Jay H. Krachmer, M.D.

Cornea & Refractive Surgery Service

Jay H. Krachmer, M.D., Professor,
Department of Ophthalmology Chair
Phone (612) 625-4400, Fax (612) 625-7107
krach001@umn.edu

The appointment of Dr. Jay H. Krachmer as Professor and Chair and holder of the Mackall-Scheie Research Chair in Ophthalmology became effective in July 1992. Dr. Krachmer was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and then returned to Iowa where he interned and completed a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Iowa. In 1974 he completed a one-year cornea and external disease fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Krachmer was a member of the faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa from 1974 to 1992. He specializes in clinical teaching and research aspects of cornea and external disease of the eye.

Publications

Publication (2005) of two-volume "single source" text with DVD on the cornea, entitled Cornea, 2nd Edition, by Jay H. Krachmer, Mark J. Mannis and Edward J. Holland. The book is published by Elsevier, Inc.

Companion atlas (2006) entitled Cornea: Color Atlas, 2nd Edition, by Jay H. Krachmer and David Palay. Also published by Elsevier, Inc.

Publication of a soft-cover atlas/reference guide (2005), Primary Care Ophthalmology, 2nd Edition: Text with BONUS PocketConsult Handheld Software, by David A. Palay and Jay H. Krachmer. The book is published by Elsevier, Inc. A valuable reference for primary health care personnel treating ocular conditions. The book is made available to all third and fourth year medical students doing their ophthalmology rotation in the Department.

Publication of a 7-volume text on Ophthalmology (2000) entitled The Requisites in Ophthalmology. Series editor,  Elsevier, Inc.