Louis B. Cantor, MD

Dr. Cantor received his medical degree from the Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine in 1980. He completed his internship at the St. Vincent Health Care Center in Indianapolis, his residency at the IU department of ophthalmology and a glaucoma fellowship at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.

Dr. Cantor joined the IU department of ophthalmology as the director of the glaucoma service in 1985. From 1986 to 1989, he also served as chief of ophthalmology at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis. In 1996, he assumed an additional role as director of the ophthalmology residency program for the department. In 1999, he attained the rank of professor of ophthalmology and in 2009 was named chairman of the department of ophthalmology.
In his years with the department, Dr. Cantor has made significant contributions to the research, patient care and education mission of the IU department of ophthalmology. Dr. Cantor is recognized as one of the leading experts in evaluating new topical medications in glaucoma. He created and developed an extremely successful clinical research program and has received more than 30 grants and fellowships to fund his research. He and his colleague, Alon Harris, PhD, developed the Glaucoma Research and Diagnostic Center, a state-wide referral center that has become the leading facility internationally for evaluating the effects of ocular blood flow. While at Wishard Hospital, Dr. Cantor established a strong residency training program and patient care service that remains a central part of the department’s current ophthalmology residency program.

Dr. Cantor is the author of 85 articles on all aspects of ophthalmology and has given more than 250 lectures and presentations worldwide on the diagnostic and medical and surgical aspects of glaucoma care. In addition, Dr. Cantor is an active member of numerous national eye organizations, including the American Ophthalmological Society, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology. At the Academy, Dr. Cantor served on the Glaucoma BCSC committee for 10 years as a member and chair of the committee, before assuming the leadership of the BCSC. In January 2007, Dr. Cantor became the Academy's secretary for education. He has been an associate and senior associate examiner of the American Board of Ophthalmology and served as treasurer of the American Glaucoma Society. He is a former member and chair of the Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology and also served as chair of the Council of Review Committee Chairs, on the Executive Committee and the Strategic Initiatives Committee, Committee on Innovation in the Learning Environment, and ad hoc Committee on Non-Governmental Funding of Graduate Medical Education for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Cantor currently serves on the editorial review boards of several ophthalmology journals.