Marguerite McDonald

Marguerite B. McDonald, MD, FACS (born 1951) is an American eye surgeon and clinical professor of ophthalmology based in New York. She performed the world's first laser-vision correction procedure, a photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) using excimer laser, on a healthy eye of a living human patient, and pioneered several types of eye surgeries. In September 2003, she became the first person in North America to perform Epi-LASIK. which is used to correct certain refractive errors.

Early life and education Marguerite McDonald was born in 1951. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and was exposed to a medical environment early in life. Her mother was a model. At the time, her family was told by their doctor that her vision impairment was so severe, she could go blind before reaching adulthood. She did her residency in ophthalmology at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

Kaufman McDonald epikeratophakia In New Orleans, McDonald started research into refractive surgical procedures. It became known as the "KME procedure", which stood for Kaufman McDonald epikeratophakia.

Excimer laser treatments In 1983, McDonald read an American Journal of Ophthalmology article by Stephen Trokel, one of her former professors at Columbia Medical School, exploring the possibility of using excimer laser technology in corneal surgery instead of a scalpel.

McDonald went on to lead a team that conducted extensive testing on cadaver eyes, living rabbits, and living monkeys, and eventually presented their results to the FDA. Efn|Prior to that, she conducted extensive preclinical investigation and in June 1987, conducted a PRK on a blind eye. In 2006, she joined the Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island in Lynbrook, New York.

As of 2018, McDonald was also a clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University and an adjunct clinical professor of ophthalmology at Tulane University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.

National and international societies McDonald was the first female president of both the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS). She has served on many editorial boards for clinical and scientific journals, including Eye World.

In 2010, McDonald became the first woman to receive the International Svyatoslav N. Fyodorov Award at the International Congress of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery.

In 2012 McDonald became the first person to receive the Visionary Woman Award from the group Ophthalmic Women Leaders, which she was one of the founders of (along with Tamara Church Swanson, who came up with the idea, and Jan Beiting).

Personal life In 1989, McDonald married Stephen Klyce, a professor of ophthalmology at LSU Eye Center. She has two stepsons and a stepdaughter. As of 2018, she was based in Port Washington, New York.

Selected publications McDonald has authored or co-authored over 1,000 publications on the cornea and refractive surgery.

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