Dr. Bill Richheimer
Ophthalmologist, Cataract & Refractive Surgeon, Owner of Mile High Eye Institute
Education
Cornell University (Bachelor of Science, Biology)Duke University (Doctorate, Medicine)
Cal Pacific Medical Center (Residency, Ophthalmology)
Morgan Eye Center (Fellowship, Corneal Diseases and Surgery)
Can be seen at
Vail Vision, Mile Hight Eye Institute (Denver + Satellites)Bio
Dr. Richheimer has the foremost expertise in LASIK, Cataracts, Corneal Transplantation, and other eye surgeries. He attained his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, followed by his Medical Doctor (MD) degree from Duke University. Dr. Richheimer pursued an Internal Medicine Internship in Denver, Colorado. He completed an Ophthalmology Residency in San Francisco, CA at the prestigious California Pacific Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in Cornea, Refractive Surgery, and External Disease at the renowned Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, UT.
After years of travel for education, Dr. Richheimer is now proud to call Denver his home. He continues to volunteer and teach in our local community and abroad. Dr. Richheimer has performed hundreds of eye surgeries in Guatemala. He has also visited Nepal to teach corneal transplantation and perform cataract surgery. Dr. Richheimer further volunteers and teaches here at Denver Health Hospital. In 2009, he was awarded the Volunteer Faculty Teaching Award by the Ophthalmology Residency program at the University of Colorado for his work teaching corneal transplantation.