Dr. Charles B. Slonim most recently served as an Professor of Ophthalmology and Affiliate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa and Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.
Dr. Slonim teaches physicians about ophthalmic and oculoplastic diseases, diagnoses, and surgeries, as well as contact lens technology. He has lectured extensively to ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other physicians throughout the United States, and in more than 55 international cities in more than 34 countries around the world. He served as a Consultant at the Olympic Vision Center in the Olympic Village during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He has been a world-renowned Consultant for a number of major contact lens and ophthalmic pharmaceutical companies. He served as the Medical Director for Bausch and Lomb Pharmaceutical, Inc. from 1990-2009 and as a Member for Scientific Advisory Board of Sirion Therapeutics, Inc. and Sirion Holdings Inc. He is the team Ophthalmologist for many Tampa Bay area professional and intercollegiate sports teams, including the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League and the University of South Florida intercollegiate sports programs. He has published one book, Eye Was There: A Patient Guide to Coping with the Loss of an Eye, more than 50 scientific journal articles, 26 ophthalmic book chapters, and 11 clinical symposia.
Dr. Slonim has served as the Medical Monitor for more than 32 clinical trials from which NDA approvals for 10 drugs have been successfully rewarded.
Dr. Slonim is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and New York Medical College and completed his Ophthalmology Residency from Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.