Robert I. Schnipper M.D.

Ophthalmologist & LASIK Surgeon Jacksonville FL

Pioneer, teacher, advisor, eye physician, and Board-Certified LASIK Specialist, Dr. Schnipper has been a leader in ophthalmology in Northeast Florida for more than 30 years. He founded the Jacksonville Eye Center in 1972 with a commitment to continually improve his patients’ lives with the safest, most accurate procedures. His goal is to provide his patients with the best possible (optimal) vision at every age. He continues to bring leading-edge technology to this region, specializing in LASIK, cataract surgery, and IOL premium lenses for vision correction.

Dr. Schnipper’s reputation has spread far beyond Jacksonville, and patients often come from great distances for his consultation and care. Eye surgeons from around the world travel to Jacksonville to learn Dr. Schnipper’s advanced techniques. He is a member of the Refractive Surgery Alliance (RSA) and Better Business Bureau (BBB).

Robert I. Schnipper, MD was voted the Best LASIK Eye Doctor and Jacksonville Eye Center was voted the Best LASIK Eye Center by Folio Weekly Magazine (Best of Jax). Read on for Dr. Schnipper’s full CV.

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What Dr. Schnipper’s Patients Say…

Robert I. Schnipper, MD | LASIK Surgeon Jacksonville FL

“This office is amazing! Dr. Schnipper and his staff are wonderful. They made feel at ease when I was getting the LASIK procedure done. I would recommend Dr. Schnipper to anyone wanting any eye corrective surgery!” – Amy B.

“I visited Dr. Schnipper in early May, 2015 made arrangements for correctional eye surgery in June and September. I no longer need glasses, not even for reading! Have continued yearly appointments and vision is better than ever. Staff is vey congenial and accommodating. Was the best decision I’ve made! Thank you Dr. Schnipper!” – Ali R.

“Dr. Schnipper and his staff did an absolutely top notch job with my LASIK surgery. The staff was incredibly nice and knowledgeable. The entire experience far exceeded my expectations.” – Michael H.

CURRICULUM VITAE – ROBERT I. SCHNIPPER, M.D.

Education

Tufts University Medford, Massachusetts – Graduated June 5, 1962 – B.S. Degree
Northwestern University Medical SchoolChicago, Illinois – Graduated June 11, 1966 – M.D. Degree
Kings County Hospital Center – Internship – Brooklyn, New York July 1, 1966 – June 30, 1967
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital – ResidencyNew York, New York – Ophthalmology July 1, 1969 – June 30, 1972

Service

U.S. Public Health Service and Coast Guard, Boston, Massachusetts, July 1, 1967 – June 30, 1969

Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology, 1974
Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1974
American Board of Eye Surgeons, 1995 – Certified in both cataract and vision correction surgery.

Employment History

Sole Proprietorship – Robert I. Schnipper, M.D., P.A. – Surgical and Medical Director DBA Jacksonville Eye Center – Jacksonville, FloridaJuly 1972 – Present
Riverside Park Surgicenter – Surgical and Medical Director – Jacksonville, Florida – June 1992 – Present

Papers

Investigative Ophthalmology Aqueous Humor Dynamic (Basic Studies in Glaucoma) – December, 1967
Intra-ocular Lenses the Iris Suture Lens, MEETH Symposium – 1976
The Anterior Chamber Intra-ocular Lens and Evolution, MEETH Symposium – May 1978
Evolution of an Inplanter, MEETH Symposium – May 1978
Conversion to Extracapsular Surgery, MEETH Symposium – 1980
Nuclear Prolapse, MEETH Symposium – September 1983 and
Ophthalmology Times – December 1983
Nucleus in ECCE, Welch Cataract Congress – September 1984
Stabilizing the Nucleus with Viscoat, Ocular surgery News – 1988
Viscoat Technique Helps Prevent Posterior Capsule Rupture During Phacoemulsification, Phaco and Foldables – May/June 1988
Management of Pterygium with Surgery and Radiation Therapy, American Journal of Ophthalmology – August 16, 1989
Rethinking the “standards” for phaco yields low-power, low-flow, high-vacuum settings, Phaco and Foldables – January/February 1990
Phacodynamics Peristalic vs. Diaphragm Fluidics: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts – April 1991
Secondary Implantation of a Posterior Chamber IOL in Aniridia (a video presentation), ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts – April 1991
Phacoemulsification with Trabeculectomy in Patients with Well Controlled Glaucoma, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California – April 1992
Does Radial Keratotomy on Thick Corneas and Thin Corneas Follow the System Nomogram?, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts – April 1994
The OMS Diplomax for Phacoemulsification, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Seattle, Washington – June 1996
Polishing the Posterior Capsule Under Viscoelastic, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Seattle Washington – June 1996
Multimode MAXPACK Phaco, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts – April 1997
Ultrasound Times with the AMO Diplomax and Cracking, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California – April 1998
Initial Results with the Carriazo-Barraquer Keratome and Hyperopia, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, Seattle, Washington – Apri, 1999
Efficient and reliable phaco in tough cases: Using the Gravlee (Mastel Surgical) phaco tip with Diplomax and Occlusion Mode phaco for mature cataracts, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Seattle, Washington – April 1999
Clinical Experience with Moria’s Carriazo-Barraquer Microkeratome, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, Boston, Massachuset – May 2000
The Reintroduction of PRK in a Busy LASIK Practice, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California – May 2001
Evaluation of the Amadeus 140 Head Microkeratome, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 2002
Comparison of Epi-LASEK and PRK With the Autonomous LADARVision Laser, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 2002
Surface Ablation after RK – A Three Month Study, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco, California – May 2003
Surface Ablation after RK – A One Year Study, ASCRS/ASOA Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, San Diego, California – April 2004
Expanding Your Referral Base – OOSS ASC National Symposium, Chicago, Illinois – October 2005
Challenges and Opportunities: Expanding the ASC Referral Base – Syndication – OOSS Day, San Diego, California – March 2006

Lectures and Courses Taught

“One-Handed Linear Phaco Using Viscoat”, a Coopervison sponsored lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology – October 1988
“Slow Motion Phaco”, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Los Angeles, California – March 4-7, 1990
“Incision Techniques”, Physicians Education Program for IOLAB, New York, New York – October 6 & 7, 1990 and Boston, Massachusetts – May 4-5, 1991
“Visco Sandwich – The Chip and Scoop Technique”, Physicians Education Program for IOLAB, New York, New York – October 6 & 7, 1990 and Boston, Massachusetts – May 4-5, 1991
“The Physics of Phaco”, Physicians Education Program for IOLAB, New York, New York – October 6 & 7, 1990 and Boston, Massachusetts – May 4-5, 1991
“Phacoemulsification”, University of Florida residents – August 1990
“Phacoemulsification and Trabeculectomy”, ASCRS/ASOA, San Diego, California – April 13, 1992
“Phacoemulsification and Trabeculectomy”, Intercounty Ophthalmology Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – April 27, 1992
“Radial Keratotomy”, California Society of Ophthalmologists – June 1993
“Do Thick or Thin Corneas Affect the Results of RK surgery?”, Boston Association – March 1994
“The Basics of RK and ALK”, Florida Society of Ophthalmology – September 1995
“Refractive Update”, Northeast Florida Optometric Society Continuing Education Series – February 1999
“Management of Epithelial Stripping during LASIK”, American College of Eye Surgeons, Quality Surgery XV, Bal Harbor, Florida – February 2001

Laser Courses

Argon Laser, Wilmer Institute – 1973
YAG Laser – Neodymium – YAG Laser Ophthalmic Surgery, The Ernest A. Katzen Memorial Eye Research Institute – November 1982

IOL Courses

Intra-ocular Lens Implantation Course – Henry Hirschman, M.D. of Long Beach, California – 1974
Intra-ocular Lens Implantation Course – Jerald Tennant, M.D. of Dallas, Texas – 1978
Small Incision Implant Course – Eye Care Foundation, Orlando, Florida – December 1986
Gills Technique, Intra-ocular Lens Implantation – James Gills, M.D. of New Port Richey, Florida – 1991
Advanced Phaco and Small Incision Update – American College of Eye surgeons Quality Surgery X, Orlando, Florida – February 1996

Corneal- Refractive Courses

Corneal Surgery, Richard Troutman, M.D. – 1978
Radial Keratotomy, Leo Bores, M.D. – 1980
Radial Keratotomy, Albert C. Newmann, M.D. – 1982 NOTE: Instructor at this course
Corneal Refractive Surgery, Blaydes Clinic – 1984
A System of Precise Carried Refractive Surgery, Charles Casebeer, M.D. – August 1991
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium on Cataract, IOL, and Refractive Surgery, Orlando, Florida – 1987
Kerato-Refractive Society Annual Symposium, Dallas, Texas – November 1987
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery, Los Angeles, California – March 1988
Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty, Washington, D.C. – August 1993
Fellowship in ALK, Casebeer Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona – March 1994
Photorefractive Keratectomy, The George Washington University – December 1995
Refractive Surgery Update, American College of Eye Surgeons Quality Surgery X, Orlando, Florida – February 1996
LASIK Course and Wet Lab, University of South Florida Eye Institute, Tampa, Florida – March 1996
VISX Excimer Laser Didactic, Columbia Memorial Medical Center, Jacksonville Florida – April 1996
C-LASIK Mini-Fellowship, Laservue, Montreal, Quebec – June 1996
C-LASIK Didactic, Chiron Vision, Ottawa, Ontario – June 1996
Practical course on the Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia, Herzig Eye Institute, Toronto, Canada – August 1998
Nidek Laser Certification and Wet Lab, Cancun, Mexico – December 1998
Autonomous Excimer Laser Didactic and Wet Lab, Jacksonville Eye Center, Jacksonville, Florida – May 2000
Constructing LASIK Nomograms for the Correction of Spherical, Astigmatic, and Higher-Order Refractive Errors, American Academy of Ophthalmology – November 2001
In What Cases is PRK More Advisable Than LASIK?, American Academy of Ophthalmology – November 2001
Current Management of Pterygia, American Academy of Ophthalmology – November 2001

Other Courses

The Redi-Med Conference for Florida Dispensing Practitioners – October, 1987
What’s New in Glaucoma, American Academy of Ophthalmology, S. Posos, M.D. – November, 1987
Current Concepts in the Diagnosis and Management of Retinal Vascular, Macular and Pigment Epithelial Diseases, American Academy of Ophthalmology, H. Schatz, M.D. – November, 1987
Risk Management Seminar, American Institute of Medical Law, Jacksonville, Florida – June, 1987
EyeSat Program, St. Louis University School of Medicine – July, 1987
Florida – December, 1995 Selected Topics in Uveitis, Mayo Graduate School – October, 1987
Endophthalmitis, Mayo Foundation – July, 1987
Ocular Trauma, Mayo Graduate School – October 1987
Aids and Florida Law, Albert Einstein College of Medicine – December, 1993
Medical Management of Refractive Surgery Patients: Practice Patterns Survey, Education Design, San Diego, California – March, 1995
Domestic Violence, Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida – October, 1995
FPIC/FMA Risk Management Seminar, Jacksonville, Florida – October, 1995
Florida Worker’s Compensation Physicians’ Certification Course, American Institute of Medical Law, Orange Park, Florida 1996

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IOL Surgeries

Approximately 27,000

Refractive Surgeries

Approximately 15,000 (includes RK, ALK, LASIK, PRK, and LASEK)

Teaching Appointments

Jacksonville Hospital Education Program, Jacksonville, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 1973-1979, 1991, 1992

Medical Societies

International Societies

International Society of Refractive Surgeons
National Societies • American Medical Association
American Academy of Ophthalmology • American Intra-ocular Implant Society
American College of Eye Surgeons
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS)
International Phacoemulsification and Cataract Methodology Society
Kerato-Refractive Society
Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society – Board Member

State

Florida Medical Association • Florida Society of Ophthalmology

Local

Duval County Medical Society

Civic Honors

Past President Prevent Blindness Society, Northeast Florida Branch

Awards and Recognitions

Past President Prevent Blindness Society, Northeast Florida Branch
Physician’s Recognition Award – Continuing Medical Education American Medical Association Industry and Medicine Panel for the Advancement of Cataract Surgery Technology, Impact “88 – Certificate presented on March 27, 1988
Featured surgeon in the teaching video International Advances in Phacoemulsification – Winter Issue, 1997 (edited by Dr. Robert Osher).
VISX Star Surgeon Award – Presented March 1999

Special Interest

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To schedule a consultation with Dr. Robert Schnipper for your vision correction, contact Jacksonville Eye Center. Call our Jacksonville, FL office at 904-355-5555 to schedule your free LASIK consultation.