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Todd A. Lefkowitz, M.D.
Physician Member

Dr. Todd Lefkowitz is a Board-certified Ophthalmologist who is the Medical and Surgical Director of the Sonoran Desert Vision Center in Phoenix. He has had an Arizona license since 1983 when he became Chief of Ophthalmology at Luke Air Force Base.

Dr. Lefkowitz is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is a member of the Arizona Medical Association and the Arizona Ophthalmological Society, the Maricopa County Medical Society as well as both the American and European Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. Prior to his appointment to a five-year term on the Medical Board, he reviewed cases as one of the Board's Outside Medical Consultants.

Dr. Lefkowitz is a former Executive Committee member of Physicians for the Phoenix Symphony. He has written two books and in 1991 was a three-time “Jeopardy” champion on the long-running television quiz show.