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ABOUT
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Houston LASIK Laser Eye Surgery, Cataract Surgery,
Eye Surgeons of Baylor Vision College of Medicine (TX)
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Appointments,
Information, Consultation and Surgery
(713)
798-8273
(888) 562 EYES toll free
Address:
Baylor
Vision
Baylor College of Medicine
7200B Cambridge Street
Houston, Texas 77030
Serving:
Surgartown, Galveston, Pasadena, Spring, The Woodlands and Baytown
Houston and International patients. |
Baylor
Vision surgeons listed below with qualifications that surpass
the minimum standards used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in its Laser
LASIK Eye Surgeon Directory.
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Web
site:
Baylor
Vision - Houston, Texas
(Please
be sure to include a Baylor Vision Surgeon in the comments section
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by Trusted LASIK Surgeons)
Department
of Ophthalmology- Cullen Eye Institute at the Baylor College
of Medicine-Houston
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contact the office of the LASIK, Refractive and Cataract Expert
Surgeons at Baylor
Vision Directly, please click here:
About
Baylor Vision
For
more than 100 years, Baylor College of Medicine has provided quality
patient care, and Baylor Vision continues that tradition by providing
superior and personal patient care with excellent outcomes. Patients
meet their doctor before the day of surgery to ensure he or she
receives personal attention. The physicians at Baylor Vision are
leaders in clinical practice, education, and research in laser vision
surgeries such as LASIK and other refractive procedures as well
as cataract surgery. Our goal is to provide the safest and most
effective vision correction treatments tailored to individual needs.
The
refractive and cataract expert surgeons at Baylor Vision have played
an important role in several major clinical and scientific advances,
including scanning excimer laser technology, devices used to measure
and treat the eyes with laser vision correction, intraocular lens
implants (IOLs) used in refractive and cataract surgery, methods
to treat astigmatism, new surgical instruments, and clinical evaluation
and development of devices that are required for measuring the shape
of the cornea.
Baylor
Vision physicians teach extensively in the United States and throughout
the world and remain at the forefront of research and education
in refractive surgery.
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Credentials
and Qualifications
For your convenience, we have highlighted and aggregated the professional
credentials and qualifications of the Baylor Vision surgeons below.
We have also included a brief bio for each Baylor Vision surgeon
that follows this summary.
Dr.
Douglas D. Koch, M.D.
Dr. M. Bowes Hamill,
M.D.
Dr. Stephen C.
Pflugfelder, M.D.
Dr. Mitchell P. Weikert,
M.D.
Dr. Elizabeth Yeu, M.D.
Experience
Collectively,
these refractive and cataract surgeons have the following experience:
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Baylor Vision physicians provide ophthalmic services to the NFL
Houston Texans team’s players Over 50 total years experience
in laser vision surgery, including LASIK and PRK
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Over 80 total years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision,
lens implants and RK)
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Performed over 8,800 LASIK and laser vision procedures
- Principal
Investigator for 11 FDA clinical investigative studies for laser
manufacturers, and manufacturers of other ophthalmic devices like
lens implants
- includes
the
initial study for FDA approval of the laser for phototherapeutic
keratectomym
- Co-Investigator
for 15 other FDA studies.
Premier
Patient Care
Baylor
Vision offers:
- “All-Laser”
LASIK (bladeless) using the IntraLase laser
- Wavefront
Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK
laser eye surgery
- Use
of iLASIK Procedure- WaveScan Technology, IntraLase, and Visx
Advanced CustomVue treatments
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Offers complete refractive surgery care
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LASIK
and PRK
laser eye surgery
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Intraocular lens
implant surgery (IOLs) including Refractive Lensectomy
(RLE) or Clear Lensectomy (CLE) using monofocal lenses, multifocal
lenses, and accommodating lenses, toric lenses, as well as
phakic implants
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Corneal Transplants
- Conductive
Keratoplasty (CK), and Limbal Relaxing Incisions
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Cataract Surgery and implantation of monofocal lenses, multifocal
lenses, and accommodating lenses, as well as toric lenses
- Management
of complications of surgery for new patients who had problems
and complications from LASIK surgery or another vision correction
operation or cataract surgery performed by another eye doctor
- Other
eye surgeons, optometrists, opticians, employees of companies
that specialize in vision correction surgery devices or products,
or their family members have had their LASIK or another vision
correction procedure or cataract surgery performed by a Baylor
Vision surgeon.
Professional
Credentials
Collectively,
the surgeons at Baylor Vision have the following experience and
professional credentials:
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Current Faculty Appointments: Department
of Ophthalmology, Baylor Medical School
- Hospital
Staff Appointments (at least one of the Baylor Vision surgeons
has privileges at the following hospitals):
- Train
other surgeons in the use of lasers and other devices used in
vision correction and cataract surgery
- Professional
Society and Organizations- one or more of the Baylor Vision Surgeons
is a member of the following professional societies.
- Certified
by American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO)
- Editorial
Positions, Board Members, Referees (held by the Baylor Vision
Surgeons listed below):
- Over
296 total peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published
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Over 108 text book chapters and/or 10 books published
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Over 319 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings
Additional
Career Highlights
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Baylor Vision was featured in the PBS documentary 20/10 by 2010
hosted by Walter Cronkite
Meet
the Surgeons of Baylor Vision:
Dr.
Douglas D. Koch, M.D.
Houston
LASIK Eye Surgeon Dr. Douglas Koch Curriculum Vitae
DOUGLAS
D. KOCH, M.D. is a Professor and The Allen, Mosbacher,
and Law Chair in Ophthalmology at the Cullen Eye Institute,
Baylor College of Medicine. He is the Editor of the Journal
of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Past President of
the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery,
and Past President of the International Intra-Ocular Implant
Club. He has authored over 100 articles and book chapters
on the topics of cataract and refractive surgery.
Dr.
Koch has given several named lectureships, including the
Binkhorst and Barraquer Lectures at the American Academy
of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, the Lans Lecture at the
International Society of Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting,
the Ronald G. Michels Memorial Lecture at Johns Hopkins
University, the Jules Stein Lecture at UCLA, and the First
Gold Medal Lecture, at the Australian Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery in Queensland, Australia.
Dr.
Koch was named as one of the top 10 refractive surgeons
in the United States in a recent survey conducted by Ophthalmology
Times. He is also named as one of the Nation's leading
medical specialists in America's Top Doctors.Dr Koch graduated
from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency
training a Baylor College of Medicine and fellowship training
in London, Los Angeles, and Seattle.
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Dr.
Douglas D. Koch, M.D.
Professor
and The Allen, Mosbacher, and Law Chair in Ophthalmology
at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine.
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Dr. M. Bowes Hamill, M.D.
Houston
LASIK Eye Surgeon Dr. M. Bowes Hamill Curriculum Vitae
M.
BOWES HAMILL, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine.
He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and received his MD degree at Baylor College
of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency
at Baylor with two additional years of fellowship training:
the first at Baylor College of Medicine in ocular infectious
disease/microbiology and the second in The Wilmer Institute,
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland in cornea/anterior
segment surgery.
He
is former President of the Texas Ophthalmological Association
and Chairman of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Eye Health & Public Information Task Force. He is
also active in International Ophthalmology both independently
and with Orbis. His research interest includes corneal
transplantation, refractive surgery, and anterior segment
surgical techniques. In recent years, he has been named
as one of Houston’s Best Doctors by Inside Houston
magazine.
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Dr.
M. Bowes Hamill, M.D.
Dr.
Hammill's research interest includes corneal transplantation,
refractive surgery, and anterior segment surgical techniques. |
Dr. Stephen C. Pfugfelder, M.D.
Houston
LASIK Eye Surgeon Dr. Stephen C. Pflugfelder Curriculum Vitae
STEPHEN
C. PFLUGFELDER, M.D. graduated from Colgate University
summa cum laude and SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse
where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He performed
his Ophthalmology residency at Baylor College of Medicine
and served as Chief Resident. He performed a Cornea and
Refractive Surgery fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye
Institute of the University of Miami School of Medicine.
He was appointed to the faculty of the Bascom Palmer Eye
Institute in 1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1998.
He joined the faculty of the Cullen Eye Institute of Baylor
College of Medicine as a Professor and Director of the
Ocular Surface Center in July 2000. He was awarded the
James and Margaret Elkins Chair in Ophthalmology at the
Baylor College of Medicine in 2001.
He
has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and over
45 book chapters and monographs, primarily in the field
of cornea diseases and surgery. He served as a co-editor
for “Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disorders”
a comprehensive textbook on the subject that was published
in 2004. He has been listed as one of the “Best
Doctors in America” since 1993. He received the
American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award
in 2000 and a Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Investigator
Award in 2002. He served as the Chairman of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology Lifelong Education for Ophthalmologists
Committee and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred
Practice Pattern Committee on Corneal and Ocular Surface
diseases. He is on the Editorial Boards of the journals
American Journal of Ophthalmology, Cornea, Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science and The Ocular Surface.
His research interests include ocular surface and corneal
disease and corneal bioengineering.
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Dr.
Stephen C. Pfugfelder, M.D.
Dr.
Pfugfelder has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles
and over 45 book chapters and monographs, primarily in the
field of cornea diseases and surgery. Dr. Pfugfelder served
as a co-editor for “Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Disorders
Dr.
Pfugflelder's research interests include ocular surface
and corneal disease and corneal bioengineering. |
Dr. Mitchell P. Weikert, M.D., M.S.
Houston
LASIK Eye Surgeon Dr. Michell P. Weilkert Curriculum Vitae
MITCHELL
P. WEIKERT, M.D., M.S., received his medical degree with
honors from Baylor College of Medicine. During his ophthalmology
residency, completed at Baylor and the Cullen Eye Institute,
he received the Everett L. Goar Award for Best Resident
Research and served as Chief Resident during his third
year of training. He completed a fellowship in cornea,
external disease, cataract and refractive surgery at the
University of Utah School of Medicine’s John A.
Moran Eye Center and then had appointments at several
Salt Lake City hospitals. Prior to pursuing a career in
medicine, Dr. Weikert received degrees in both electrical
and bio-medical engineering. Dr. Weikert joined the faculty
of the Department of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of
Medicine in July 2003.
Dr.
Weikert's areas of research interest include ophthalmic
applications of wavefront technology, ocular surface rehabilitation
and biomedical optics. He has also authored several book
chapters, research articles and abstracts in ophthalmic
literature. Dr. Weikert is an active lecturer in his specialization
of cornea, external disease, cataract and refractive surgery
and is a current member of several professional organizations,
including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, where
he serves as chair of the Online Education Committee.
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Dr.
Mitchell P. Weikert, M.D., M.S.
Dr.
Wiekery's areas of research interest include ophthalmic
applications of wavefront technology, ocular surface rehabilitation
and biomedical optics. He has also authored several book
chapters, research articles and abstracts in ophthalmic
literature. Dr. Weikert is an active lecturer in his specialization
of cornea, external disease, cataract and refractive surgery |
DR. Elizabeth Yeu, M.D.
Houston
LASIK Eye Surgeon Dr. Elizabeth Yeu Curriculum Vitae
ELIZABETH
YEU, MD is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at
the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine,
Department of Ophthalmology, Houston, TX.
Dr.
Yeu received her Doctorate of Medicine with High Honors
through an accelerated medical program from the University
of Florida College of Medicine in 2003. She completed
an ophthalmology residency at the Rush University Medical
Center in Chicago, IL, where she served as the chief resident.
Following residency training, Dr. Yeu completed her fellowship
in Cornea,
Anterior Segment and Refractive surgery at the Cullen
Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, where she is
currently an Assistant Professor. During her fellowship
year, she received the Kirk R. Wilhelmus Research Award
for her project on corneal higher order aberrations and
pseudoaccommodation.
Her
areas of interest reflect both the cornea and refractive
surgery specialties, including advanced options in the
treatment of keratoconus and innovations in refractive
procedures. In addition to her practice at Baylor, Dr.
Yeu also actively serves the local Houston community as
an attending surgeon at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical
Center and at the Ben Taub General Hospital.
Dr.
Yeu has been an active member of various ophthalmology
literature peer review panels, serves on the Young Physicians
Committee of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery and the Refractive Surgery program committee for
the 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmology annual conference.
She lectures both locally and nationally, and regularly
presents at the American Academy of Ophthalmology and
at ASCRS. Dr. Yeu has authored several research articles
and book chapters, including monographs on astigmatism
management and novel lens implant options for cataract
surgery.
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Dr. Elizabeth Yeu, M.D.
Dr.
Yeu has authored several research articles and book chapters,
including monographs on astigmatism management and novel
lens implant options for cataract surgery.
Dr.
Yeu, during her fellowship year, she received the Kirk R.
Wilhelmus Research Award for her project on corneal higher
order aberrations and pseudoaccommodation. |
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