Joseph Dello Russo

Joseph Dello Russo is an ophthalmologist who specializes in laser vision correction. He is currently the director of Dello Russo Laser Vision which operates clinics in Bergenfield, New Jersey, Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York.

Dello Russo is best known as one of 10 surgeons selected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to perform the clinical stage III trials for Lasik starting in 1990, which eventually led to the FDA approval of Lasik in 1996. He has been featured on ABC’s Primetime, Fox News, The New York Times and Newsday.

Life

Dello Russo was born in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to New York City at five years of age. He attended New York University's undergraduate program and received his medical degree from New York Medical College in 1962.

Dello Russo started a private eye practice in Bergenfield, NJ in 1968. In 1988, he spoke with LASIK inventor, Stephen Trokel, regarding the FDA's phase I trail of the VISX excimer laser and its potential use for laser vision correction. In the following year, he participated in the first ever excimer laser correction seminar at Tulane University with Marguerite McDonald, who was the world's first surgeon to perform excimer laser surgery. Following the seminar, Dello Russo became the first U.S. surgeon to place a commercial order for an excimer laser and joined the FDA team of researchers. In 1987, Dello Russo attended the first world conference devoted to the Excimer laser.[1] After that, between 1991 and 1996, Dello Russo participated in the FDA’s phase III trials of the VISX Excimer laser.

In 1997, Dello Russo was the first to be granted special approval by the FDA to treat farsightedness using the VISX laser. He has participated in many other FDA research trials as well, helping to introduce technologies that are now standards of care: “Laser” cataract surgery (Phaco) in 1975, ambulatory cataract surgery in 1978, YAG lasers in 1983 and foldable lens implants in 1985.

Dr. Dello Russo's practice has become known for their "bifocal LASIK"[2] procedures, which help eliminate patients' need for glasses. Dello Russo has also operated on a number of unique patients, including a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease who had his vision restored.[3] Dr. Dello Russo has been sought out by countless publications for his expertise in eye health and eye disease, including cataracts, macular degeneration, and related eye cancers.[4] In October 2014, Dr. Dello Russo performed his 160,000th surgery in New Jersey.[5]

Dello Russo has been a resident of Alpine, New Jersey.[6] His son, Jeffrey Dello Russo, is also an ophthalmologist and laser vision surgeon.

References

  1. ↑ Dello Russo, Joseph. "Memories from Dr. Joseph Dello Russo about the First Laser" (PDF). MedCrave. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dello Russo Laser Vision Lasik Can Eliminate the Need for Reading Glasses". PR.com.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Dello Russo Performs LASIK on a Man Who Struggles With Contacts Because of Lou Gehrig's Disease". BizJournals.com.
  4. ↑ Carlson, Debbie. "Go get yourself some effective (and cheap) sunglasses". Chicago Tribune.
  5. ↑ Lyapustina, Emily. "Dr. Joseph Dello Russo Performs His 160,000th LASIK Surgery". Yahoo Finance.
  6. ↑ Martin, Antoinette. "A Chill in High-End Alpine", The New York Times, August 20, 2010. Accessed April 7, 2011 ."Alpine has been a haven for entertainment and sports figures who want to hang their hats somewhere private: The Yankees pitcher C. C. Sabathia moved in last year; the rapper Sean Combs is a resident, as is the prominent laser eye surgeon Dr. Joseph V. Dello Russo Jr."

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