Robert Doyle Stulting, MD, PhD

Robert Doyle Stulting, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of the Cornea Service at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He is also Associate Professor at Emory’s Winship Cancer Center.

An active member of the ophthalmic community, Dr. Stulting serves on the governing boards of a number of national and Georgia-based professional societies. For many years, he was a member of the Ophthalmic Devices Panel in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and completed a term as Chair of the Panel. He was chair of the Committee on Research and Regulatory Affairs and serves on the Executive Committee of the Refractive Surgery Interest Group for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is chair of the Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee for the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery and has served on the Board of Directors of the Eyebank Association of America. His other memberships include: the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology, and the Atlanta Ophthalmology Society.

Dr. Stulting also has a great deal of editorial and peer review experience in the field, currently serving as the Editor-In-Chief of Cornea and Co-Executive Medical Editor of the Review of Refractive Surgery. He is a reviewer for the journals Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Ophthalmology, Current Eye Research, Archives of Ophthalmology and American Journal of Ophthalmology and is on the Editorial Board of Journal of Refractive and Corneal Surgery, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and Ocular Surgery News.

Dr. Stulting has been principal investigator for a number of NIH-supported grants and has directed many clinical investigations. He has authored over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals, published textbook chapters, taught courses for 20 years at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and lectured around the world.

Dr. Stulting graduated summa cum laude from Duke University in Durham, N.C, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry. He received his MD degree and PhD in microbiology and immunology from Duke. He completed his internal medicine residency and internship at Washington University’s Barnes Hospital and his ophthalmology residency at the University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Stulting completed a fellowship in cornea and external disease at Emory University, where he has practiced and taught for 21 years.