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Laura C. Fine, MD
Contributor
Dr. Laura Fine is an ophthalmologist who specializes in cataract surgery and medical, laser, and surgical treatments for glaucoma. She is president and medical director of Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, and is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical School, where she trains medical students, residents, and fellows.
Dr. Fine is past president of the New England Ophthalmological Society and the Chandler-Grant Glaucoma Society. She actively serves in leadership roles within the American Academy of Ophthalmology, including the AAO’s Eye Care America, a public service program that provides free eye care to seniors in need through a national network of volunteer ophthalmologists. She also serves on the board of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company, the largest medical malpractice insurer of ophthalmologists in the United States.
Dr. Fine has special interest in patient safety and quality improvement, career development and mentorship, advanced technologies for early glaucoma detection, and surgical innovations for cataracts and glaucoma. She earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in ophthalmology at the University of California San Francisco. She completed her glaucoma fellowship at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

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