Experience and Education Using the Latest Technologies

For decades Stuart Sondheimer, M.D., has devoted his professional career to the continued study and practice of ophthalmology. He is a highly experienced physician who offers both medical and surgical care - from routine eye examinations to the latest in refractive surgery to delicate microsurgical procedures such as cataract removal. Due to the constantly evolving nature of eye care technology, Dr. Sondheimer attends numerous courses and seminars in any given year in an effort to bring the latest in techniques, equipment and technology to his many patients.

Among the first surgeons in the U.S. to offer surgical correction for nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism, Dr. Sondheimer has performed more than 12,000 refractive surgical procedures and has helped restore vision to his Chicago LASIK patients. As a leader in the field, he has shared his knowledge by teaching other practicing ophthalmologists, residents and medical students. Dr. Sondheimer understands the LASIK procedure from the patient's perspective since he has undergone vision correction surgery himself. He has also corrected the vision of several of his family members in addition to having performed vision correction surgery on other physicians.

Dr. Sondheimer is a native Chicagoan and lives in Wilmette with his wife, Bonnie. The Sondheimers have six children, and he devotes much of his time away from his practice to his family and is active in civic affairs.

Education

He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Sondheimer began his higher education at Washington University in St. Louis, MO., where he earned his bachelor's degree. He attended the University of Illinois in Chicago where he earned his medical degree, and completed his flexible internship at Northwestern University, Evanston Hospital. He did his ophthalmology residency at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and completed his basic science courses in Houston.

Currently in private practice with offices in Skokie, Deerfield and Park Ridge, Dr. Sondheimer previously owned and operated the Desert Laser & Eye Institute in Mesa, AZ. Prior to that, he worked with Cigna Health Plan covering the Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe areas. He also served as medical director of the Laser Vision Institute in Tucson, Arizona and was in group practice in Toledo, Ohio before returning home to Chicago.

Dr. Sondheimer has performed many thousands of successful procedures to maintain, restore or preserve vision for patients, and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, the Maricopa County Medical Society, and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Medical Association.

Dr. Sondheimer is proud to offer a variety of eye care services to patients in the area, including helping Chicago glaucoma and cataract patients with their treatment needs.