Matthew Johnson

Dr. Matthew Johnson is a board-certified ophthalmologist. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. While attending Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, he was inducted as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Dr. Johnson completed a one-year preliminary internal medicine internship at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Afterward, he stayed in Winston-Salem to complete his ophthalmology residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. After completing his residency, Dr. Johnson moved back to his home state of Illinois and practiced in Central Illinois prior to joining the Hauser-Ross Eye Institute. He has been practicing at Hauser-Ross Eye Institute since 2015.

Dr. Johnson practices comprehensive ophthalmology with a focus on cataract, glaucoma and cornea care. He specializes in refractive cataract surgery utilizing the LenSx® femtosecond laser as well as traditional cataract surgery. He has expertise not only with standard monofocal lenses but also with advanced technology intraocular lenses that are designed to increase one’s independence from glasses. He is up to date on the latest anterior segment surgical techniques and technologies. He also specializes in microinvasive glaucoma surgery as well as LASIK and PRK using the latest topography guided Wavelight® technology.