Dr. Allan Slomovic
Research Director of the Cornea/External Disease Service, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

Dr. Allan Slomovic is Chairperson for Continuing Professional Development for the Canadian Ophthalmologic Society and the immediate past chairperson of the Canadian Cornea Society.  He is an Associate Professor of
Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Slomovic received a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Montreal, before attending Medical School at Memorial University in St John's Newfoundland. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Montreal General Hospital, followed by a 3 year residency training program at the New York University School of Medicine in Manhattan, New York.  Two separate Fellowship programs at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida followed, the first in Cornea/External Ocular Diseases and the second in Laser Microsurgery.

Dr. Slomovic has been involved with teaching residents and fellows, research and clinical practice for the past 22 years at University Health Network. From 1991 -2001 he was program Director for Ophthalmology for the University of Toronto, leading the program through 2 successful Royal College reviews. He has trained 24 fellows from Canada, United States, Israel, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Great Britain, in Cornea/External Ocular Diseases of the Eye. In 2001, Dr. Slomovic received the Mentor of the Year Award from the Royal College of Physicians of Canada.

Dr. Slomovic has published numerous articles in the area of Cornea/External Diseases of the Eye and Refractive Surgery and has also lectured on these topics locally, nationally and internationally.

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