Richard A. Norden, MD, was selected as the national winner of the Doctors' Choice Awards 2015 for ophthalmology.
Here are four highlights:
1. Dr. Norden is an ophthalmologist and former medical director of the New Jersey Eye Bank in Clark. He was also the past president of The Cornea and Kerato-Refractive Society of New Jersey.
2. Dr. Norden was the first ophthalmologist to perform LASIK surgery in northern New Jersey.
3. Dr. Norden is a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and assistant clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York Medical School.
4. Dr. Norden earned his medical degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield and completed his residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey affiliated hospital. He also completed a fellowship at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.