Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD is a subspecialist in cornea and external diseases and refractive lens and cornea based surgery. He is Director of Pepose Vision Institute, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Washington University and President of the Lifelong Vision Foundation. Dr. Pepose earned an MD- PhD at UCLA School of Medicine; completed ophthalmology residency training at The Wilmer Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; and fellowship training at Georgetown University Medical Center. He is cited in America’s Top Doctors and Best Doctors in America. Dr. Pepose is the recipient of the Cogan Award from ARVO, the Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is a Gold Fellow of ARVO. He has received research support from both public and private sources, including the National Eye Institute. He serves as an Executive editor of The American Journal of Ophthalmology and on the editorial board of The Journal of Refractive Surgery.
