- TFOS global ambassadors and international chapter affiliate
United States
Christopher E. Starr
Christopher E. Starr is an Associate Professor, Director of Ophthalmic Education, Director of the Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Fellowship and Director of the Refractive Surgery Service at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He is a member of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Cornea Clinical Committee and is the inaugural moderator of the international ASCRS Corneal EyeConnect online forum. He is on the medical advisory board of the Eyebank for Sight Restoration and served a term as the Manhattan district representative of the New York State Ophthalmological Society. He is a member of over 15 ophthalmic societies, including the CEDARS/ASPENS society and the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), and is a 2011 founding member of the American and European College of Ophthalmic Surgeons (ACOS). His corneal research has earned him the Walter Stark Research Prize at Johns Hopkins in 2003, and his dedication to resident education earned him the Teacher of the Year Award at New York University in 2006. Other recent awards include New York Magazine Best Doctors and Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors, Best Doctors in America, America’s Top Ophthalmologists, SuperDoctors, Premier Surgeon’s PS250 and PS300 Awards, and Avvo.com & Arrive Magazine named him one of ten Top Ophthalmologist’s in the Northeast US. He is a graduate of Brown University (undergraduate), Cornell University Medical College (medical school), Columbia University (internship), Harvard University/Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary (residency), and Johns Hopkins University/Wilmer Eye Institute (cornea fellowship). Dr. Starr is an editor of the journals Refractive Eyecare, Advanced Ocular Care, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, Ocular Surface Diseases, Disorders & Dysfunctions and Current Ophthalmology Reports. He is the current Co-Chief Medical Editor of Millennial Eye, the first ophthalmic digital-only magazine. He was the host of the popular online video series Eyetube Journal Club and Ocular Surface Case Series on Eyetube.net and he is a frequent ophthalmic correspondent on national television shows including CBS This Morning and the Today Show. His research interests include novel ocular surface disease treatments and diagnostics, keratoprostheses, innovative cataract surgical techniques, refractive surface ablation techniques and advanced keratoconus screening. He has co-authored over 15 textbook chapters and review articles as well as over 100 scientific presentations, abstracts, posters, manuscripts and peer-reviewed publications. He is a frequent invited lecturer at national and international scientific meetings.