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Biographical Sketch
Roger H.S. Langston, MD, CM, is Staff in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Cole Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic's main campus. He joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1974 after completing a fellowship in cornea and external diseases. Dr. Langston's secondary appointment is in the Department of Transplantation Center at the Eye Institute.
Dr. Langston is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. His areas of speciality include cornea transplantation and cataract surgery.
Dr. Langston earned a medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. After a rotating internship at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, he did an ophthalmology residency at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and then moved to Boston to complete a fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School. He was board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1974.
In addition to dozens of journal publications, Dr. Langston is a frequent lecturer on a broad range of ophthalmologic topics. He is active in the Midwest Cornea Association and the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society and has been listed in “The Best Doctors in America.”
Specialty Interests
cataract and lens implant surgery, corneal and external disease
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