Lorenzo J Cervantes

About Lorenzo J Cervantes

Dr. Lorenzo Cervantes is a board-certified ophthalmologist and a fellowship-trained specialist in cornea, external disease, cataract and refractive surgery.His clinical practice interests include the medical and surgical management of corneal diseases, small incision and complex cataract surgery, repair of intraocular lenses, and refractive surgery, including LASIK and ICLs. He is experienced in the most advanced corneal transplant procedures, including Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), and use of the Boston Keratoprosthesis. Dr. Cervantes is an experienced and accomplished surgeon, having performed thousands of intraocular procedures and was the first surgeon to perform DMEK for the treatment of corneal edema in Connecticut in March 2015.Dr. Cervantes is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians, the New England Ophthalmological Society, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the Cornea Society, the Paton Society, and the Eye Bank Association of America. He currently serves as a Medical Director and Board Member for Eversight and regularly teaches other surgeons advanced techniques in corneal transplantation and cataract surgery. On the subject of cornea, he has authored several textbook chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles, and has lectured both at national and international meetings.In 2017, Dr. Cervantes joined Dr. Joseph Sokol at Connecticut Eye Specialists in Shelton to help provide some of the most up-to-date cornea and cataract care in the region. When not practicing medicine, Dr. Cervantes enjoys golfing, running, snowboarding, and fishing with his family.

Experience

1. Board Member

   Eversight

   Dec 2020 — Present

Education

• Binghamton University

  Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Psychobiology

  1998 — 2002

• State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine

  Doctor of Medicine, Cum Laude, Medicine

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Board Certified
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Contact Lenses
• Cornea
• Bls
• Eye Surgery
• Lasik
• Microsurgery
• Prk
• Hospitals
• Vision Therapy
• Dry Eye
• Medical Research
• Healthcare
• Clinical Trials
• Internal Medicine
• Ocular Disease
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Ophthalmology
• Cataract
• Surgery
• Physicians
• Medical Devices
• Clinical Research
• Treatment
• Pediatrics
• Glaucoma
• Medicine
• Medical Retina
• Cataract Surgery
• Keratoconus
• Macular Degeneration
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Refractive Surgery
• Eye Exams
• Laser Surgery
• Transplant
• Graduate Medical Education
• Lenses
• Corneal Transplantation