CRAIG WHITE ,MD

Dr. White was born and raised in Rockford, IL. He earned a degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in economics from Northwestern University. He attended medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and completed his ophthalmology residency at New York Medical College in New York City. Dr White underwent additional fellowship training in cornea and refractive surgery at Loma Linda University Eye Institute in southern California.

Dr. White performs refractive surgery, cataract surgery, micro-invasive glaucoma surgery, pterygium surgery, upper eyelid blepharoplasty, and stays current with the latest techniques in corneal transplantation and scleral-fixation of intraocular lenses. At SHARPEVISION, Dr. White specializes in cataract removal, refractive lens exchange (RLE), micro-invasive glaucoma surgery, and pterygium removal surgery. He is also proficient in Spanish.

In his free time, Dr. White has a passion for engineering, machining, and optics. Dr. White holds a patent for an optical method of early cancer detection developed at Northwestern University. He also has a pending patent for a self-developed surgical device which he is striving to enable the next major evolution in corneal endothelial transplantation. Dr. White is an avid tennis player, golfer, skier, and plays guitar in a band.