LSU Medical School and Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans.

After completing ophthalmology training at Tulane School of Medicine, where he served as chief resident, Dr. Wallace was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the American Board of Eye Surgery.

A member of numerous professional organizations, Dr. Wallace is a past president for the Society for Excellence in Eyecare and the American College of Eye Surgeons and serves as an editorial board member for Ocular Surgery News, Ophthalmology Management, EyeWorld, Review of Ophthalmology, The Video Journal of Ophthalmology, Refractive EyeCare, Advanced Ocular Therapy and Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. He has authored numerous articles for medical journals and book chapters and edited the textbook Refractive Cataract Surgery and Multifocal IOLs.

Dr. Wallace has served as a primary investigator and consultant for a number of investigational intraocular lenses, including six multifocal IOLs and one accommodating IOL. He has directed annual meetings of the American College of Eye Surgeons and has presented courses for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Dr. Wallace was recently named one of the 50 Most Influential Ophthalmologists by a leading publication, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. He is currently serving as program committee chairman for the cataract section for the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

As an early proponent for outpatient ambulatory eye surgery, Dr. Wallace opened his own ophthalmic surgery center over twenty years ago. He is cofounder of Laser and Surgery Centers of America, an ASC development and management company.