Paul H. Ernest

Education

After receiving his medical degree at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Ernest continued his education completing his internship at Detroit's Grace Hospital. He completed his ophthalmology residency program and a fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgery at Wayne State University, Kresge Eye Institute.

Memberships/ Accomplishments

Dr. Ernest was voted one of the top 100 physicians in the nation in 1994-1995, 1998-1999, and 2000-2001. He was the first recipient of the distinguished alumni award from Kresge Eye Institute. Dr. Ernest is now a Clinical Associate Professor at Wayne State University, Kresge Eye Institute, where he teaches resident physicians. Dr. Ernest is a member of the American Medical Association, American Board of Ophthalmology, American Intraocular Implant Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Michigan State Medical Society, Jackson County Medical Society, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American College of Eye Surgeons and the Michigan Ophthalmological Society. Dr. Ernest has lectured in over 30 cities, and has over 70 publications in ophthalmic textbooks and journals.

History

In 1978, Dr. Ernest founded an ophthalmology practice in Jackson, which is now known as TLC Eyecare of Michigan. Dr. Ernest was the innovator of the No Stitch Cataract Surgery in February, 1990 and has performed over 30,000 cataract operations including surgery overseas in more than 30 countries. The instrumentation used today for cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation has been developed using Dr. Ernest's expertise. Dr. Ernest has been the primary investigator on several intraocular lens designs and has assisted through animal and laboratory studies in the development of many advancements in Phacoemuisification equipment. Dr. Ernest also specializes in refractive surgery. He was involved in the original investigations of Epikeratophakia, Laser Thermal Keratoplasy (LTK), and Phakic Refractive Lens (PRL implant). Dr. Ernest currently uses the excimer laser to perform the LASIK procedure, the Sunrise Technology to perform the LTK procedure, and is performing the PRL implant procedure.