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Dr.
George O. Waring, III. MD, FACS, FRCOphth, LASIK Surgery, Laser
Eye Surgery, Cataract Surgery & Vision Correction Expert
| Credentials
and Qualifications
Dr. George O. Waring, III has extensive qualifications that
Trusted LASIK Surgeons estimates place him among the top 1%
of LASIK laser eye surgery and refractive surgeons and cataract
surgery in the United States.
For your convenience, these
credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience,
Premier Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Waring
has included some additional career highlights that while
not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process,
clearly supplement his highly distinguished career.
Dr.
Waring’s qualifications and credentials as one of the
top LASIK surgeons include:
Experience
- Over
10 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
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Over 30 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision,
lens implants and RK)
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Over 10,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures performed
- Over
1,000 corneal transplants performed
- Principal
FDA investigator for many FDA Studies for laser manufacturers
as well as a co-investigator for other studieso
- Dr.
Waring helped develop LASIK at the El-Maghraby Eye Hospital
in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where he served as Chairman
of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of Research
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Presented the data to the FDA that procured the first
FDA-approved clinical excimer laser vision correction
surgery in the United States
- As
Principal Investigator of the Emory-sponsored investigations
of LASIK, Dr. Waring received the first physician-sponsored
investigational device exemption from the FDA
Premier
Patient Care
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Undergraduate: Wheaton
College, Wheaton, IL, BS
- Medical
School: Baylor
Medical College, Houston, Texas, TX
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Rotating Internship: Ben
Taub Hospital, Houston, TX
- Residency:
Wills
Eye Hospital and Research Foundation, Philadelphia,
PA
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Fellowship: Heed
Fellowship in corneal disease and surgery at the Wills
Eye Hospital and Research Foundation in Philadelphia
Personal Bio
George O. Waring, III, was born in Buffalo, New York. He
received his MD degree from Baylor Medical College, Houston,
Texas. His ophthalmology training included a residency followed
by a Heed Fellowship in corneal disease and surgery at the
Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He is board certified
by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a Fellow of
the American College of Surgeons (FACS), of the Royal College
of Ophthalmology (FRCOphth, Britain), and of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr.
Waring began his academic career in 1974 as Assistant Professor
of Ophthalmology at the University of California, Davis,
where he established the first eye bank in northern California.
In 1979 he joined the faculty at Emory University, where
he was a tenured Professor of Ophthalmology and Director
of Refractive Surgery, until 2004; he is currently Clinical
Professor of Ophthalmology at Emory. He was a Founder and
Managing Director of the privately owned Vision Correction
Group (Emory Vision/InView Vision Center) from 1994-2004,
where he has done more than 10,000 LASIK and other refractive
procedures. Since 2003, he has practiced privately in Atlanta
at the InView Center.
Dr.
Waring is Editor-in-Chief (since 1990) of The Journal of
Refractive Surgery, and has served on 15 other editorial
boards, including the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
He has published over 250 peer reviewed original articles,
60 book chapters, and 250 brief communications. He has received
three American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Awards (including
the Life Achievement Honor Award in 2004), the Society of
Heed Fellows Outstanding Ophthalmologist Award, an Honorary
Medal from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, a Gold
Medal from the 5th International Congress on Cataract and
Refractive Surgery in Florence, Italy, two gold medals for
contributions in international ophthalmology from the Pan
Arab Council of Ophthalmology, the Castroviejo Medal from
the Corneal Society, and the Lans and Barraquer and Kritzinger
and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the International Society
of Refractive Surgery.
Dr.
Waring enjoys sporting and outdoor activities, often with
his four children. He plays squash weekly and is an avid
snow skier, including annual heliskiing in the Bugaboo Mountains
of British Columbia. As a mountaineer, he has done a first-ascent
of the Kang Yaja (20,000 ft.) in the Himalaya of Nepal,
and has also climbed on Aconcogua in Argentina (highest
mountain outside the Himalaya), Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa,
and the Matterahorn, and other mountains in the Swiss Alps.He
is also a DiveMaster in the Professional Association of
Dive Instructors. Multiple African safaris have been by
land, on rivers, by walking, in hot air balloons, in game
hunting reserves, and on horseback. He was elected as a
Fellow in the Explorer’s Club in New York in March
of 2001.
Atlanta
Lasik Eye Surgeon George O. Waring, III M.D Curriculum Vitae
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