About Jeffrey Paul Edelstein, MD.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffery Edelstein attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1976. He also attended the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, where he studied folk guitar, and then went on to attend Medical School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School through 1981. He interned at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois and completed a residency in ophthalmology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Edelstein then headed west to Arizona in 1985, where he worked as a fellow in ophthalmic plastic surgery at the University of Arizona . Jeff retains a faculty position in the Department of Ophthalmology as a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Arizona. He then opened his private practice in Mesa, Arizona in 1987, and has been helping patients ever since.
Dr. Jeff Edelstein has over 20 years of Oculoplastic experience and is committed to providing exceptional diagnosis and treatment of his patients. His commitment to excellence reaches into the community through his affiliations with the University of Arizona as a Clinical Instructor, an Arizona Councilor for the American Academy of Ophthalmology(2002-2008), former President of the Arizona Ophthalmological Society (2001-2003), a member of the Barrow CranioFacial Center, and as one of the physicians for the Phoenix Coyotes NHL Hockey team. He is a Fellow of the prestigious American and European Societies of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and carries credentials at numerous hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities in the Phoenix area.
Board Certifications
- American Board of Ophthalmology - 1986
Professional Memberships
- American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Inc (ASOPRS)
- ASOPRS Education Committee Member (2001 - present)
- ASOPRS Oral Board Examiner (2005-present)
- ASOPRS advisor to the American Medical Associations Relative Update Committee (2005-present)
- European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
- American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- Arizona Councilor for AAO (2002-2008)
- Health Policy Committee for AAO (2008)
- Arizona Ophthalmological Society (President 2001-2003)
- America Medical Association (AMA)
- Phoenix Ophthalmological Society
- Maricopa County Medical Society
- Phoenix Coyotes NHL Hockey Medical Team (See Wilson has surgery)
- Barrow Craniofacial Center
Affiliations
- East Valley
- Banner Desert Medical Center
- Warner Medical Park
- Physicians Surgery Center of Tempe
- Central
- St Josephs Hospital