Honors and Awards

Dr Schallhorn (left) receiving the distinguished Lans Award at the AAO (New Orleans, 2004) along with fellow award recipients Drs Steven Slade (center) and Thomas Neuhann (right).

Dr Schallhorn is the recipient of numerous military and academic awards and honors, including:

Selection for Alpha Omega Alpha medical honors society
Honors medical school graduate (ranked in the top 5% of his class)
Designated “Fellow of the Year” at Doheny Eye Institute (1995/96) during the period of his 2-year fellowship training in Cornea and External Disease.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff Award for Excellence in Military Medicine (1997) presented by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (General John M. Shalikashvili) and American patriot Zachary Fisher – the award included a $50,000 research grant.
The Navy Legion of Merit, the highest non-combat medal in the military, awarded for performance of meritorious service to the United States for his work in refractive surgery
Distinguished Lans Refractive Surgery Award (2004) by the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS), a 3,500-member worldwide medical research organizationcomprised of leading eye care experts in vision correction surgery.
Selected by his peers to be included as one of the Best Doctors in America 2005-2006.
Recognized as “America’s Top Ophthalmologist” 2007 from the Consumers Research Council of America.
Voted one of the “TOP 50 Opinion Leaders” for Outstanding Contribution and Leadership in the Fields of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in 2006.
Selected to give the prestigious keynote address, the Binkhorst Lecture, at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
The David Paton Medal Lecture in 2008, bestowed by the Baylor College of Medicine