Dr. Haight attended Brown University from which he graduated Magma cum Laude in 1976. He earned his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University where he pursued his interest in ophthalmology by researching corneal transplant rejections. After graduating in 1980 he completed a residency in Ophthalmology at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital in New York, followed by specialty training in corneal and anterior segment surgery with Dr. Richard Troutman. He served a portion of his fellowship in Colombia, South America where he studied with Dr. Jose Barraquer learning advanced refractive surgical techniques. Foremost among these were the keratomileusis techniques, which are the precursors to modern day LASIK.

Upon completion of his training, Dr. Haight established a private practice specializing in corneal and refractive surgery. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Haight holds several academic appointments including:
· Surgeon Director at Manhattan Eye and Ear
· Director of Refractive Surgery at Manhattan Eye and Ear
· Clinical Asst. Professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University
· Lecturer in Ophthalmology at Columbia University

Dr. Haight has served for six years on the Medical Advisory Board of the New York Eye Bank for Sight Restoration holding the position of Secretary of the Board. He has appeared in New York Magazine's best doctors list and has been featured on the CBS and NBC morning television programs, CNN, Fox News, and The Food Network. Channels 4, 7 and New York One, have interviewed him locally. As a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Skills Transfer Committee, he has overseen the development of all the refractive surgery laboratory courses offered at its annual meeting. He is the recipient of the American Academy's Honor Award in recognition of his contribution academic programs.

In 1991, he became the Chief Coordinator for the Excimer Laser Study at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital. In that capacity, he performed pioneering research that helped lead to FDA approval of the excimer. . Dr. Haight was the first in downstate New York to perform excimer laser vision correction. . He performed hundreds of laser procedures as part of the Food and Drug Administrations Clinical Trials. Each treatment was exhaustively analyzed using the latest computer technology. Information, from those patients became an important part of the database, which allowed the FDA to approve laser vision correction. Since 1991, Dr. Haight has treated the full range of conditions from simple nearsightedness to severe corneal disease.

No other physician in New York City has a greater depth of experience or length of follow-up of such cases. Dr. Haight has published in peer-reviewed journals, authored textbook chapters, made approximately 200 presentations at major meetings and contributed to the development of the computer software that controls the laser. He is a certified trainer for the VISX excimer laser system and since FDA approval in 1996 has personally instructed several hundred ophthalmologists in the use of the laser.

Dr. Haight continues to be involved in the development of the excimer laser and related technologies.