Linda Rose, M.D., PhD
Practice: Four Corners Eye Clinic
Specialty: Ophthalmology
Office locations: Durango, CO
Dr. Linda Rose, M.D., PhD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. She earned her medical degree at University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and completed her Ophthalmology Residency at University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA. She then finished her Cornea Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. For 12 years, she was the Associate Professor and Director of Cornea at the University of New Mexico.
Dr. Linda Rose, M.D., PhD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. She earned her medical degree at University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and completed her Ophthalmology Residency at University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA. She then finished her Cornea Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. For 12 years, she was the Associate Professor and Director of Cornea at the University of New Mexico.
Durango, CO
#212
Durango, CO 81301
Board-certified ophthalmologist, Dr. Linda Rose, M.D., PhD, is a valued member of the team of eye doctors in Durango, Colorado, at Four Corners Eye Clinic. She is the only fellowship-trained corneal specialist in the Four Corners region, including Farmington, New Mexico. This means she has had extensive, specialized training under the supervision of leading cornea specialists. She has also served as an international volunteer in Haiti, Vietnam, India, Nepal, and Mexico.
Dr. Rose’s patients appreciate being treated with empathy and compassion and having the option to speak with her in either English or Spanish.
Dr. Rose has performed over 5,000 cataract surgeries. For 12 years, she was the Associate Professor and Director of Cornea at the University of New Mexico, where she taught over 100 trainees to perform cataract surgery.
She has extra training in the anterior segment of the eye (everything in the front of the eye, from the cornea to the lens), making her both a cataract and cornea specialist who often treats the most complicated cornea and cataract cases. She has performed approximately 500 corneal transplants, including modern partial corneal transplantation and over 500 pterygium surgeries. Dr. Rose performs laser-assisted cataract surgery using the femto laser, known as the LenSx® laser system.
Dr. Rose leads an active lifestyle. She enjoys Latin, blues, and ballet dancing, downhill and cross-country skiing, biking, hiking, and kayaking. She is also a certified yoga instructor and a certified scuba diver.

Easy to talk to, explains the situation clearly and listens well
Very informative. Personable!
Dr Rose is amazing. She makes you feel important and heard.
Dr. Rose is awesome.! She was so good with my mother with dementia! She is very kind and patient!!!! I recommend her to everyone! Thank you Dr. Rose
Dr. Rose is amazing. She completely put me at ease with a treatment plan. Best bedside manner. Her approach is conservative and methodical. She
Dr. Rose took great care of me and went above and beyond. I felt like she truly cared about not only my eyes but my health in general.
Dr Linda Rose is the Best.
I felt very comfortable and was treated very well!
Excellent and caring
Dr Rose has taken amazing care of me prior to and following a corneal transplant. She cares greatly for her patients and wants the best possible outcome for all!!