Get to know Dr. Bennett Chotiner
Founder and Medical Director of Memorial Eye Institute
What is Dr. Ben Chotiner’s training and experience?
In this video, Dr. Ben Chotiner talks you through his training and experience
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Dr. Bennett Chotiner is regarded as the most experienced cataract and LASIK surgeon in Central Pennsylvania
“Simply the Best” LASIK facility
Dr. Chotiner has been performing refractive vision correction surgery since 1981.
In 1994, Dr. Chotiner established the Laser Vision Center at Memorial Eye Institute, where he performed the first laser vision correction procedure in Central Pennsylvania.
He has been performing LASIK since 1996 and has served as a clinical investigator for several national LASIK studies.
Since 2008, Harrisburg Magazine’s Readers’ Poll has consistently judged Memorial Eye Institute to be “Simply the Best” LASIK facility.
A family of experts
Memorial Eye Institute, the facility that houses both the practice and the surgery center, is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Chotiner’s father.
Dr. Chotiner and his wife reside in Harrisburg and have three grown children and four grandchildren.
An eye surgery pioneer
Dr. Bennett Chotiner is the Founder and Medical Director of Memorial Eye Institute. A noted innovator, in 1977 he established his clinical practice, Pennsylvania Eye Associates. In 1984, he established Pennsylvania Eye Surgery Center, Pennsylvania’s first fully approved freestanding outpatient ophthalmic surgery center. He pioneered outpatient ophthalmic surgery in Pennsylvania and is nationally recognized for his leadership in this field.
“Simply the Best” LASIK facility
Dr. Chotiner is widely regarded as the leading and most experienced Cataract and LASIK surgeon in Central Pennsylvania. He has been performing refractive vision correction surgery since 1981. In 1994, Dr. Chotiner established the Laser Vision Center at Memorial Eye Institute, where he performed the first laser vision correction procedure in Central Pennsylvania. He has been performing LASIK since 1996 and has served as a clinical investigator for several national LASIK studies. Since 2008, Harrisburg Magazine’s Readers’ Poll has consistently judged Memorial Eye Institute to be “Simply the Best” Lasik facility.
A family of experts
Memorial Eye Institute, the facility that houses both the Practice and the Surgery Center, is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Chotiner’s father. Dr. Chotiner and his wife reside in Harrisburg and have three grown children and four grandchildren.
Dr Bennett Chotiner’s professional background
Discover more about Dr Bennett Chotiner
Dr Bennett Chotiner is:
- Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
- Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Founding member of the Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
- Cataract and refractive surgery
- LASIK surgery
- Glaucoma
- General ophthalmology
Dr. Chotiner is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon College. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey. He completed his residency and fellowship in Ophthalmology at the Eye and Ear Hospital in Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hospitals, where he was a clinical instructor in Ophthalmology
- Summit Autonomous Society Silver Award
- Intralase Luminaries Award
- Wavelight Laser Award
- UPMC Pinnacle Service Award
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- International Society of Refractive Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- American College of Eye Surgeons
- Society for Excellence in Eye Care
- Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society
- Dauphin County Medical Society
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- American Medical Association
- Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Association (founding member)
- Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association
- Refractive Surgical Alliance
- American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery (founding member)
- First phacoemulsification cataract surgery in Central PA
- First cataract lens implant surgery in Central PA
- Founder and Medical Director of Pennsylvania’s first freestanding outpatient ophthalmic surgery center
- First laser vision correction procedure in Central Pennsylvania
- WHTM-ABC “Live at Five” televised Lasik Surgery
- Featured surgeon in Video Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
As a former high school and college baseball player, he is now an avid golfer and skier. He enjoys filmmaking and has produced and directed several videos for professional meetings and personal family events.
He particularly enjoys spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren.
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