Dr. Robert Behar is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist who specializes in Comprehensive Ophthalmology with a focus in cataract and intra-ocular lens surgery. He has proudly been a partner at Philadelphia Eye Associates since 1982. Dr. Behar is an Attending Surgeon on the Cataract and Primary Eye Care Service at the Wills Eye Institute. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine and is currently Chief of Ophthalmology at Northeastern Hospital, a Temple University affiliated hospital.

Dr. Behar did his undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1978. Following a medical internship at Crozer Chester Medical Center, he served his Ophthalmology Residency at Wills Eye Hospital where he was selected Chief Resident in his senior year.

Dr. Behar is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. In addition, he has been President of Greater Philadelphia Eye Care Centers of Excellence, an Independent Physician Association (IPA); Chairman of the Board of Eye Physicians Management Corporation, a management services organization (MSO); President of the Ophthalmic Club, an educational organization serving the needs of ophthalmologists in the greater Philadelphia area; and President of the Wills Eye Society, the alumni society for Wills Eye Institute graduates. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology, Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Philadelphia County Medical Society, and the Greater Philadelphia Ophthalmic Society. He has served and continues to serve on numerous hospital committees, including fifteen years on the prestigious Resident Selection Committee at Wills Eye Institute.

Dr. Behar is an active member of the teaching staff at Wills Eye Institute, participating in the clinical and surgical education of the Residents. He has served every year as a panel member of the Cataract/Retina section in the "Complicated Cataract Cases: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Symposium," held annually at Wills Eye Institute since 1998.

Dr. Behar is fluent in Spanish and is available to see patients at the Allegheny Avenue, Willingboro, and Roosevelt Boulevard offices as well as at the Wills Eye Institute.