My name is Doctor Timothy Root, and I created this website to get your ophthalmology/optometry knowledge up to speed as quickly as possible. On this site you’ll find:

Live Lectures Here is my collection of eye lectures given live at various ophthalmology conferences. The “slit lamp exam” video is most useful for new students, while the “exploding …

Read the Chapters right here: Chapter 1: Eye history and physical Timothy Root, MD 61

Dr. Timothy Root is a practicing ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon in Daytona Beach, Florida. He began cartooning while an undergraduate at Yale University, and continued his medical …

The hardest skill to understand and master. Root makes it easy!

Here is a humorous, 24-minute guide to the slit-lamp eye exam. From constructing a microscope, positioning your patient, to the anterior SLE exam itself … it’s all covered here. Enjoy! Screen …

T he angle formed by the inner cornea and the root of the iris is particularly important in ophthalmology. Here you find the trabecular meshwork with its underlying Schlemms Canal.

A thorough eye exam is important! Not only is the eye the most important organ in the body (of course!), but many common systemic diseases show ocular involvement. In fact, some …

Dr. Timothy Root is a practicing ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon in Daytona Beach, Florida. His books, video lectures, and training resources can be found at www.TimRoot.com

I've written a lot of ophthalmology textbooks over the years, such as OphthoBook and the Root Eye Dictionary. Lately, I've branched into young adult fiction.