William J. Faulkner, M.D., has been a cornea specialist at the Cincinnati Eye Institute since 1980. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and University of Louisville School of Medicine. Postgraduate training included internship at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (Stanford), residency at the University of Oklahoma, and fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (Harvard, Cornea and External Disease). 

Dr. Faulkner's practice focuses on medical and surgical treatments of the anterior segment of the eye. He performs corneal transplant surgery, small incision, sutureless, cataract surgery, and has used the new multifocal intraocular lens. Long interested in refractive surgery, he first performed radial keratotomy in 1984, had it himself in 1987, and currently performs LASIK. He does the PRELEX procedure for extreme refractive errors and has inserted the new implantable contact lens under investigational protocol. 

He is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, serves on the Board of Directors of Cincinnati Eye Bank, is a volunteer faculty member for the Bethesda Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, and is listed in the Guide to America's top Ophthalmologists, 2002-2003. 

Dr. Faulkner is married with a son and daughter. He has served on the board of Glendale Youth Sports and coached baseball and soccer. He has led Youth Group and is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Glendale.