James P. Pulaski, M.D. graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA degree and from Upstate Medical School in Syracuse, New York. After internship at the Harkness Medical Center in San Francisco, he completed his Ophthalmology residency at Upstate Medical Center.

Dr Pulaski then opened a private solo practice in Ophthalmology, specializing in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery, in San Diego, Ca where he resided for 25 years. To be closer to family, he relocated to North Carolina in 2008.

He is a board certified fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology and member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery. He has written a number of peer reviewed papers for Journals in the field of Ophthalmology. He was one of the first surgeons in the US to perform refractive surgery and helped pioneer many advances in modern cataract surgery.