Doctors

Christopher M. Tortora, M.D.
Medical Director
Specialty: Cataract and Glaucoma
Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology

Christopher Tortora, M.D. is medical director of the Hawaiian Eye Center, and our primary surgeon. Dr. Tortora received his medical degree and ophthalmology residency training at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He subsequently completed subspecialty fellowship training in the medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma at Harvard University's Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Dr. Tortora is an expert in “no stitch,” or “small incision” phacoemulsification cataract surgery. He has performed well over 10,000 cataract procedures and has been asked to lecture internationally about his surgical techniques. Surgeons from the U.S. and abroad have also traveled to the Hawaiian Eye Surgicenter to observe Dr. Tortora’s surgical techniques.

Dr. Tortora and the doctors of the Hawaiian Eye Center have always been Hawaii's leaders in cataract care. They opened Hawaii's first outpatient eye surgery center in 1982, and brought “no stitch” surgery to the islands. Our doctors pride themselves on providing the highest quality care with a personal touch.

 

Steven Rhee, D.O.
Specialty: Cornea and External
Disease, Cataract
Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology

Dr. Rhee received his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine. He trained in ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and completed sub-specialty fellowship training in Cornea and External Disease at the prestigious Tufts-New England Eye Center in Boston.

Dr. Rhee has participated in medical missions abroad, and has been involved in numerous medical research projects. He is an accomplished eye surgeon specializing in cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, advanced corneal surgical techniques and refractive surgery such as LASIK.

 

William T. Perryman, M.D.
Medical Ophthalmology

William Perryman, M.D. runs our Hilo consultation office. Dr. Perryman received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma and completed his residency at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He has been in practice for over 30 years. He served as Visiting Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center for nearly ten years. Dr. Perryman has lived and worked in Hawaii for many years.