Alan H. Gruber, MD

Alan H. Gruber, MD
Alan H. Gruber is a board certified ophthalmologist who is fellowship trained in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Gruber was raised in Brighton and graduated from Northwestern University. He returned to his hometown to attend the University of Rochester School of Medicine before moving on to San Francisco, where he completed his internship at Mt. Zion Hospital and then to New York, where he did his residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He then went to Boston to undertake a fellowship in oculoplastics at the Boston Eye Research Institute.
Dr. Gruber made a second homecoming in 1986 and joined his father, Dr. Ellis Gruber, along with Dr. Max Presberg, and Dr. Howard I. Schenker at ROG.
He was appointed to the University of Rochester clinical faculty as clinical assistant professor. Over the course of his tenure at the U of R Medical Center, he has helped train medical students in fundamentals of ophthalmology and eye residents in ophthalmic plastic surgery.
With extensive experience in all areas of ophthalmology, Dr. Gruber maintains a busy and medical and surgical practice, treating patients of all ages. A specialist in cosmetic and reconstructive eyelid surgery, tearing problems, and orbit surgery, he is also an accomplished cataract surgeon who utilizes the latest technologies and lens implants. Dr. Gruber is highly experienced in glaucoma management, participating in many clinical drug research studies. He serves as the chief of the ophthalmology service at the Westfall Surgery Center.