Daniel Durrie, M.D.

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	Dr. Daniel Durrie

Specialty:
Refractive Surgery

Location:
Durrie Vision

5520 College Blvd, Suite 201, Overland Park, KS  66211

Daniel Durrie, M.D. is the leader of the Durrie Vision refractive surgery team. With more than 25 years experience in refractive and corneal surgery, he has been a pioneer in procedures to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

Dr. Daniel Durrie has participated in over 150 clinical studies and has performed more than 40,000 refractive surgery procedures.  He has served as medical monitor for several excimer laser studies and has been an investigator for many others. He continues to review refractive surgical techniques and analyze clinical study data.  Dr. Durrie trains surgeons from around the world on new surgical techniques.

Associations:

• Member, American Ophthlamological Society
• Member, RSIG Executive Board, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Secretary and Board Member, International Society of Refractive Surgery, 1998-2003
• Certification, Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
• Founding member, LASIK Institute
• Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
• Member, Education Committee, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons 
• Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology 
• Past Board member, American College of Eye Surgeons
• Member, Kansas Medical Society
• Member, Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, Missouri Medical Society

Honors:

• Fifty Most Ifluential Ophthalmolgoists in the World (by Cataract and Refractive Surgery Magazine)
• One of the "Top 10 Refractive Surgeons in the America", Ophthalmology Times
• Best Doctors in America lists, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• America's Top Doctors
• America's Top Ophthalmolgists
• Certified by the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Distinguished Lans Lectureship, International Society of Refractive Surgery, 1996
• Pioneer in Refractive Surgery, 1999
• Barraquer Lecturer, American Academy of Ophthlamology, 2002
• Senior Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2002
• Lifetime Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2005

Dr. Durrie’s scientific articles and papers have appeared in hundreds of professional medical publications. He serves on the editorial board for Ocular Surgery News (Section Editor), The Journal of Corneal and Refractive Surgery, Review of Ophthalmology and Refractive Eyecare for Ophthalmologists. Dr. Durrie has given hundreds of presentations for professional organizations throughout the world. 

Dr. Daniel Durrie is a founding member of Focus on Independence, a 501C3 organization dedicated to providing no-cost vision correction surgery to people with spinal cord injuries such that they cannot put on or take off corrective lenses without assistance.

Dr. Durrie received his medical doctorate and completed his residency at the University of Nebraska. He graduated with distinction from the University of Nebraska school of Medicine.  He was a membr of Alpha Omega Alpha,  a medical Honor society for medical students graduating in the top ten per cent of their class. Dr. Durrie is a board-certified ophthalmologist. He serves as  clinical professor and director of refractive surgery services at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

If you would like to view a Webcast seminar of Dr. Durrie on Conductive Keratoplasty(CK) or Custom Wavefront LASIK, click here.