Dr. Jay S. Egolf, M.D.

Dr. Jay Egolf hails originally from southern New Jersey. He graduated cum laude from Rutgers University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts. He received his Medical Doctorate at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia before completing a medical internship with Christiana Care Health
System in Delaware. The prestigious historical Washington National Eye Center in Washington, DC was the site of his ophthalmologic specialty training. There the faculty unanimously voted him Chief Resident for his final year.

Dr. Egolf was on duty during the 9/11/01 tragedy and treated Pentagon burn victims. Also during his residency, Dr. Egolf had the opportunity to study LASIK surgery under the same ophthalmologists who performed the procedure on some world- famous athletes.

Besides cataract surgery and LASIK, Dr. Egolf has special interests in neuro-ophthalmology and glaucoma. He is a member of the American
Medical Association, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American Society
of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is married to Dr. Jean Schoonover, an Internist in Portsmouth. In his spare time, he enjoys tennis, basketball, and playing the guitar.