Dr Robert Maloney

Robert K. Maloney, M.D. is a cataract and LASIK (laser in-situ keratomileusis) surgeon. Dr. Maloney was the first surgeon in western North America to perform LASIK surgery and has performed more than 70,000 eye surgeries. He holds 11 patents and is the author of four books and more than 175 articles, abstracts, and reports in professional journals.  He has delivered more than 400 lectures on five continents to professional audiences and has won multiple awards. He is the cofounder of RxSight, Inc, a lens implant provider. He retired from clinical practice in 2026 but continues to teach at the Stein Eye Institute as a Voluntary Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology. A former Rhodes Scholar and Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University, he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was on the full-time faculty at the UCLA-Stein Eye Institute from 1991-1998.

First contact with Harris Manchester

I came to Harris Manchester as a participant in the inaugural group of the Oxford Next Horizons programme. I recall that the welcome I received in the Porter's Lodge was so much warmer than in any other Oxford college.

What do you hope to achieve as a Regent?

I hope to help secure stable sources of funding that allow the College to thrive

A message for students

Time at Harris Manchester is a gift