Elliot Perlman, M.D.
Corneal Specialist, Cataract Surgeon, LASIK Surgeon
- Cataract Surgery
- LASIK & Refractive Surgery
- Cornea Surgery
- Corneal Cross-Linking
Elliot Perlman, M.D., is a board-certified ophthalmologist with fellowship training in cornea and external disease from Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas at Houston, completed under the mentorship of Robert B. Wilkins. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and his ophthalmology residency from Yale University School of Medicine, and he holds a master's in medical science and a magna cum laude bachelor's degree from Brown University. As Director of the Corneal Service at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, he leads the corneal program at Rhode Island Eye Institute, treating keratoconus, Fuchs' dystrophy, and the full range of anterior segment disease. He has performed refractive surgery since 1994 and was the first ophthalmologist in Rhode Island to offer FDA-approved corneal cross-linking for progressive keratoconus and corneal ectasia.
Fellowship
Corneal and External Disease, Baylor College of Medicine
residency
Yale University School of Medicine
internship
University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals
medical school
Harvard Medical School
undergraduate
Brown University
graduate school
Brown University, M.S., Medical Science
Leadership & Teaching
Dr. Perlman serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School, where he teaches medical students and ophthalmology residents. He served as President of the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) from 2007 to 2008 and has held a long sequence of leadership roles within the society, including Program Committee Member, Public Education Committee Chair, Website Committee Chair, and IT Committee Chairperson. In 2024, NEOS, the oldest medical society in the United States, presented him with its Distinguished Achievement Award, an honor bestowed on a select few ophthalmologists since 1950, in recognition of decades of devoted membership and his role in the society's digital transformation. He has authored and co-authored numerous original medical publications and presented extensively throughout the Northeast, and he holds active staff appointments at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, and Nantucket Cottage Hospital.
Cornea care is one of the most rewarding parts of ophthalmology because it spans a patient's lifetime. I see patients in their twenties for cross-linking and LASIK, and the same families come back decades later for cataract surgery and corneal transplants. The technology keeps advancing, but what makes the work meaningful is the continuity, knowing a patient and their eyes well enough to do the right thing at every stage.
Elliot Perlman, M.D.
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Language
- English
Recognition By Peers and Patients
Past President
New England Ophthalmological Society (2007 to 2008)
IT Committee Chairperson
NEOS (ongoing)
Website Committee Chair
NEOS (2003 to 2005)
Distinguished Achievement Award
NEOS (2024)
Board Certified
American Board of Ophthalmology
Public Education Committee Chair
NEOS (1999 to 2003)
Program Committee Member
NEOS (1993 to 1997)
Director, Corneal Service
Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
First ophthalmologist in Rhode Island
to offer FDA-approved corneal cross-linking (CXL)
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