Des Moines LASIK Eye Surgeon James A. Davison, M.D.

Appointments:

(800) 237-5393

Address:

Wolfe Eye Clinic
309 E. Church Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158

Wolfe Eye Clinic
6200 Westown Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266

Dr. Davison’s practice serves patients in the Des Moines, Marshaltown, and Grinnell communities throughout Iowa.

Website:

Wolfe Eye Clinics - West Des Moines, Marshaltown, and Grinnell Iowa

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. James Davison has extensive qualifications that we estimate put him among 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, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Davison 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. Davison ’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 10 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
• Over 31 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK)
• Performed over 4,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
  
  Premier Patient Care

• Use of Intralase system for “All-Laser” or “Bladeless” LASIK
• Use of Wavefront Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK
• Offers complete refractive surgery care, including LASIK, PRK, RLE / CLE, CK (Conductive Keratoplasty), Phakic Implants, Limbal Relaxing Incisions, and cataract lens implants procedures
• 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. Davison

Professional Credentials

• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
• American Academy of Ophthalmology: Member
• International Society of Refractive Surgery: Member
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery: Member
• American College of Eye Surgeons: Member
• American College of Surgeons: Member
• American Medical Association: Member
• American Society of Contemporary Ophthalmology: Member
• International Association of Ocular Surgeons: Member
• International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty: Member
• Windsor National Associates: Member
• Iowa Medical Society: Member
• Consulting Positions
  • Alcon
• Current Faculty Appointments: Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Utah
• Hospital Staff Appointments: Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
  • Board of Directors
• Member of Editorial Board for Review of Refractive Surgery
• Past member of of the editorial board for the Journal of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
• Over 140 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and videos published
• Over 20 text book chapters published
• Over 200 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings throughout the world

Additional Career Highlights

• Surgicus Golden Hands Award (presented by the David J. Kelman Research Foundation at Surgicus III, New York City, 1986)

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology)
• Medical School: Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN (Medical Doctorate)
• Residency in Ophthalmology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN
  • Chief Resident
• Internship at the Los Angeles County- University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Ophthalmology Internship
• Vitreoretinal Fellowship at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Personal Bio

James A. Davison, M.D., F.A.C.S., received his medical degree from Mayo Clinic Medical School in 1976. He finished his ophthalmology internship at Los Angeles County – University of Southern California in 1977. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and was the chief resident in ophthalmology in 1980. Dr. Davison has been with Wolfe Eye Clinic since July 1980.

Certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Ophthalmology, Dr. Davison has written or produced more than 140 scientific articles and videotapes. He has also had over 20 text book chapters published and coedited textbooks on phacoemulsification and the surgical rehabilitation of vision.

Among his many professional accomplishments, Dr. Davison started the vitrectomy surgery service at Wolfe Eye Clinic and received the first prize for surgical innovation and excellence, the Surgicus Golden Hands Award, from Dr. Charles Kelman at Surgicus III, New York, New York, 1986. He also was a member of the editorial board for the Journal of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Fairfax, Virginia, from 1990 to 1995 and was the president of the Mayo Eye Alumni Association in 1996.

Dr. Davison has presented lectures and papers throughout the world at meetings in Canada, France, Monte Carlo, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong. In 1990, he was invited by Dr. Phillipe Crozafon to perform live surgery in Nice, France, and in 1995 by Dr. Lucio Buratto for a videocataract meeting in Milan, Italy.

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