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Dr. Arthur Fishman was born in 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Tulane University, graduating with honors and serving as Vice President for Finance of his undergraduate class. He received his Medical Degree in 1981 from Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Fishman served his internship at Albert Einstein Medical Center and completed his ophthalmology residency as chief resident at the New York College of Medicine in 1985. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Fishman has been in private practice since the fall of 1985. He specializes in cataract and intraocular lens implantation surgery, having performed well over 10,000 of these procedures. He was a pioneer in modern small incision cataract surgery and has performed this procedure using only topical anesthesia eye drops for 20 years. Additionally, in 2004, Dr. Fishman became one of the first eye surgeons in the state of Florida to implant the new accommodative implant, the Crystalens. He has successfully implanted the ReSTOR and ReZoom refractive intraocular lenses in many patients as well. These highly specialized lens implants allow cataract patients to see well at distance and also while reading.

Dr. Fishman is also actively involved in several key clinical research projects focusing on new medication trials to improve patient care and has served as a clinical investigator for leading pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Alcon and Allergan. He has been invited to lecture about his clinical experience with the Crystalens implant for the manufacturer, Eyeonics.

Dr. Fishman is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Florida Society of Ophthalmology, the Miami Ophthalmological Society, and is former chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Memorial Regional Hospital. He currently serves as the managing partner of Eye Surgery Associates. He has been married for 30 years to his wife Debbie and the couple has three sons.

Locations:

Pembroke Pines
603 North Flamingo Suite 250
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028
954-431-2777
954-431-1856 (FAX)

Date Of Birth
Feb 6 1954

Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education

• May 1976 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana: B.S. Biology
• September 1976 - June 1977 Hahnemann Medical College, Department of Anatomy, M.D. - Ph.D. Program: M.D. Medicine
• May 1981 Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: M.D. Medicine

Post Doctoral Training

• July 1981 - June 1982 Albert Einstein Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Internship, Internal Medicine
• July 1984 - June 1984 New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York: Residency, Ophthalmology
• July 1984 - June 1985, Chief Resident

Licensure and Board Certification

• January 1983 State of New York
• March 1985 State of Florida
• October 1987 American Board of Ophthalmology

Hospital Appointments

• Associate Attending, Department of Ophthalmology, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL
• Associate Attending. Memorial West Hosptial, Pembroke Pines, FL
• Assosiate Attending, Hollywood Medical Center, Hollywood, FL
• Chief, Department of Ophthalmology, Memorial Regional Hospital, May 2001-present
• Chief, Section of Ophthalmology, Memorial West Hospital, March 1998-present

Memberships, Offices and Committee Appointments

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Diplomat, American Board of Ophthalmology
• American Medical Association
• Florida Medical Association
• Miami Ophthalmolgical Society
• Broward County Medical Association
• Florida Society of Ophthalmology
• International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
• Other Professional Positions & Major Appointments Vice President for Finance, Tulane University 1974-1975

Awards & Honors

• Beta Beta Beta, Biology Society
• Phi Eta Sigma, Honor Society
• Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1975-1976