Dr. Behler is a board certified Ophthalmologist who specializes in Refractive and Cataract Surgery. A Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of South Florida, Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Eye Surgeons, International Society of Refractive Surgery and American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery this highly qualified surgeon specializes in laser vision correction and advanced cataract surgery.
He has over 12 years of experience performing thousands of refractive surgery procedures on patients from all over the world including LASIK, PRK, Refractive Lens Exchange and cataract surgery, RK, AK, ALK, and now Bioptics and ICLS. He routinely combines refractive surgery with cataract surgery enabling patients to see and read without glasses and has been performing refractive lens and cataract surgery longer than any other LASIK surgeon in the Tampa Bay area. He has been performing LASIK since it became available and was the first surgeon in the Tampa Bay area to perform hyperopic LASIK and the first surgeon in the Western Florida certified in CustomVue LASIK. Dr. Behler has been performing CustomVue LASIK since it’s’ availability and is the only surgeon in the Tampa Bay area who is board certified by all 3 of the following boards:
American Board of Ophthalmology Board of Examiners 1992 and 2002
Board Certified in LASIK by the American Board of Eye Surgery
Certified by the Council of Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
Dr. Behler received his Master’s Degree with honors from the University
of Michigan and his Medical Degree from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of
Medicine. He completed the Harvard Basic Science Course in Ophthalmology and
completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Eye and Ear Institute at the
University of Pittsburgh with advanced training in laser eye surgery, phacoemulsification
and implant surgery.
In
addition to his surgical practice he is a surgical instrument inventor and
is a concert pianist and conductor. He has been director of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology Concert series and recently participated in the International
Van Cliburn Competition. His wife Kate was a teacher at the prestigious Berkeley
Preparatory School. They have a 5-year-old son.
Dr. Behler is a board certified Ophthalmologist who specializes in Refractive and Cataract Surgery. A Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of South Florida, Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Eye Surgeons, International Society of Refractive Surgery and American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery this highly qualified surgeon specializes in laser vision correction and advanced cataract surgery. 
