Dallas LASIK Eye Surgeon JAMES McCULLEY M.D., F.A.C.S., FRCOphth(UK)

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(214) 645-2020

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UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9057

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. James McCulley has extensive qualifications that put him within an elite circle comprising the top 1% of LASIK and refractive surgeons in the United States.

Dr. McCulley’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 20 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
• Over 25 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK)
• Performed over 10,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Principal Investigator for 12 FDA Studies for laser manufacturers (Alcon: LADAR, VISX, and IntraLase) as well as a Co-Investigator for other FDA studies
• FDA Ophthalmic Device Panel: Member and Chair
  • Panel reviews lasers and refractive correcting IOLs (IntraOcular Lens Implants)
• Doctor from work-up to surgery through post-operative care

Premier Patient Care

• Use of IntraLase system for “All-Laser” or “Bladeless” LASIK
• Use of Wavefront Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK
• Use of iLASIK Procedure- WaveScan Technology, IntraLase, and Visx Advanced CustomVue treatments
• Offers complete refractive surgery care, including LASIK, PRK, RLE / CLE, Phakic Implants, Limbal Relaxing Incisions, and cataract lens implants procedures to correct presbyopia
• Management of complications of surgery for new patients who had problems from a LASIK or other vision correction procedure performed by another doctor
• Other eye surgeons, optometrists, opticians, employees of companies that specialize in refractive surgery instrumentation or their family members have had their LASIK and other refractive surgeries performed by Dr. McCulley

Professional Credentials

• Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology (since 1975)
• Member of International Society of Refractive Surgery (since 1984)
• Member of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Socitety (ASCRS) (since 1978)
• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) (since 1974)
  • Associate Examiner for ABO (since 1989)
• Current Faculty Appointments –University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School
  • David Bruton, Jr. Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology (since 1981)
  • Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology (since 1981)
• Past Faculty Appointments
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
• Stanford University Medical School: Assistant Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology)
• Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology
• Approximate number of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published – Over 230 peer-reviewed articles
• Listed in approximately 250 peer-reviewed publications; many on corneal and IOL refractive procedures (lens implants).
• 55 books and chapters; some recent publications include:
  • Awwad, SA, McCulley, JP, “Wavefront-Guided LASIK: Recent Developments and Results” chapter in International Ophthalmology Clinics, Vol 46 (3), Summer 2006, pp 27-38.
• Approximately 200 citable abstracts presented at major eye meetings and symposiums, internationally and nationally. Some recent lectures include:
• Shady T. Awwad, Ann Kilby, R Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, Steven Verity, James P. McCulley, “Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Double-K Adjusted IOL Formulas in IOL Calculation After Keratorefractive Surgery” ASCRS 2007, Session: 3-M.

Additional Career Highlights

• Selected for Who’s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, 6th Edition (2007–2008)
• Named in America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical LTD. (2007-2008)
• Selected for Marquis Who’s Who in America 61st Edition February (2007)
• Listed in “Guide to America’s Top Ophthalmologists” as one of
• America’s Top Ophthalmologists” (2007)
• Listed in Who’s Who in American Education (2007-2008).
• Listed in Who’s Who Among American Teachers and Educators, 11th edition (2007).
• Selected for listing of ‘Texas Super Doctors’ in Texas Monthly (2004- 2007)
• Listed in ‘Best Doctors in Dallas’ by D Magazine (2003, 2004 and 2007)
• Doctor from work-up to surgery through post-operative care

Education

• Undergraduate: Texas Christian University, B.S. (Science & Mathematics)
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award 2001
• Medical School: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, M.D.
  • Alumni Achievement Award 2008
• Residency:Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award Harvard Medical School 2006
• Fellowship Training:
  • Research Fellow, Department of Cornea Research, Retina Foundation Boston
  • Fellow, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • Heed Ophthalmic Fellow

BIO

James P. McCulley, M.D. was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and graduated from Texas Christian University in 1965 and received it’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2001. He then attended Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received a Medical Degree in 1968 and received its Alumni Achievement Award in 2008. He subsequently did a straight medical internship on the Harvard Medical Service at Boston City Hospital prior to spending five years at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. During his five years at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, he was a resident in ophthalmology for three years and a fellow in Cornea and External Disease under the tutelage of Claes H. Dohlman, M.D., Ph.D., for two years. He received the Harvard Department of Ophthalmology Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2006.

Dr. McCulley was then a staff ophthalmologist at Bethesda Naval Hospital (1974-1976) before joining the faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University Medical School. He spent four years at Stanford, during which time he collaborated with David M. Maurice, Ph.D. His primary research interest during that time included the development of a technique for the transplantation of tissue cultured corneal endothelium as an alternative to full thickness corneal transplantation, evaluation of ocular chemical injuries, and a principle investigator on an NIH supported research project evaluating various types of chronic blepharitis. He then joined the faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School in 1980 before becoming Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology in 1981. Dr. McCulley currently holds the David M. Bruton, Jr. Chair in Ophthalmology.

Dr. McCulley and his associates have been involved in research and clinical practice of corneal refractive surgery for more than 25 years. They have been involved in FDA trials that have resulted in the current excimer laser technology now available on the market. Dr. McCulley conceived and directed the creation of the Laser Center for Vision Care at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he practices and which he oversees to the present time. The Laser Center prides itself on always providing the most up-to-date technology so that the best technology, e.g. all laser LASIK, is available for the individual patient’s eye.

Dr. McCulley and his associates constantly monitor patient outcomes and publish their results in peer-reviewed journals. These results continue to be among the best in the peer-reviewed literature in the world.

His research interests include more than 25 years of NEI/NIH supported research into the pathophysiology and therapy of chronic blepharitis and associated “dry eyes.” This work has not only led to the understanding of chronic blepharitis, but to a very thorough understanding of the lipid layer of the tear film which is produced by the Meibomian glands. His work has allowed the development of a model for the structure of the lipid layer of the tear film and has led to the identification of the biochemical abnormality accounting for the “evaporative dry eye.”

Dr. McCulley’s research interests have also included extensive evaluation of acanthamoeba keratitis. He identified the association between contact lenses, their solutions, and the development of acanthamoeba keratitis. He has worked extensively on the pathophysiology and therapy of this severe infectious disease. He also has a long-term interest in the tissue culture and transplantation of single layers of corneal endothelium and epithelium. He has had multiple other research interests, including basic and clinical research on chemical injuries of the eye and multiple ophthalmic pharmaceutical trials. He has published over 350 citable scientific papers.

He has also served as Chair of the NEI Study Section and Chair of the FDA Ophthalmic Device Panel, during which time excimer lasers for refractive surgery were first introduced and approved for use on humans. Dr. McCulley has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, with over 350 citable manuscripts, abstracts and lectures, including many articles on corneal refractive surgery. He and his associates have published some of the best outcomes in refractive surgery in the world.

Dr. McCulley is the Medical Coordinator of efforts between the Department of Ophthalmology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Order of St. John to create faculty rotations at the Order of St. John's Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. He has served on multiple local, state and national boards and has been an invited speaker at multiple locations, nationally and internationally. He serves as an Associate Examiner on the American Board of Ophthalmology and has the lead role in the establishment of a partnership with Prevent Blindness Texas. Under Dr. McCulley’s leadership, Prevent Blindness Texas and the Department of Ophthalmology jointly host an annual “Eye Ball” in Dallas which raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for eye research.

Dallas LASIK Surgeon James McClulley, M.D. Curriculum Vitae

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