Dr. Beer is the Founder and CEO of Z Lens LLC. Z Lens LLC makes the best Dual Mode Accommodating & Disaccommodating IOL ever produced and has the most accommodation & movement of any device ever tested. A Dual Mode AD-IOL has both axial shift and shape shift of an elastic optic. His accommodative IOL research and patented Zonular Capture Haptics are funded by the NIH and NSF. In 2002, Dr. Beer has founded the Retina Consultants PLLC and resumed his position as Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Retina Division at Albany Medical Center.Dr. Beer has received three Teacher of the Year Awards, from the LSU ophthalmology residents in 1987, and the Albany Medical College residents in 1998 and 1999. In addition to a busy clinical practice and teaching activities, he has maintained an active research program and has presented his original, cutting-edge research results at many international vitreoretinal meetings. Being a recipient of several research grants, he was the principal investigator on numerous national multi-center studies and a member of the investigator committee evaluating new research protocols for the National Eye Institute sponsored Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network. Dr. Beer is the founder of The Retina Research Foundation, a not for profit foundation. Dr. Beer received the Merit Award in 2002 from the American Society of Retinal Specialists, the Senior Honor Award in 2005, and the Achievment Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2015. In 2016 Dr. Beer retired from his clinical retina practice to dedicate all of his energy to Z Lens LLC and the development of the AD-IOL with Zonular Capture Haptics.Specialties: Accommodative-Disaccommodatiove IOL's, vitreoretinal surgery, clinical trials, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema