About Storm Eye Institute

Faculty

Kerry D. Solomon, MD, is professor of ophthalmology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and a world-renowned surgeon specializing in cataract and refractive surgery and corneal transplantation at the Storm Eye Institute. He holds several key positions at MUSC, including Director of the cataract, refractive and cornea services at Storm Eye Institute, Medical Director of the Magill Vision Center for Vision Correction, and Director of the Magill Research Center.

Dr. Solomon joined the MUSC faculty fourteen years ago, following his completion of his fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. At Hopkins, Dr. Solomon specialized in cataract and refractive surgery and corneal transplantation. Prior to his fellowship, he completed his residency in ophthalmology at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky and an internship in medicine at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. In addition, Dr. Solomon has completed a fellowship in ophthalmic pathology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and completed both his doctorate in medicine and bachelor degree at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont.

In addition to his local clinical practice and administrative duties, Dr. Solomon is active in multiple ophthalmic organizations. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, holds memberships in a number of professional and scientific societies and is actively involved on a national and international basis with many prominent societies. He is a fellow with the American Academy of Ophthalmology where he serves on several committees and also received an honor award for his achievements.  He is Chair of the Food and Drug Administration liaison committee for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and also serves as a member of various committees for the ASCRS. Additionally, Dr Solomon is involved with the South Carolina Lifepoint Eye Bank, the South Carolina Medical Association, Charleston Ophthalmological Society, South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology and the Charleston County Medical Society.

Over his approximately 20 years practicing medicine, Dr. Solomon has achieved status among the country’s best ophthalmic surgeons, and has received dozens of awards, including 2004 and 2005 ranking among ‘America’s Best Doctors’ for cataract and refractive surgery and the Lee Nordan Refractive Surgeon of the Year Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He routinely speaks at both national and international meetings and hospitals and has presented more than 500 lectures and live surgical demonstrations worldwide.

In addition to speaking globally, he has written over 170 publications including book chapters, book reviews, monographs and magazine articles, and produced more than 30 surgical videos and has received awards for many of these videos which are used as teaching tools throughout the world. Finally, Dr. Solomon’s work has been recognized by multiple popular magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Money, Redbook and Readers Digest. He has also been featured in television specials such as PBS’s “Cataract Surgery” as part of the ‘Health Body, Healthy Mind’ series, which is currently airing across the United States and in over 140 countries worldwide.

But, as Dr. Solomon puts it, practicing medicine is not all about awards or positions, “practicing medicine is about loving what you do, treating every patient like family, and knowing that if you do your best, you can change people’s lives for the better."

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