Dr. Goren graduated from the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Medical School in 1989,
where he was President of his class. He is proud of his accomplishment of initiating the first program in medical ethics for
students at Northwestern University Medical School.
He completed his internship at Georgetown University
Medical Center in Washington, D.C. where he also spent time at the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke Division
of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Goren completed his residency at the New England Eye Center of Tufts University
Medical School in Boston in 1993. There he was awarded the Charles Preefer, MD award for excellence in ophthalmic research.
He next served as Fellow in the Department of Cornea and External Disease at the world-renowned Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia,
PA under the tutelage of Peter Laibson--one of the pioneers of modern corneal transplant surgery and the treatment of corneal
disease.
Dr. Goren joined the faculty of Northwestern University Medical School in 1994 as Instructor
of Clinical Ophthalmology. He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1996 and served our war veterans for almost 10 years as
Chief of Ophthalmology at the Veterans Administration Chicago Medical Center--the main surgical teaching resource of the Northwestern
University Ophthalmology Residency Training Program. He continues to be an integral part of the teaching program at
Northwestern in addition to his active private practice.
Matthew Goren, MD has authored 65 articles
in peer-reviewed journals and has delivered over one hundred lectures on various ophthalmologic topics at scientific meetings
throughout the country. His research has been presented at meetings around the world. Additionally, Dr. Goren has served
on editorial boards and as scientific referee for some of the leading international peer-review journals in the field of ophthalmology.
He has also served as a reviewer for the American Ophthalmological Society. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Dr.
Goren, the recipient of numerous honors, is a four-time winner of the Northwestern University Department of Ophthalmology
Outstanding Teacher award. He received a Fisons Grant for ocular immunology research by the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
and was awarded the prestigious Paul Revere Bowl by the New England Ophthalmological Society in 1999. Dr. Goren is a lifetime
member of Kingston's Registry of Who's Who for his contribution to the field of ophthalmology and his service to the Veterans
Administration. He has consistently been named one of "America's Top Ophthalmologists" and in 2005 was honored by the
American Academy of Ophthalmology for his outstanding contributions to ophthalmic education. He is especially proud
of his Commission by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky as "Colonel" for his commitment to America's veterans as
a native-born Kentuckian.
Matthew Goren, MD maintains active memberships in numerous prominent
medical societies. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, an Associate of the prestigious Castroviejo Cornea
Society, and a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, the Wills Eye Hospital
Society, and Research to Prevent Blindness.
