Robert Ritch

Dr. Ritch holds the Shelley and Steven Einhorn Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology and is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Mt. Sinai Medical School and Surgeon Director Emeritus.

Chief of Glaucoma Services at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York City. Dr. Ritch received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and an M.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He founded the Glaucoma Foundation and has contributed to multiple textbooks of ophthalmology, including more than 1500 published medical and scientific articles and abstracts. He has given over 50 named lectures and received 60 national and international awards. Dr. Ritch has served on the editorial boards of a number of professional journals including the Journal of Glaucoma, the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Archives of Ophthalmology. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Royal College of Ophthalmology.