Over his 30-year career, Professor Dan Reinstein has built an international reputation as a uniquely experienced and pioneering refractive surgeon.
Over the last three decades, Prof Reinstein has dedicated himself solely to Laser Eye Surgery. Prof Reinstein graduated from Cambridge University. He underwent bioengineering Fellowships at Cornell University and Ophthalmologic Surgical training at Mount Sinai in New York. His Corneal Fellowship and Refractive Surgical Fellowship training took place at the University of British Columbia in Canada. He is a board-certified Ophthalmologist in the USA and Canada as well as the UK, and holds professorships in the UK, New York and Paris.
A few stats on Prof Reinstein
Prof Reinstein has:
- Delivered over 1400 lectures at professional meetings on five continents.
- Been a moderator or panelist for over 110 scientific international meeting panels.
- Published over 225 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals.
- Written the definitive textbook on SMILE.
- Contributed or written over 52 book chapters / published proceedings.
- Written 252 articles for the ophthalmic press.
- Been rewarded with many international awards in ophthalmology and refractive surgery, including the prestigious José I. Barraquer Award, which is considered as the Oscar Award in refractive surgery.
A pioneer in Laser Eye Surgery
After qualifying as a LASIK surgeon, Prof Reinstein joined a research project at Cornell University, New York. There he discovered that ultrasound could be used to scan the surface of the cornea to within one micron–1/1000 of a millimetre. This led to the development of the Artemis Insight 100™ scanner–now the world’s most accurate corneal scanner. Immediately he became the only person in the world equipped to identify the causes of complications in early Laser Eye Surgery. Twenty years later he participated in pioneering the use of OCT for epithelial measurements. Epithelial mapping is now recognised as a gold standard for evaluating candidates for refractive surgery. His work with the Insight 100 scanner has led to the most accurate method of choosing the optimal size of ICL to be implanted into the eye.
Leading innovations in vision correction
Prof Reinstein is the inventor of PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision, a treatment designed to correct presbyopia (age-related loss of near vision). PRESBYOND combines the benefits of corneal laser surgery with the brain’s natural ability to adapt, providing patients with a continuous range of vision – from near to far – without the need for reading glasses. Prof Reinsten has had the procedure himself and has performed PRESBYOND on over 30 refractive surgeons from all over the world, who are now offering this procedure to their own patients.
He was also instrumental in the development of SMILE (small incision lenticule extraction) and played a key role in the enhancements that led to the VISUMAX 800 and SMILE Pro in his role as the lead consultant for ZEISS, contributing to the refinement of this minimally invasive laser eye surgery technique that has since become a major advancement in refractive surgery worldwide.
Watch Professor Reinstein discuss his career, and the monumental impact discovering the Artemis Insight technology had.
You can read more about Professor Reinstein’s career path, or download his updated full CV.
Prof Reinstein in the media
Prof Reinstein has appeared as an interviewee on BBC Breakfast, This Morning, Sky News, and BBC Radio 4, as well as being the Laser Eye Surgery specialist for Extreme Makeover UK and 10 Years Younger. He has also been featured in both The Times and The Sunday Times Magazine and is often called upon by other media outlets for his expert input.
In fact, his own laser eye surgery featured on the BBC The One Show back in 2018, performed by laser eye surgeon: Mr Glenn Carp
Outside the clinic…
Away from surgery, Prof Reinstein is an accomplished jazz saxophonist, and studied for two years on a performance scholarship at the Berklee College of Music, Boston. He still plays regularly at the 606 Club in Chelsea, London, and invites all his patients to come along.
