He and his team have the most experience implanting the most Light Adjustable Lenses in California. He was the first surgeon in the nation to implant PanOptix, the first and only FDA-approved trifocal lens implant, using NGENUITY 3D Heads-Up Visualization System in September 2019. He was the second surgeon in the world to perform cataract surgery using a head-mounted 3D display system in February 2018. Dr. Davidson is a nationally recognized leader and instructor in the use of advanced technology lenses, lasers and other devices for Lens Replacement, and serves as National Director for the American Academy of Ophthalmology Laser Cataract Surgery Skills Transfer Course since 2015, and Instructor for the ASCRS Femtosecond Laser Cataract Skills Sessions since 2015. Dr. Davidson works with laser and lens implant manufacturers to continuously update and improve products, hardware and software. He is an instructor and writes the curriculum for LenSx and ORA training courses for new and experienced surgeons.
He has traveled to over 20 states in the past few years as guest lecturer for state and regional ophthalmology society meetings. He lectures to ophthalmology residency programs in Southern California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas on the topic of Intraocular Lens Power Calculation Strategies. Dr Davidson has implanted over 10,000 Advanced Technology Lenses since May 2005, including over 1,800 PanOptix trifocal implants since launch in September 2019, performed over 10,000 Laser Lens Replacements since May 2013. He was the first doctor in any specialty in Ventura County to be awarded the distinction of Southern California Super Doctors, and has been nominated by other Los Angeles area ophthalmologists for this title every year since 2013.
Dr Davidson was AOA earning his medical doctorate with Highest Distinction (top 1%) from Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana, after being Phi Beta Kappa his junior and senior years earning Bachelor of Arts degrees Magna Cum Laude in both Biology and Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Music from Indiana University in Bloomington, also with Highest Distinction (top 1%). He completed a residency in ophthalmology at Indiana University in Indianapolis and was awarded a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at the prestigious Jules Stein Institute at UCLA, where he won the Fellowship Research Award, and taught residents and fellows for 30 years. He volunteered to help the less fortunate with surgical missions to Albania, Fiji, Mexico, Venezuela and Vietnam. He was Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1994 and has been recertified every 10 years ever since, including 2024 for the next 10 years. He has received the AMA’s distinguished Physician Recognition Award for exceeding the standard continuing medical education credit requirements several times as recently as December 2024.
At 6’7″ tall, Dr Davidson enjoys basketball, bass guitar, jazz music, his loving wife, four wonderful sons, two daughters, and their four dogs.
