Stephen E. Higgins, M.D.

Dr. Higgins is fellowship trained in corneal/external diseases and refractive/laser corrective surgery. He has performed several thousand laser vision correction procedures. Dr. Higgins also specializes in using the most modern surgical techniques to perform cataract and lens implant surgery including no stitch surgery with topical (eye drop) anesthesia, corneal transplants, and anterior segment surgery.

Dr. Higgins received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Michigan. He completed his Internship at William Beaumont Hospital, his Ophthalmology Residency at Wills Eye Hospital and his subspecialty Fellowship in Corneal Surgery and External Disease at The University of Iowa.

He has been in private practice since 1990, is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Michigan Ophthalmological Society, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Midwest Cornea Society, International Society of Refractive Surgery, American Medical Association, the Michigan State Medical Society and the Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine. He is also a clinical instructor with Michigan State University.