Refractive Surgery Staff
Why Choose Scheie Eye Institute?
The Scheie Eye Institute is the Department of Ophthalmology for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. As part of an academic institution with an emphasis on excellence in patient care, education and research, Scheie's ophthalmologists provide the most current procedures while using the latest technology and equipment. Our refractive surgeons are board-certified ophthalmologists who specialize in the cornea, and who have performed laser treatment since the mid-1990s. As corneal specialists, the doctors also have the specialized knowledge and experience to take care of any problems that may arise.
The Scheie Eye Institute offers all of the services needed for refractive surgery. No “co-management” relationships are made with other doctors concerning your care. The doctors who actually perform the procedure are involved with the patient from the first consultation exam through to the final post-operative visit, thereby allowing the patient to grow comfortable with the doctor prior to undergoing the refractive surgery treatment. The Scheie doctors have no financial interest in the laser technology or any of the other instruments used.
The primary goal of our doctors is to do what is in the best interest of the patient. Therefore, the doctors at Scheie will provide every patient with honest advice on whether a candidate is eligible for laser vision correction, and will ensure that all relevant risks are minimized before the decision to proceed with the treatment.
Our Staff
As leading corneal and refractive surgeons in the tri state area, our physicians perform procedures that are safe and effective, and in the patient's best interest. They present all the options, both surgical and non-surgical, for any prospective refractive surgery patient.
Michael E. Sulewski, MD |
| Michael E. Sulewski, M.D. is a board-certified Ophthalmologist and serves as Director of Refractive Surgery and Co-director of the Cornea Service at the Scheie Eye Institute of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Sulewski is also Chief of Ophthalmology at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital. He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed a one-year internship in internal medicine and an ophthalmology residency at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, an affiliate teaching hospital of the world-renowned Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
He furthered his training through a two-year fellowship at Wilmer Eye Institute in the field of cornea and external diseases, conducted research, and published papers on the early experience involving the excimer laser for the treatment of corneal diseases.
For over a decade, Dr. Sulewski has performed incisional refractive procedures at Penn, to correct myopia and astigmatic keratotomy.
With the introduction of laser technology, he expanded his expertise in laser vision correction. He has extensive clinical experience in the use of excimer laser and LASIK to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Dr. Sulewski has been listed in Philadelphia Magazine's “Top Docs” for his expertise as a corneal specialist and a refractive surgeon and has been listed in Best Doctors in America. |
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Stephen E. Orlin, MD |
| Stephen E. Orlin, M.D., is a board-certified Ophthalmologist and the Director of the Cornea Service at the Scheie Eye Institute of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine. Dr. Orlin earned his medical degree at the University of Cape Town School of Medicine and completed a one-year internship in South Africa. He completed an ophthalmology residency and a fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at the University of Pennsylvania Scheie Eye Institute.
Dr. Orlin has been at the cutting edge of refractive surgery since the early 1990's. He has had extensive experience using excimer laser technology in treating the full spectrum of refractive eye disorders and is one of the few cornea trained refractive surgeons in the tri-state area, giving him a unique perspective on the many challenges of this exciting and rapidly advancing technology.
He is a senior anterior segment surgeon at the Scheie Eye Institute and has been actively involved in the training over 100 residents. He has been honored an unprecedented four times as the Best Teacher by the Ophthalmology Residents at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Orlin has been listed in Philadelphia Magazine's “Top Docs” and in Best Doctors in America for his expertise as a corneal specialist. |
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