Leslie W. Jacobson, M.D.

Leslie Walter Jacobson, M.D., F.A.C.S., was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree, Bachelor of Science degree and his Medical degree. After a general internship at Hennepin County General Hospital in Minneapolis, he spent 2 ½ years as a Captain in the U.S. Army, both overseas and domestically and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.He returned to the University of Minnesota, where he completed a Fellowship in Ophthalmology. He started his practice at 6533 Drew Avenue South in Edina, where he practices to this day.

Dr. Jacobson is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Minnesota State Medical Association, Hennepin County Medical Society and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

He was featured in the first “Top Doctor’s “ issue of the Minneapolis/St. Paul magazine. He is on the teaching staff of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota where he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Jacobson is on the medical staffs of Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Phillips Eye Institute and Fairview Southdale Hospital.

He and his wife, Cathy, have one son, two daughters and four grandsons. Dr. Jacobson has many avocations, which include flying his own aircraft (having obtained both his instrument and land and sea ratings), hunting and fishing, downhill skiing and traveling.

Raymond C. Croissant, M.D.
Medical/Surgical Practice

Dr. Croissant is a comprehensive ophthalmologist who performs diagnostic, preventive, and routine eye exams, and treats most eye diseases. His areas of special interest are cataracts and implants, refractive surgery and LASIK, and prevention and control of glaucoma.

Refractive surgery and LASIK have rapidly developed into state-of-the-art technology, offering exciting results to properly selected patients. While the procedures work for many individuals, each patient must be carefully examined and must deliberately consider the risk/benefit factors before committing to having the treatments. Dr. Croissant and his staff emphasize educating the patients about the pros and cons of refractive surgery. He has been performing LASIK since early 1999.

Like refractive surgery, cataract surgery and implants are microsurgical techniques. Currently, Dr. Croissant utilizes the clear cornea, suture less technique, spherical and toric implants, and topical anesthesia (as opposed to injecting Novocain-like medicines.)

Glaucoma is almost always silent and can seriously damage vision unless it is detected early. Many treatments are now available, including numerous eye drops, laser, and microsurgery. Each patient must be carefully monitored for response to treatment. The doctor must be ever-vigilant for the need to change treatment modalities if the condition changes.

Dr. Croissant operates primarily at Fairview Southdale Hospital.

The American Board of Ophthalmology has certified Dr. Croissant. He has served as a director on the State Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and was Minnesota’s Councilor to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, and has served as that organization’s president for a number of years.

EDUCATION
Dr. Croissant graduated from Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. At Western Reserve he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the Honor Medical Society.

After an internship in Cleveland, Ohio, he joined the U.S. Public Health Service, Division of Tuberculosis Control. He was assigned to Puerto Rico where he spent two very rewarding years treating tuberculosis patients. Dr. Croissant especially enjoyed the opportunity to live in a Latin American culture and to learn the Spanish language.

Dr. Croissant completed a four-year course of study in the specialty of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota, and then he joined Southdale Eye Clinic. Board Certification was granted shortly after.

PERSONAL
Dr. Croissant is a long-time resident of the Twin Cities. He was born in New England and was the eldest of eight children. His father was an officer in the U.S. Army, so his boyhood was spent all over the U.S. from New England to California. He went to Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he majored in biology and minored in chemistry. For a foreign language he studied Italian, the language of his mother’s family. At Western Reserve he was elected to Beta Beta Beta, the biology honorary, and to Phi Sigma Lota, the Romance language honorary. He also was a starter on the school’s football team, playing offensive guard and linebacker.

He met his wife, Mara, in college and they were married after his 2nd year of medical school. Mara is a registered nurse. They have two grown daughters, Christine and Lisa, and three young grandchildren.

Dr. Croissant enjoys outdoor sports, skiing, his Northwoods cabin in winter and summer, and working with his computer.

Martin B. Kaplan, M.D.

Dr. Kaplan has practiced comprehensive Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic surgery for over 30 years. His practice includes treatment of medical eye diseases, surgical and laser treatment of Glaucoma, and cataract and refractive surgery. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is certified by VISX® on their state of the art laser for refractive surgery.

Dr. Kaplan grew up in the Twin Cities, earning his medical degree from the University of Minnesota.He received his Ophthalmology training at the internationally recognized Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.He also served in the United States Air Force as a Flight Surgeon for the USAF Thunderbird aerial demonstration team.

Dr. Kaplan served on the steering committee involved in the development of the Phillips Eye Institute and is presently on staff at that facility, as well as at Fairview Southdale Hospital. He was on the board of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology for many years and served as president from 1992-1993. He has received the Physician Recognition Award from the American Medical Association every year since 1970. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and is an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Dorothy J. Horns, M.D.

Dr. Horns practices general, comprehensive, and consultative ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery. 　She specializes in glaucoma and surgery of the anterior segment, and has been performing surgery and laser surgery for more than thirty years.

Dr. Horns received her undergraduate degree　magna cum laude　from Harvard University and earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. 　She is one of seven members of her family to have graduated from the U of M Medical School (a real family affair!). 　At medical school she was elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society her junior year, and she received three of the four prizes awarded at graduation. 　She completed her medical internship at the University of California San Francisco (one of the most prestigious programs in the country) before training in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School's world famous Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. 　She also completed her graduate fellowship training specializing in glaucoma and diseases of the anterior segment at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Dr. Horns is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Minnesota Academy of Medicine (the oldest medical group in the state). 　She is on the staff of Phillips Eye Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, and Fairview Southdale Hospital. 　She has been on the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota Medical School for thirty years and currently holds the rank of Adjunct Associate Professor. 　She has served on multiple professional committees and boards of professional organizations and has taught students in many settings over the years. 　She has been selected to help ensure the high quality of future ophthalmologists by serving as an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology.　

Dr. Horns, whose father, Richard C. Horns, MD was a well known and well respected ophthalmologist, grew up in the Twin Cities. 　After managing her own practice, at first with her father and then on her own for several years, she joined Southdale Eye Clinic in 1998. 　She has many multigenerational families of patients who have relied on her skilled, knowledgeable, and caring approach to ophthalmic care for many years.

In addition to her medical duties, Dr. Horns has served on the boards of Alpha Epsilon Iota medical sorority, the Minnesota Opera, and the Schubert Club, and was president of the University of Minnesota Medical School Alumni Society for several years in the 1990s.

Mark Lewis Norman III, M.D.

Mark Lewis Norman III, M.D., featured in every "Top Doctor" issue of the renowned Minneapolis/St. Paul magazine is popular with both patients and peers. A comprehensive ophthalmic practitioner since 1983, he specializes in the latest cataract, pediatric, and refractive surgeries. He is Board Certified by the American Academy of Ophthalmologists and VISX® certified on the VISX’s state-of-the-art Star 2 scanning laser, which helps correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.

Dr. Norman was elected Chief of Staff in 1995 of Minneapolis’ celebrated Phillips Eye Institute. He also has staff appointments to Riverside Medical Center, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, both in Minneapolis and Fairview Southdale in Edina. Additionally, he is a Clinical Instructor in Family Practice at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

Born and reared in the Twin Cities, Dr. Norman received his Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of St. Thomas where he majored in biology and minored in chemistry. Completing his medical training for his medical degree at St. Louis (Missouri) University, he served two internships, one in the Department of Neurosurgery and the second in the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Louis University Hospitals. His residency in ophthalmology was at the University’s Bethesda Eye Institute where he was named Chief Resident in his third year.

Dr. Norman is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying jogging and rollerblading with his dogs. He and his wife, Polly, a photographer and artist, have two sons.

Nathan B. Reader, M.D.

Nathan Reader, M.D. practices comprehensive ophthalmology and has experience with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease including medical and laser treatment of retinal disease. He has extensive training in cataract, lens implant, laser, glaucoma, and other anterior segment surgery. Dr. Reader is certified to perform custom LASIK vision correction surgery using the VISX excimer laser and the iLASIK platform.. Dr. Reader also has a special interest in eyelid and upper facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Reader graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BS in Biochemistry. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, one of the top ranked medical schools in the country. While there, he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. Dr. Reader completed an internship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, followed by residency in ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota where he won the oculoplastics award, given to the resident who has shown outstanding skills and aptitude in the areas of ophthalmic plastics and reconstructive surgery. He has done research in the areas of eye movement disorders, neurology, genetics, and fluid mechanics.

Dr. Reader is a board certified member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is also a member of the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology and the Minnesota Medical Association. He lives in Bloomington with his wife and two sons.

Erin Leverentz, M.D.

Dr. Leverentz graduated from Duke University, Magna cum Laude, with a BS in Biology and Chemistry. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. While there, she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Dr. Leverentz completed an internship at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in Wisconsin, followed by residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Leverentz then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics.

Dr. Leverentz practices Comprehensive Ophthalmologywith an interest in Cataract Surgery and sub-specialty in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus.

Dr. Leverentz looks forward to earning your trust and respect by providing you and your patients outstanding eye care in a timely and compassionate manner.

Jonathan H. Engman, M.D.

Jonathan H. Engman, M.D. practices comprehensive ophthalmology and has a special interest in cataract and refractive surgery. He enjoys seeing patients with all types of eye diseases including cataracts, diabetes, macular degeneration, glaucoma and dry eye. He sees patients for eye emergencies and provides routine eye care as well. He is certified to perform CustomVue LASIK and PRK using the VISX laser. He was board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2006. He has been featured in the "Top Doctor" issue of the Minneapolis/St. Paul magazine.

After graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College, Dr. Engman took a year off and spent time doing research at the University of Minnesota and volunteering at a hospice in Jerusalem. He returned to the University of Minnesota to complete his medical degree where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. His residency in Ophthalmology was also completed at the University of Minnesota. Following residency he spent 6 years at HealthPartners providing medical and surgical eye care.

Dr. Engman is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Academy of Ophthalmology.

Outside of work, Dr. Engman enjoys spending time with his wife Kristin, two daughters and their yellow lab.