Dr. Lisa Brothers Arbisser

Dr. Lisa Brothers Arbisser was born in New York City. She attended Princeton University as an undergraduate and received her Doctor of Medicine degree with honors from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. After a National Institutes of Health Research Fellowship, Dr. Arbisser served her residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She is board certified in cataract and implant surgery by the American Board of Eye Surgeons and is completing her second year as President of the American College of Eye Surgeons

Dr. Arbisser is the chairman of the board of the Davenport Schools Foundation which during her tenure as president completed a 3.6 million dollar program enhancing education in the public schools. She is a third generation career woman, the daughter of Dr. Joyce Brothers, and the granddaughter of New York attorney, Estelle Bauer. She, as well as her husband Dr. Amir Arbisser, a pediatric ophthalmologist, are founding members of Eye Surgeons Associates, P.C. The Arbissers have four children.

In 2002, Dr. Arbisser was recognized by the March of Dimes as a “Woman of Excellence” for her meaningful contributions to the Quad Cities.