Jonathan Isaac Macy was born in New York City and grew up in suburban New Jersey. He earned his BA and MD degrees at Boston University in 1976, with election to Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, Dr. Macy married his wife, Jeannette (a native of Uruguay), and moved to Los Angeles to do a medicine internship at the Los County-USC Medical Center. A subsequent research fellowship at the Doheny Eye Institute led to an Ophthalmology residency at USC, which was completed in 1981. His daughter, Alexandra (Duke University), was born during his rotation through the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital in 1980. Since completing his Ophthalmology training, he has been in private practice adjacent to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His son, Adam (Columbia University), was born in 1983.

In addition to a busy office and surgery practice, Dr. Macy finds time to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Junior Blind and the Board of Trustees of Midway Hospital Medical Center. He is the CAO President (California Academy of Ophthalmology) as well as the Vice President of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation. He is also the Vice President to the Los Angeles County Medical Association, Beverly Hills District. To teach future Ophthalmologists, Dr. Macy is an Associate Clinical Professor at both USC and UCLA. As the author of more than 30 book chapters and papers, Dr. Macy has delivered over 200 lectures around the world. He is frequently called upon as an expert witness for government agencies and in judicial proceedings. He is associated with several pharmaceutical companies as a clinical researcher into new drug therapies and often seeks patients to participate in the final phases of FDA trials. An expert in cataract surgery, Dr. Macy has been a leader in laser surgery for myopia (near-sightedness), astigmatism (surface irregularity) and hyperopia (far-sightedness).
Dr. Macy has written, lectured and taught courses for other Ophthalmologists in Radial Keratotomy (RK), Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) and Laser in situ Keratomileusis (LASIK).

Dr. Macy has been certified as a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) by the State of California. Due to extensive experience in Medical and Surgical Ophthalmology, Dr. Macy has served as Expert Witness, Independent Medical Evaluator (IME), and Agreed Medical Evaluator (AME).

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