James P. Gills trained at Johns Hopkins as a resident physician in the 1960s and is founder and director of St. Luke’s Cataract and Laser Institute in Tarpon Springs, Florida. He was the first ophthalmologist in the United States to dedicate his practice to the treatment of cataracts via the use of intraocular lens implants and according to his page at Johns Hopkins University, has since performed more cataract and lens implant surgeries than anyone else in the world. A trailblazer in the field, he developed and refined intraocular lens implant techniques and procedures that continue to guide cataract surgery methods today. He also applied new uses for medications that have improved the post-operative recovery process, establishing standards embraced by cataract surgeons globally. Dr. Gills is the author of many books, including Darwinism Under the Microscope (with Thomas Woodward), God’s RX for Depression and Anxiety and God’s Prescription for Healing. Gills has provided an exceptional amount of charitable care to patients through his cataract and laser institute. The James P. Gills Professorship in Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins is named in his honor.