Dr. Brad Feldman is a board-certified, fellowship-trained ophthalmologist specializing in cornea transplant, cataract surgery, and refractive laser surgery.  He is experienced in the implantation of astigmatism and presbyopia correcting intraocular lenses and performs state-of-the-art corneal surgeries, including partial thickness DSAEK and DALK corneal transplantation as well as Intacs ring segments for keratoconus.  He also specializes in ‘Bladeless’ Customized LASIK surgery using the Intralase laser, in addition to LASEK and advanced surface ablation.

Dr. Feldman joined the Philadelphia Eye Associates after completing a prestigious fellowship at the Duke University Eye Center, considered one of the nation’s premier training centers.  Thirteen years earlier, he had majored in Biology at Duke University for his undergraduate training.  Following graduation he returned home to Rochester, New York, attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and upon graduation was chosen by his peers to deliver the class valedictory address.  After a year of internship at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, he completed a three-year ophthalmology residency at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he served as a Chief Resident during his final year.

Throughout his training and career, he has been particularly interested in improving health care quality both domestically and abroad.  He was awarded the ASCRS Foundation Grant in 2007 to study the role of virtual reality simulation in cataract surgical training—a tool that could improve the safety of surgery just as flight simulators have improved the safety of flying.  He has presented, lead instructional courses, and published extensively on this and other topics in leading ophthalmology journals and at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Dr. Feldman serves as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of EyeWiki, a high-quality, free, online encyclopedia with content that is created and edited by ophthalmologists.  You can learn more about this resource in an article Dr. Feldman recently published for the American Medical Association's Journal of Ethics.

As Chair of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's International Subcommittee of the Young Ophthalmologist Committee, Dr. Feldman has had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with ophthalmologists across the globe. He has organized symposiums for the exchange of technological, surgical, and research breakthroughs, helped provide resources for  ophthalmologists training abroad, and advocated for impoverished populations suffering from high rates of blindness and visual disability. In the past 2 years alone, this work has taken Dr. Feldman to Europe, South America, Africa, and South Asia. In this coming year, he will be presenting at international meetings in Australia and Argentina.

Dr. Feldman is available to see patients at the South Broad Street and Wills Eye Institute offices, and is an active part of the teaching staff on both the Cornea Service and Cataract and Primary Eye Care Service at the Wills Eye Institute.