Robert Fechtner

Affiliation

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Biography

Robert D. Fechtner, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. A New Jersey native, Dr. Fechtner received his B.S and MD at University of Michigan. He completed research fellowships in glaucoma at Tufts New England Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, an ophthalmology residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, and a glaucoma fellowship at University of California, San Diego supported by the National Institutes of Health Research Service Award. Dr. Fechtner served as the Executive Vice President of the World Glaucoma Association 2012-2017. He is an active member of professional organizations including the American Glaucoma Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Lifetime Achievement), and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (FARVO).