Linda Rose, M.D., PhD

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.