Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Jonathan Christenbury has extensive qualifications that Trusted LASIK Surgeons estimates place him among the top LASIK laser eye surgery and refractive surgeons and cataract surgery specialists in the United States.

For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Premier Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Christenbury has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly demonstrate his highly distinguished career as a true pioneer in advancing vision correction surgery throughout the world.

Dr. Christenbury’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons and cataract surgery expert include:

Experience

• First eye surgeon in North Carolina to perform LASIK
• Dr. Christenbury is the #1 most experienced LASIK and refractive surgeon in the Carolinas
• Dr. Christenbury has performed more vision correction for physicians, health professionals, law enforcement, first responders, and teachers than any other surgeon in the Carolinas
• Over 25 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK and PRK
• Over 25 years experience in cataract surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
• Performed over 100,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures/li>
• Over 10,000 Multifocal procedures performed to eliminate reading glasses and bifocals
  • LASIK, PRK laser eye surgery, cataract surgery, intraocular lens (IOL) implant procedures, including toric lenses, and multifocal lenses

Employment 

• Christenbury Eye Center 
  • Jonathan D. Christenbury, M.D., P.A., Private Practice
    • 1986-Present

Premier Patient Care

• “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
• Offers complete refractive surgery care
  • LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery
  • Intraocular lens implant surgery (IOLs) including Refractive Lensectomy (RLE) or Clear Lensectomy (CLE) using monofocal lenses, multifocal lenses, and accommodating lenses, as well as phakic implants and toric implants
  • Astigmatic Incisions
  • Cataract Surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
    • Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery
    • Offers Premium Lens Implants

Professional Credentials

• Professional Society and Organizations- Membership and Affiliations
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
    • Achievement Award
• International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
• North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
• North Carolina Medical Society
• North Carolina Chapter, American College of Surgeons
• Mecklenburg County Medical Association
• American Board of Eye Surgeons
• American Medical Association
• European Society of Refractive Surgeons
• American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
• International Society of Bilateral Cataract Surgeons
• American College of Ophthalmic Surgery

• Hospital Staff Appointments
  • Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC
  • Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
  • Carolinas Surgery Center, Charlotte, NC

• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
• Publications:
  • 5 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published

• Presentations, Lectures, Panels, and Courses
  • Over 20 lectures and presentations on research topics at major eye meetings
  • Served on over 10 vision correction and other eye related panels at major ophthalmology meetings
  • Taught 5 courses at major eye meetings

Additional Career Highlights (Optional)

• Intralase – World’s most experienced IntraLASIK Surgeon – 2002
• Intralase – Pioneer Award – November 2003
• Fortune 500

Education/Training

• Undergraduate: B.S. Biology/Chemistry, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
• Medical School: M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
  • Resident in Anesthesia, Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC

• Internship: Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• Residency: Ophthalmology, Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC
• Locum Tenens in Ophthamology at Barr Eye Center, Stockton, C
• Fellowship, Ophthalmic Plastic and Orbital Surgery, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Surgeon Bio

Jonathan Christenbury, M.D.

LASIK and Cataract Surgeon Expert Dr. Jonathan Christenbury, M.D. is the Medical Director of the Christenbury Eye Cente. Dr. Christenbury is one of the nation’s foremost authorities in laser vision correction. In the early nineties, Dr. Christenbury performed the very first LASIK procedure in the Carolinas. Over 100,000 LASIK procedures later, he is known as one of the most experienced LASIK surgeons in the world. As an eye doctor, Dr. Christenbury has earned a reputation for his passion for mastering new technologies and his commitment to making the benefits of these technologies available to his patients. He has been performing Custom Wavefront LASIK , the safest, most precise vision correction technology available, since 2005.

In addition to his accomplishments in laser vision correction, Dr. Jonathan Christenbury is also the most experienced TECNIS® Multifocal surgeons in the U.S., having performed over 10,000 procedures. TECNIS® is a multi-focal lens procedure that helps patients with “over-40” vision achieve better vision at every distance.

Dr. Christenbury is a graduate of Duke University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Duke Eye Center and spent a year in fellowship training at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA. Dr. Jonathan Christenbury has reached the highest level of distinction in his field as a fellow of the American College of Eye Surgeons and the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

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Please call (704) 332-9365 or visit Christenbury Eye Center today for your free LASIK consultation with a trusted expert LASIK and TECNIS Multifocal eye surgeon and vision care specialist who is also a cataract surgeon with proven expertise.

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