Educational Background
Dr. Jeffrey D. Gold is a Board-Certified Physician with over 30 years of experience in eye medicine and surgery with special expertise in laser technology. Dr. Gold graduated from Kenyon College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in 1968, he completed his ophthalmology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. After practicing in the New Haven area for over 15 years as an Ophthalmologist, utilizing laser technology in treating eye disease since the early 1980's, he moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 1991 where he perfected his Laser Vision Correction techniques. Soon after FDA approval of the Excimer Laser in 1995 he began performing laser vision correction in one of the first two laser centers in the United States to offer the procedure. He worked in Salt Lake City from 1991 to 1997 and trained in laser vision correction between 1995 and 1997 under the direction of two of the leaders in the field.
Dr. Gold has completed Mini-Fellowships in Refractive Surgery at the Casebeer Refractive Surgery Center, Johns Hopkins University, and the Cleveland Eye Clinic. Between 1997 and 2000 Dr. Gold was instrumental in the development of the Yale Laser Center as a member of its Organizational and Medical Advisory Boards. As a faculty member of the Ophthalmology Departments at Yale University and The University of Utah, he has authored and presented original research on laser surgery. Since 1997, he has practiced almost exclusively Laser Vision Correction, having performed over 10,000 LASIK procedures by early 2009.
Dr. Gold has personally had refractive surgery in 1992 to correct his myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia. He has performed refractive surgery for his wife, daughter and two brothers and other immediate family members.
In 2002 Dr. Gold was honored as one of the "Top 100 Surgeons" by Laser Vision Centers, Inc., "for achieving excellence in refractive surgery." Reaching one of the highest total individual case volumes for 2002 ranks him among this elite surgeon group. In addition, the Consumers research council of America honored Dr. Gold as one of “Americans top ophthalmologists” for 2004 –2005. In 2007 and again in 2008 he received the same honor again as one of the "Top 100 Surgeons" by Laser Vision Centers, Inc., "for achieving excellence in refractive surgery". Dr. Gold is a member of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians; a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of its Refractive Surgery Interest Group; a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and a Fellow of the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.
He returned to the New Haven, CT Area in a new practice in early 2003 excited to expand his laser expertise into the field of Laser Hair and Vein Removal. Ophthalmology was the first branch of medicine to use lasers extensively. Cosmetic uses of lasers is a natural extension for a physician who has broad knowledge and experience in medical laser treatment.
"The acquisition of the new Cutera CoolGlide® Xeo Laser allows me to provide all my patients with this extremely comfortable, fast and effective hair, vein, wrinkle and sunspot removal treatment," he reports. "Unlike older technologies available, CoolGlide® allows me to successfully treat more patients, not just those with lighter skin and darker hair. My patients, both men and women alike, really appreciate this new CoolGlide® laser technology because it is fast and effective with minimal discomfort. In addition patients can return to their normal activities almost immediately; indeed some of them schedule their appointments for 'lunch-hour' procedures".
As soon as Cutera introduced the new Titan skin tightening technology in 2004, Laser Body Solutions was the first practice in New England to embrace the technology. We have countless thrilled patients who have literally turned back the clock and rejected growing old gracefully. As the body ages, Titan can reverse the effects of sun and gravity which cause sagging skin. With Titan patients can enjoy a youthful and vigorous appearance.
The TriPhasic Resonator can reduce the unsightliness of fat and cellulite in those patients who are willing to exercise and follow a reasonable nutrition program. It utilizes heat, vibration and electricity to tone muscle and slenderize the body. Although it has been in existence since 1985, Dr. Gold learned about it in 2006 and brought it into our practice that year.
The newest exciting technology in our practice is the Revage 670TM Laser to reverse thinning hair. Dr. Gold is using it to reverse his own hair loss.
Dr. Gold is a member of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians; a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of its Refractive Surgery Interest Group; a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.
Certification / Memberships
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- American College of Surgeons
Additional Affiliations
Member of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians
Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Member of the Refractive Surgery Interest Group
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery
Member of the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery
Member of the BOTOX® Physicians Network
Years In Practice
