Dr. E. John Eldridge is a licensed Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Board Certified Ophthalmologist who practices General Ophthalmology with a special interest in glaucoma and medical retina, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.
Dr. Eldridge is a 1983 graduate and former faculty member of the Northwestern University Medical School and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He completed his residency training in Ophthalmology at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1987. He also completed an additional year of training in retinal diseases while in private practice in Evanston, Illinois. He has been in solo practice in Kenosha for over twenty years. Dr. Eldridge is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Catherine's Hospital and as President of the Kenosha Physicians Network IPA. His biography has appeared in Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest, and will be included in the 2009-2010 Edition of Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare. He was named as an "Outstanding Young Man of America," and he is listed in the current "Guide to America's Top Ophthalmologists."
His special interests include medical retina, which encompasses retinal vascular diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. He is also experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and cataracts, contact lens related problems, and the ocular manifestations of systemic disease.
Dr. Eldridge has had extensive experience with the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. He has been taught by many renowned vitreoretinal specialists. Dr. Eldridge has personally performed hundreds of fluorescein angiograms for diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. He has also performed thousands of laser procedures for diabetic retinopathy and other retinal vascular diseases and retinal tears.