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Atlanta LASIK Surgeon GEORGE O. WARING, III. MD, FACS, FRCOphth
| Credentials
and Qualifications
Dr. George O. Waring, III has extensive qualifications that
put him within an elite circle comprising the top 1% of
LASIK and refractive surgeons 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. 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 M.D Curriculum Vitae
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