Jeffrey B. Morris, ​M.D.

Jeffrey B. Morris is a board certified ophthalmologist with 29 years of experience in microsurgery of the eye and laser vision correction.

Dr. Morris has performed over 20,000 laser and intraocular surgeries. He is a LASIK/PRK certified surgeon and is the first surgeon in San Diego to be certified in surgical contact lens implantation (ICL). With his combined skills in Laser Refractive Surgery and Intraocular Lens Implantation (IOL) Surgery, he is uniquely qualified to offer the new array of Smart Lens implants for treatment of near vision for treatment of cataracts and restoration of near vision. Dr. Morris was the first surgeon on the West Coast to own and offer the Bausch & Lomb Victus Cataract Laser, which helps to prepare patients for cataract treatments.

Dr. Morris is certified and performed thousands of cataract surgeries using different styles of Smart Lenses including the  Multifocal Alcon Restor® IOL, Alcon Toric® IOL, AMO Tecnis® Multiofocal, and the Bausch & Lomb Crystalens® .

Dr. Morris, Founder and Medical Director of Morris Eye Group, received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University and his Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas, School of Public Health. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, he interned at the University of Southern California/Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles and completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the University of California Medical School at San Diego/Shiley Eye Center.

Before entering private practice, Dr. Morris served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service. Additionally, he worked as a Health Policy Analyst for the National Cancer Institute and as a Clinical Epidemiologist for the Federal Food and Drug Administration. In the area of clinical research, as Principal Investigator, Dr. Morris has conducted numerous pharmaceutical clinical trials for Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Allergan, Inc. and Merck & Co., Inc. In 1993, Dr. Morris served as a Presidential Appointee — one of only two surgeons in the country to serve on the White House Health Care Reform Advisory Task Force.

​Dr. Morris is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He has authored articles in research and health economics and is a member of the Editorial Board for the professional journal, Review of Ophthalmology.

​He lives with his wife and two dogs in North County San Diego. Dr. Morris is a father and an avid sports fan. He enjoys playing golf, and true to his native Texas roots, he also loves to barbecue.