Specialty: Cataract, Implantable Lenses, General Ophthalmology

Specializing primarily in cataract surgery, laser surgery, refractive surgery and aging-related conditions of the eye, Dr. Richard Neahring is an active member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. After earning his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, in 1989, he completed an Internal Medicine internship and Ophthalmology residency at the University of Iowa. In addition, he completed fellowships in Neuro-ophthalmology and clinical Neuro-electrophysiology at Iowa.

Before leaving academics in 1998 to establish his surgical practice at Eye Care Physicians & Surgeons, Dr. Neahring also served for two years as a Clinical Fellow Associate in both the departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology at the University of Iowa. Dr. Neahring served as president of Marion-Polk Medical Society 2004-2006.