Lindsay E. Dawson, M.D.

Lindsay E. Dawson, M.D., is a fellowship-trained cataract and glaucoma surgeon at Washington Eye Physicians & Surgeons in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She also delivers general eye care to patients living in the Washington, DC area.

Her glaucoma care spans diagnosis, medical treatment and surgery, including minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), traditional glaucoma surgery and laser glaucoma treatment. In cataract surgery she uses the femtosecond laser and premium intraocular lenses where suitable, including to address astigmatism and presbyopia.

She earned a bachelor's degree in behavioral neuroscience summa cum laude from Lehigh University, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She then completed her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, an internal medicine internship at Pennsylvania Hospital, and an ophthalmology residency at the Scheie Eye Institute at Penn. A one-year glaucoma fellowship at the Duke Eye Center followed. She belongs to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the National Medical Association, the American Glaucoma Society and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.