Stephen S. Lane, MD
Dr. Lane has served on the Academy’s Committee of Secretaries as the Secretary for Online Education / E-Learning (formerly named Secretary for New Ophthalmic Information) since 2004. He has served on several Academy committees including chair of the Self-Assessment Committee, Skills Transfer committee, and member of the EyeNet Editorial Advisory Board and subcommittees of the Preferred Practice Pattern Committee. He is currently chair of the Specialty Information Teams. In 1993, Dr. Lane received the Academy's Honor Award and in 2002 he received the Senior Achievement Award and Secretariat Award.
Dr. Lane is past President of ASCRS. He has also been a Board Member and officer of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) and a Board Member of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology. He currently serves as co-medical editor of EyeWorld and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and Evidence-Based Eyecare.
He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota and completed his ophthalmology residency at Pennsylvania State University. Following completion of his residency training, a fellowship year was spent training in cornea and external disease, and refractive surgery at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lane’s expertise is in cornea/external disease, anterior segment surgery and refractive surgery. Dr. Lane was one of the original clinical investigators for the Excimer Laser and has performed laser refractive surgery for over 15 years.
In addition to his private practice, Dr. Lane is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota. He instructs and teaches courses, gives presentations and lectures extensively on cataract and refractive surgery both nationally and internationally. Dr. Lane is a visiting faculty member of ORBIS International, which is involved in the teaching of specialized surgical techniques to physicians in Third World countries around the world. He has participated in 17 mission trips to third world countries. Dr. Lane is actively involved in clinical research having participated in over 35 national clinical trials investigating new products for cataract and refractive surgery. Dr. Lane has presented more than 15 named lectures including the Binkhorst Lecture and has participated as visiting professor on numerous occasions. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed ophthalmic papers and has written chapters for or served as co-author of 20 books.
Dr Lane is married to Nancy Lane for 28 years and has three children Molly, Jana, and Max.
