MartinAMainsterMD

Summary

• Professor Mainster is the Luther and Ardis Fry Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology of the University of Kansas School of Medicine. His scholarly activities have produced three innovations used by most ophthalmologists: (1) UV-protective intraocular lenses implanted in hundreds of millions of people undergoing cataract surgery over the past three decades, (2) aspheric contact lenses used worldwide for retinal examination, laser therapy and vitreoretinal surgery, and (3) crossed-beam aiming systems integral to Nd:YAG laser photodisruptors needed to treat capsular fibrosis after cataract surgery.
  
  Professor Mainster worked in aerospace research for several years after receiving his Ph.D. in physics. His medical training concluded with a Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary vitreoretinal fellowship. He moved to the University of Kansas after practicing in Boston at the Schepens Retina Associates where he served as Senior Scientist, Director of the Clinical Research Center of the Schepens Eye Research Institute and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School.
  
  Professor Mainster is recognized for his scientific contributions to intraocular lens design, ophthalmoscopy, laser surgery, physiological optics and retinal light hazards. He has written over 170 scientific articles, served as reviewer for more than 30 scientific journals and is an author on 13 patents. He has been an invited professor at numerous universities and a keynote speaker in many international symposia. He serves on numerous editorial board and technical-standards-setting committees. More than 7500 scientific articles have cited his publications to date. His recent bibliometric Hirsh-index is 43 and i10-index is 86.
  
  Professor Mainster is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He received the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Honor and Senior Achievement Awards and medals of recognition from Italian and Indian ophthalmology societies.