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Sam Multack, DO
Board-certified cataract and refractive surgeon, Medical Director of Laser Cataract Institute, and a featured surgeon with America’s Best Cataract Surgeons.
Leadership at LCI
Judgment before technology. Patients before everything.
Dr. Multack leads LCI’s surgical program with a patient-first standard for precision, safety and clear decision-making.
Established in 2018 under his medical leadership, LCI was created as Illinois’s first multi-operating-room office-based cataract surgery facility—a focused environment built specifically around advanced lens and cataract care.
Cataract surgeon · Frankfort, Illinois
National recognition. Southland roots.
Dr. Multack earned his medical degree at Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine after undergraduate study at Saint Xavier University. He completed his internship and ophthalmology residency at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields, serving as Chief Resident.
His professional work includes cataract and laser-assisted cataract surgery, advanced-technology intraocular lenses, clinical research, peer-reviewed publication and ophthalmology education. He has taught residents and medical students and has authored ophthalmology book chapters.
More than 25,000 cataract procedures inform a leadership philosophy that values experience, thoughtful lens selection and individualized care over technology for technology’s sake.
Full physician profile at Multack Eye Care →Selected research & publications
Peer-reviewed work in cataract diagnostics and surgical planning.
Dr. Multack’s published research includes ocular biometry, intraocular lens power prediction and the efficiency of preoperative cataract evaluation.
Prospective Evaluation of a New IOL Power Formula in Eyes Measured By Sum-of-Segments Biometry
American Journal of Ophthalmology
A Retrospective Trial Comparing Prediction Accuracy of Three Biometers in Short, Medium, and Long Eyes
Clinical Ophthalmology
Randomized Trial Comparing Prediction Accuracy of Two Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Biometers
Clinical Ophthalmology
The Current Burden and Future Solutions for Preoperative Cataract-Refractive Evaluation Diagnostic Devices: A Modified Delphi Study
Clinical Ophthalmology
Impact of a Swept Source-Optical Coherence Tomography Device on Efficiency in Cataract Evaluation and Surgery: A Time-and-Motion Study
Clinical Ophthalmology
Selected publications are linked to the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s PubMed record.
Recognized leadership
Featured by America’s Best Cataract Surgeons and recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, Chicago Magazine Top Doctor, America’s Most Honored Professional and Southland’s Best honoree.
Teaching and research
Experience contributing to clinical research, peer-reviewed publication and ophthalmology education.
Professional engagement
Active participation in leading ophthalmology, cataract and osteopathic medical organizations.
Quiet authority
Experience matters most when the decision is personal.
Our surgical team
One standard. Every patient.
Meet the experienced ophthalmologists and clinical team behind care at LCI.
For comprehensive medical and routine eye care—including glaucoma, retina, dry eye and oculoplastics—or to consult an eye surgeon, visit Multack Eye Care.