Dr. Breslin is a Professor of Ophthalmology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a corneal and cataract surgeon at the University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital Division .

After completing his ophthalmology training at the University of Toronto, Dr. Breslin spent 2 additional postgraduate fellowship years doing research and studying medical and surgical diseases of the cornea - one year at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, England and one year with Dr. H. E. Kaufman at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Between 1988 and 1992, Dr. Breslin was Program Director for the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto. His is still actively involved in teaching both undergraduates and residents in Ophthalmology and is a member of the Written Examination Committee for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He has authored over 20 papers and has lectured both nationally and internationally on topics related to the cornea or refractive surgery. Dr Breslin is a member of the Board of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS), the Chairman of the Council on Eye Care of the COS and Chairman of the Refractive Surgery Section of the Council for Professional Development of the COS.

Dr. Breslin has been involved in laser vision correction since 1990 helping thousands of patients "change the way they see the world" by reducing or eliminating their need for glasses or contact lenses. He performs PRK and LASIK to correct myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism utilizing the latest in laser and microkeratome technologies. Dr. Breslin is a certified LASIK trainer having trained physicians from across North America and as far away as Australia in the latest LASIK procedures.

In addition to laser vision correction, Dr. Breslin also performs other forms of refractive surgery and is an investigator for the Artisan phakic intraocular lens for the correction of very high myopia and hyperopia, an investigator for Refractec's Conductive Keratoplasty for the correction of low hyperopia and is the Canadian investigator for PresbyCorp's Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia, an exciting new surgical procedure with the potential to eliminate the need for reading glasses.

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