Dr. Susan Jane Taub is a world-renowned vision expert specializing in eye surgery and currently serves in Chicago as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Northwestern University and Children's Memorial Hospital and Instructor at Rush Medical College, teaching Comprehensive and Pediatric Ophthalmology and Medical Ethics. Early in her career, Dr. Taub taught at the University of Chicago. In addition to her academic appointments, she has been in private practice for more than twenty years as the founder of the Chicago-based Taub Eye Centers, from which she recently stepped down.
As an active member of the medical and vision community, Dr. Taub is a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She received the American Medical Association's Physician Recognition Award every year since 1986. As a member, she serves on multiple committees of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Society of Law and Medicine. Dr. Taub is a past chairperson of the Vision Council of America's medical advisory board called The Better Vision Institute, and is the co-founder of "WOW", Women Ophthalmologists in the Windy City.
Dr. Taub is regularly quoted as a medical expert in multiple national and international publications, including Forbes and Parade, has also appeared on National Public Radio's "The Parent's Journal". In 2006, Dr. Taub had the distinguished honor to be named in Chicago Magazine's "Top Doctors" and "100 Best". She has published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update, and Refractive Eyecare, and serves on the editorial board of two peer-reviewed journals, Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update and Refractive Eyecare. Dr. Taub is the Editor of "The Ethical Lens" featured in Comprehensive Ophthalmology.
Dr. Taub received her medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and performed her residency there. Dr. Taub earned a Bachelors Degree in Anthropology with Phi Beta Kappa honors from the University of Michigan.