Dr. Rapoza is an internationally recognized authority in refractive surgery. He graduated with distinction from Northwestern University, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. He received his medical degree with honors from the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Rapoza completed his internship in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and completed his residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed a fellowship in Cornea and Corea Surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was the Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgical Service at UWM for several years. He moved to Boston to become a partner in Cornea Consultants and a founding partner of the Laser Eye Center of Boston. Over the past four years, Dr. Rapoza and his family began to live part time in Warren, where they came to love Vermont and the Green Mountain Lifestyle. After working at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston for eighteen years, Dr. Rapoza accepted a position at Ophthalmic Consultants of Vermont. Some of his noteworthy accolades includes:
- Appearing on several television programs including, “Connie Chung’s Eye to Eye”, CNN, and Public Broadcasting
- Listed annually as a top ophthalmologist in the region by Boston magazine, “Best Doctors in America”, and in “Trusted LASIK Surgeons”
- Author of numerous medical papers and book chapters
- Principal Investigator in pivotal trials of PRK and LASIK
- Serving as a consultant to the Ministry of Health of several nations
- Recipient of an Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his scientific contributions and leadership in educational activities
- Serving on the Preferred Practice Pattern panel for Cornea and External disease
- Former Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, at the Harvard Medical School and a mentor for the Tufts University New England Eye Institute’s cornea fellowship
- Graduate of the Citizen’s Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
