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Dr. Robert Rock

MEET DR. ROCK

Current Professional Status

  • Board Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Board Certification, American Board of Eye Surgery (Past President)
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Robert L. Rock, M.D.

Dr. Rock is board certified in both General Ophthalmology and Cataract/IOL Eye Surgery. After special post-residency training in New York, he joined Dr. Hardy Thompson in Austin in 1963, on West 19th Street, until they moved to the current Burnet Road location in 1978.

Dr. Rock is especially interested in cataract surgery, corneal transplant surgery, and refractive surgery. He teaches these techniques at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he is currently a Clinical Professor in the Ophthalmology Department, and where he has taught since 1963.

Dr. Rock is interested in volunteer eye surgery projects in the Third World, where he has directed projects in over a dozen countries, including working with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Lamberene, Gabon, West Equatorial Africa. He is a frequent speaker at churches, men's clubs, volunteer groups, and other organizations. He has performed over 25,000 eye operations here and abroad.

Educational Background

  • Medical School: University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
  • Internship: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
  • Basic Science Course in Ophthalmology: Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (Chief Resident, Third Year)
  • Post Residency Fellowship: Corneal & Cataract with Dr. Ramon Castroviejo, New York Eye Hospital

Memberships, Societies and Recognitions

  • Named a "Super Doctor" in Texas Monthly (poll of doctors and nurses asked: To whom would you refer a loved one or one of your patients for medical diagnosis and/or treatment?)
  • Named one of America's Top Ophthalmologists by the Consumers' Research Council of America
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American College of Eye Surgeons (Board Member)
  • American Medical Association
  • Texas Ophthalmology Association (Past President)
  • Texas Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (Past President)
  • American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • Travis County Medical Society
  • Kerato-Refractive Society
  • International Institute for Advanced Laser Surgery
  • Corneal Consultant, Lions Eye Bank
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