Affiliated Ophthalmologists

Dr. Paul S. Bernstein graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard Medical School.  He completed his internship at the New England Deaconess Hospital and a research fellowship and clinical residency in Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA.  Dr. Bernstein did his fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.  He joined the faculty of the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah in 1995.  Today, he is the Mary Boesche Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, at the University of Utah School of Medicine.   Dr Bernstein is the Chief of the Vitreoretinal Surgical Service for the Veteran's Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, the Director of the Moran Eye Center’s Vitreoretinal Fellowship, and the Associate Research Director at the John A. Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Bernstein also has an active NIH-funded laboratory doing basic science work on nutritional aspects of inherited and acquired macular and retinal diseases.  He is on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Foundation Fighting Blindness, is a Member of the National Eye Institute’s AREDS II Study Executive Committee, is a reviewer for many scientific journals and grant review committees, holds four patents, and has authored over eighty peer-reviewed scientific papers.  In his local community, Dr. Bernstein has served as a Member of the University of Utah Academic Senate and a Member of the University of Utah Patent Advisory Committee.  Dr. Bernstein has been voted one of “America’s Best Doctors” since 2006.

Dr. Bernstein has worked with the Himalayan Cataract Project to bring current techniques in retinal diagnosis and treatment to ophthalmologists in Ghana and Nepal.  He has been a partner in the surgical training of Nepali physicians both in Kathmandu, Nepal, and in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Alan Crandall graduated from the University of Utah, receiving his medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine. He completed his internship in surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center as well as his residency and fellowship in ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania. He joined the University of Utah Ophthalmology Department in 1981. Dr. Crandall is Professor and Senior Vice-Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Director of Glaucoma and Cataract at the Moran Eye Center, University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Crandall is currently the President of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. He is a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners, as well as a member of the American Board of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and American Glaucoma Society.

Dr. Crandall has been working in Kumasi, Ghana for over decade and has joined forces with the Himalayan Cataract Project to improve eye care around the world.  He has worked in Ghana, Ethiopia and Nepal providing surgery and teaching modern surgery technique. 

Robert O. Hoffman, M.D. is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Eye Muscle Disorders at the John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center and Primary Children’s Medical Center.  He is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Utah School of Medicine.  Dr. Hoffman has special interests in retinopathy of prematurity, ocular problems associated with genetics, craniofacial disorders, cataracts in infants and children and complicated strabismus.  He graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah.  His fulfilled his residency at the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  He completed a Fellowship at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dr. Hoffman has a long history of serving on medical boards.  In addition to his work at the Moran Eye Center he currently serves as the Chairman of the Surgical Quality Improvement team at Primary Children’s Medical Center and the faculty advisor for Alpha Omega Alpha and also serves on the Board of Directors of the University of Utah Medical Alumni Association.

Dr. Hoffman has carried out multiple charitable missions in Africa, Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Guatemala and has trained physicians from Pakistan, Indonesia and Germany regarding modern pediatric ophthalmology techniques. His overriding goal is to train individuals in underserved areas of the world so that local health care providers are then able to offer vision care services in their own countries.  Dr. Hoffman feels that the partnership between the Moran Eye Center and the Himalayan Cataract Project provides many excellent opportunities to carry out local training in areas where up to date eye care is needed.

Dr. Imperia graduated from Lafayette College and the Albany Medical College with honors. At Case Western Reserve University, he completed an internal medicine residency and an ophthalmology residency. Dr. Imperia then specialized in cornea and refractive surgery, doing a fellowship at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. He has been a partner and director of the refractive surgery program at the Medical Eye Center, a private practice in Medford, Oregon since 1991.

Dr. Imperia has worked in Nepal and Africa providing surgery and teaching modern surgical techniques. He has hosted physicians from developing countries who travel to the U.S. for fellowships to further their training. Dr. Imperia is particularly interested in bringing refractive surgery; such as Lasik, to developing countries to reduce the severe visual disability that exists amongst those who have no access to glasses.