Richard Hoffman, M.D.
Director
Richard Hoffman, M.D.
Oregon Eye Surgery Center / Fine, Hoffman & Sims
1550 Oak St., Suite 5
Eugene, OR 97401
541.687.2110
rshoffman@finemd.com
Dr. Richard Hoffman, MD is native of south Florida, and completed his undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology at Haverford College in Pennsylvania in 1983. He received his medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1987. He completed his internship at Presbyterian/St. Lukes Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. After an additional year practicing medicine in Colorado, he returned to Tulane University for his residency training in ophthalmology. Following residency, he completed a year of highly specialized training in Refractive Surgery and Cornea and External Diseases in Louisville, Kentucky.
He became certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1994 and recertified in 2004. He has extensive training and experience in corneal transplantation and excimer laser refractive surgery.
Dr. Hoffman has over 300 publications in numerous ophthalmic journals and textbooks. He has performed live surgery internationally and has made hundreds of presentations at both international and national academic meetings and instructional courses. He has won numerous œBest of Session awards for his presentations and Best of Show awards for his teaching video productions. In 2008, his video Scleral Fixation Without Conjunctival Dissection won First Place in the New Techniques category of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Film Festival. He is a column editor for Eye World magazine and Ophthalmology Times and serves on the editorial board for the Video Journal of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the prestigious International Intraocular Implant Club. Dr. Hoffman is serving his second term as a member of the OOSS Board of Directors.
Dr. Hoffman has been a clinical investigator for multiple FDA clinical trials. He has designed new surgical instruments and techniques for anterior segment surgery and holds an academic appointment of Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University.
