Meet Paul D. Langer, MD

Paul D. Langer, MD, FACS is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Division of Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive and Orbital Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. His practice focuses on the management of periorbital trauma, orbital tumors, Graves orbitopathy, lacrimal surgery, and reconstructive surgery of the eyelids. He has evaluated and treated over 4000 patients with orbital and facial fractures during his career and is frequently consulted to manage patients who have already undergone surgical repair of orbital fractures but have persistent double vision or eyelid malposition following their surgery. Dr. Langer has published over 100 papers in the peer-reviewed literature, written over 20 book chapters, edited one textbook, and delivered over 300 presentations nationally and internationally. He is recognized as a leading authority on the management of orbital fractures and has been named on the Castle Connolly list of Best Doctors each year for the past 22 consecutive years.

Dr. Langer is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University and completed medical school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was named to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and received the Stethoscope Award for graduating in the top 5 members of his graduating class. He completed ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Francisco followed by a two-year fellowship in ophthalmic plastic, reconstructive and orbital surgery at the University of Utah. He subsequently completed a 6-month fellowship in orbital surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England.

Dr. Langer served as the Ophthalmology Residency Program Director at NJMS for 18 years and in 2008 received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award for developing national standards of resident competency. In 2009, he received the Straatsma Award from the AAO as the outstanding Ophthalmology Program Director in the nation. He was selected to serve on the Ophthalmology Residency Review Committee of the ACGME, a committee that oversees all Ophthalmology residency training in the country, from 2007-2013. He represented the state of New Jersey on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Council from 2009-2012. He has served on the Board of Governors of the New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology (NJAO) since 2007, serving as its President in 2011. Since 2010, he has been the Program Chair for the NJAO annual fall educational meeting. Dr. Langer is a recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award and currently serves as Vice President of the North American Society of Academic Orbital Surgeons, an organization comprising fellowship-trained orbital surgeons working at tertiary care referral institutions across North America.