Dr. Lane has served as the secretary for the new ophthalmic information committee at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) since 2004. He is currently chair of the Specialty Information Teams (SITs). He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota and completed an ophthalmology residency at Pennsylvania State University. A fellowship in cornea and external disease and refractive surgery at the University of Minnesota followed. Dr. Lane's expertise is in cornea/external disease, anterior segment surgery, and refractive surgery. He was one of the original clinical investigators for the excimer laser, and he has performed laser refractive surgery for more than 15 years.