About Timothy Root, M.D.
Dr. Timothy Root is a practicing ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon in Daytona Beach, Florida. He began cartooning while an undergraduate at Yale University, and continued his medical illustration while earning his medical degree at Columbia University.
Dr. Root has published several medical textbooks, including the popular “OphthoBook.com” which is available for free online and has been downloaded by 300-thousand visitors over the past decade. He is frequently requested to speak at medical schools world wide. Video recordings of his medical lectures are available online and have been watched over two-million times on YouTube … making him one of the most popular eye lecturers in the world.
Our Most Popular Video Lectures (featuring Doctor Root)
The Slit Lamp Exam (video)
Cats
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. All the better for them to eavesdrop on your conversations and plot your demise.
Elephants
Elephants can smell...
Exploding eye lecture
It sounds funny to think that a little Chihuahua would be able to stop a thief. If you think about it, other than yapping...
3 Ways of Saving Circus Animals
Cats
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. All the better for them to eavesdrop on your conversations and plot your demise.
Elephants
Elephants can smell...