NealAndrewSherMD

Summary

• Dr. Sher received his M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine After internship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, he became a US Public Health Service officer and performed cancer, vaccine and immunology research for three years at the National Institutes of Health, He completed ophthalmology residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital and additional fellowship training in corneal and external eye disease at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Dr. Sher is Board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology as well as the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Dr Sher retired from active clinical practice in 2020. He specialized in corneal surgery and laser vision correction surgery. and has performed thousands of laser vision correction procedures and is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of refractive surgery.
  
  Dr. Sher has been named Top Doctor by Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine a number of times . He has been awarded the Achievement Award and Senior Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.In 1984, Dr. Sher and his colleagues at Eye Care Associates became founding members of the renowned Phillips Eye Institute (PEI). Dr. Sher was the first American to be awarded the prestigious Troutman Award by the International Society for Refractive Surgery. Dr. Sher has been a principal investigator for a number of equipment and pharmaceutical clinical trials, edited two textbooks on refractive surgery, and written numerous scientific articles and several monographs on refractive surgery and related topics. He holds several patents. Dr. Sher has been a frequent lecturer and is currently a Clinical Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr Sher is a consultant in medicolegal issues involving ophthalmology and has an expertise in device and drug patents, malpractice issues and mass torts.