William Trattler MD (MIAMI)

[William Trattler MD]

Name
William Trattler MD
Center for Excellence in Eyecare

Appointments
Center for Excellence in Eyecare
8940 N Kendall Dr Ste 400E
Miami, FL 33176

Phone: (305) 598-2020

Biography

William B. Trattler, MD joined the team at the Center For Excellence in Eye Care in 1997 specializing in refractive, corneal and cataract eye surgery.

Dr. William Trattler received his bachelor's degree with honors from Dartmouth College and his Doctorate of Medicine degree from University of Miami School of Medicine where he graduated in 1992 with Distinction in Research. He completed his ophthalmology residency at University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute and then spent an additional year for subspecialty training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. During his Corneal Fellowship, Dr. William Trattler performed research on dry eye and oil gland problems of the eye. He is able to apply a variety of techniques to help those individuals with significant dry eye problems.

Dr. William Trattler has performed a wide variety of refractive surgeries, including PRK, LASIK, LASEK, epi-LASIK and no injection sutureless cataract surgery. He is also an investigator for the Phakic Refractive Lens (PRL), which is a new technique where a plastic lens is inserted into the eye to treat severe myopia or hyperopia.

Dr. William Trattler has been invited to lecture across the U.S. on various topics such as: corneal infections of the eye, ocular allergy, dry eye, laser vision correction and sutureless cataract surgery techniques. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Trattler is a Volunteer Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, where he is involved in training young ophthalmologists and ophthalmology residents in cataract and corneal transplant surgeries. Dr. Trattler is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and has been an author of many articles and abstracts, including Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple, a textbook he helped co-author, which is used by medical, nursing and veterinary students throughout the world. In 2002, Dr. Trattler received the "Outstanding Young Ophthalmologist Leadership Award" from the Florida Society of Ophthalmology (FSO) and has been elected President of the Miami Ophthalmology Society for 2006. In March 2006, Dr. Trattler was selected as one of the top 50 opinion leaders in Ophthalmology, as voted by his peers in a National survey.