Nilesh M. Sheth, M.D.

Specialties:

• Refractive Surgery including LASIK, LASEK, Custom LASIK and CK
• Cornea and External Disease, including corneal transplants
• Advanced Pterygium Surgery
• Clear Cornea Cataract Surgery

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Nilesh M. Sheth, MD is an Ophthalmologist as well as a Cornea and Refractive Surgery specialist. He is now on staff at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) in Boston.

Dr. Sheth performs more laser vision correction procedures than any other surgeon in New England. He has extensive experience in LASIK and other refractive surgeries such as the new surgery for loss of reading in middle age, Conductive Keratoplasty (CK). He also is trained and experienced in glaucoma care, including new laser treatments for glaucoma. He has performed more than 7,000 surgical procedures and currently is number one in Massachusetts doing LASIK procedures using the VISX laser, according to the manufacturer's figures.

Dr. Sheth has done surgery on Boston Celtics legend Jo Jo White and most recently the actor John Fiore who has appeared on Law & Order and The Sopranos (as Gigi Cestone who died in season three). He also has treated State Senator Scott Brown.

Background

Dr. Sheth is a native of the Detroit metropolitan area. He received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Michigan, where he graduated with honors and earned a merit scholarship. He then graduated from Wayne State Medical School with honors for all four years. He completed his internship at the Detroit Medical Center and finished his Ophthalmology residency at Summa Health System, an affiliate of the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Sheth went on to do a two-year fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Louisiana State University, the center where Refractive Surgery first began in the United States.

Professional Memberships:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• International Society of Refractive Surgery
• American Medical Association