General Info

Dr. Brandon Ayres is part of the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Institute. He serves as an Assistant Surgeon at Wills Eye Institute and is an instructor at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Ayres attended Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, for his medical education. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Ayres did his internship at Presbyterian Medical Center, part of the University of Pennsylvania, and then went on to do his residency at New Jersey Medical School where he later served as Chief Resident. Dr. Ayres went on to do a Fellowship in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery at Wills Eye Institute. In July of 2005, Dr. Ayres joined the Cornea Service at Wills as an Assistant Surgeon and has been a part of Ophthalmic Partners since 2007. He currently has staff privileges at Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Lankenau Hospital, and Vitua Health System in South Jersey. Dr. Ayres is an active participant in resident and fellow education and in clinical research. In his first year as an Attending on the Cornea Service, he became the youngest recipient of the Golden Apple Award at Wills Eye. He continues to lecture on the nationally and internationally at numerous academic conferences. One of his publications was selected as a “Best of Session” at the American Academy of Ophthalmology for 2013. Dr. Ayres is board certified in ophthalmology and specializes in all forms of corneal transplantation including full thickness corneal transplants, Descemets stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK), deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK), and keratoprosthesis. He was the first person at Wills Eye Hospital to perform Descemets’ membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). He also has an interest in repair of traumatic eye injuries and anterior segment repair. Dr. Ayres performs all types of refractive and cataract surgery including LASIK, phakic lens surgery for myopia.