Dr. Richard L. Lindstrom

Dr. Richard L. Lindstrom, founder and managing partner of Minnesota Eye Consultants, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and internationally recognized leader in corneal, refractive and laser surgery. He has been at the forefront of ophthalmology's evolutionary changes throughout his career, as a recognized researcher, teacher, inventor, writer, lecturer and highly acclaimed physician and surgeon.

Dr. Lindstrom graduated magna cum laude from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, and continued on to complete his doctorate degree in medicine in 1972. Over the next several years, Dr. Lindstrom pursued extensive research and investigational studies and residency and fellowship training in ophthalmology and corneal disease at the University of Minnesota and affiliated hospitals.

He extended his fellowship training in anterior segment surgery at Mary Shield Hospital in Dallas and as a Heed Fellow in glaucoma and anterior segment surgery at University Hospitals in Salt Lake City. In 1980, Dr. Lindstrom returned to the University of Minnesota, where he spent ten years on the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology, the last two as the Harold G. Scheie Research Chair. He entered private practice in 1990, and has led the growth and expansion of Minnesota Eye Consultants as managing partner.