Aron-Rosa introduced her technology in the United States in 1982, after having successfully operated on over 6,500 patients in France.[9][10] The following year, she was honored as a Chevalier in the Legion of Honour.[1][11] Aron-Rosa was recognized with the Innovator's Lecture in 1987 from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery[1][12] and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2003.[11] The following year she was named Academy Laureate of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.[5] Aron-Rosa retired in 2010 to focus her energy on her painting.[2] She is recognized along with Franz Fankhauser, as one of the two most respected laser pioneers for eye surgery.[13]