Richard E. Naids, M.D., is Board certified in Ophthalmology and is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. His areas of expertise include cataract and lens implant surgery as well as comprehensive ophthalmology.

Dr. Naids was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and attended La Salle University where he graduated with honors. He completed his medical education at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. His medical internship was performed at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania. His residency in Ophthalmology was at Temple University Hospital where he was Chief Resident in his last year.

Dr. Naids has offered several research articles and holds a United States patent for the first tapeless post-operative eye shield.

He has been in practice in the Philadelphia are for the past 25 years and is currently on staff at the Wills Eye Hospital.