Kansas City LASIK Surgeon Jason Stahl, M.D.

Appointments:

(913) 491-3330
(866) 954-2525 toll free

Address:

Durrie Vision
5520 College Boulevard, Suite 201
Overland Park, Kansas 66211

Website:

Durrie Vision of Kansas City

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Jason Stahl has extensive qualifications that we estimate 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, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Stahl 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. Stahl’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 7 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK and PRK
• Over 7 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision correction, lens implants and CK)
• Performed over 5,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Investigator for 15 FDA studies involving lasers and/or IOL implants. FDA studies include:
  • IOL Implant studies for AMO Veriflex Phakic IOL Myopia Study
  • Alcon AcrySof Phakic IOL Myopia Study
  • Acufocus Presbyopia Study
  • Refractec Conductive Keratoplasty Presbyopia Study
  • Refractec Conductive Keratoplasty Light Touch Study
  • Refractec Conductive Keratoplasty over LASIK Study
  • Bausch & Lomb Technolas 217 Zyoptix (customized treatment) Excimer Laser LASIK Study
  • Alcon/Summit/Autonomous LADARVision Excimer Laser CustomCornea Study
  • NIDEK EC5000 Excimer Laser Hyperopia & Hyperopia with Astigmatism Study
  • Bausch & Lomb Technolas 217 Excimer Laser Hyperopia & Hyperopia with Astigmatism StudyRefractec Conductive Keratoplasty Hyperopia Study
  • Summit Excimer Laser Retreatment Study
  • Artisan Phakic IOL Myopia Study
  • Artisan Phakic IOL Hyperopia Study
  • KeraVision Intacs Myopia Study

Premier Patient Care

• Use of Intralase system for “All-Laser” or “Bladeless” LASIK
• Use of Wavefront Based (“Custom”) and Wavefront-Optimized LASIK and PRK
• Use of iLASIK Procedure- WaveScan Technology, IntraLase, and Visx Advanced CustomVue treatments
• Offers complete refractive surgery care, including LASIK, PRK, RLE (Refractive lens exchange)/ CLE (Clear Lens Extraction) using Presbyopia-correcting IOLs, 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 or their family members have had their LASIK and other refractive surgeries performed by Dr. Stahl.

Professional Credentials

• Current Faculty Appointments: Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Kansas University Medical Center
• Hospital Affiliations:
  • Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
  • St. Luke's South, Overland Park, KS
• Membership in Professional Societies and Organizations
  • Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
    • Achievement Award
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology
  • Metropolitan Medical Society
• Board Certified: American Board of Ophthalmology
• Associate Editor for the Journal of Refractive Surgery
• Reviewer for peer-reviewed ophthalmic journals including the following:
  • Ophthalmology, Journal of Refractive Surgery, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Cornea, and European Journal of Ophthalmology
• Over 10 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published
• 5 Text book chapters, including:
  • Treating Astigmatism with Conductive Keratoplasty in A Complete Surgical Guide for Correcting Astigmatism: An Ophthalmic Manifesto, James P. Gills, MD, Slack Incorporated, Thorofore, NJ, 2003
  • Complications of Hyperopic PRK in Surgery for Hyperopia, Neal A Sher, MD, FACS, Slack Incorporated, Thorofore, NJ, 2003
  • Conductive Keratoplasty for Plano Presbyopes in Conductive Keratoplasty: A Primer, Pinelli R and Pascucci S, Slack Incorporated, Thorofore, NJ, 2005
  • Conductive Keratoplasty for Postsurgical Enhancement of Presbyopic Patients in Conductive Keratoplasty: A Primer, Pinelli R, Pascucci S, Slack Incorporated, Thorofore, NJ, 2005
  • My Approach to Astigmatism in Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lens Patients in Transitioning to Refractive IOLs – the Art and Science, David Chang, MD, et al. Slack Incorporated, Thorofore, NJ, - in press
• Over 60 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings and over 25 instructional courses taught. Recent lecturer include:
  • American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, San Diego, CA., April 2007,
    • Evolution of Femtosecond Laser Technology in Terms of Safer Surgery and Improved Outcomes
    • Acufocus Intracorneal Inlay
    • Why the Pentacam is essential in my cataract/refractive practice
    • Comparing Bilateral ReSTOR to ReSTOR/ReZOOM in RLE.
      Comparing Hyperopic LASIK outcomes with conventional, wavefront-optimized cadaver ablations
    • Phakic IOLs Session (Panel Discussion)
  • Troubleshooting Presbyopic IOLs with Laser Refractive Surgery. Sixth International Congress on Advanced Surface Ablation & SBK, Fort Lauderdale, FL., May 5, 2007
  • IntraLase FS Laser: From Basic Science to Clinical Application and Development of SBK. 2007 LCA Conference, Dallas, Tx., May 20, 2007
  • Sub-Bowman’s Keratomileusis. Ocular Surgery News Symposium, Las Vegas, NV., June 8, 2007
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology /International Society of Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA., Nov. 2007
  • How do I enhance after LASIK
  • Comparing bilateral ReSTOR, ReSTOR/ReZOOM and Crystalens/ReSTOR combination in RLE
  • OCT Analysis of IntraLase and Hansatome flaps – E-Poster
  • Advanced diagnostic tools for a refractive surgery practice
  • AAO Refractive Free Paper Session – panelist

Additional Career Highlights

• Third Place-Best Paper: "Alcon CustomCornea PRK Clinical Results" 2002 Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium, Orlando, Florida (2002)
• First Place-Best Paper: "How to Manage Epithelial Trauma During LASIK."
  World Refractive Surgery Symposium, Dallas, Texas (2000)
• First Place-Best Paper: "Induced Astigmatism with Hyperopic LASIK: The Cause and the Cure." World Refractive Surgery Symposium, Dallas, Texas (2000)

Education

• UndergraduateUndergraduate:
  • B.S. in Biology with Chemistry Minor, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
  • B.S. in Medicine, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion, SD
• Medical School: M.D., University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion, SD
  • Cum Laude
• Residency in Ophthalmology: Scott & White Hospital/ Texas A&M University, Temple, TX
  • Chief Resident in Ophthalmology
• Fellowship in Corneal and Refractive Surgery: Hunkeler Eye Centers; Daniel S. Durrie, M.D. Overland Park, KS
  

Bio

Dr. Jason Stahl specializes in lens implant surgery and refractive surgery to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. A board-certified ophthalmologist and member of the American Board of Ophthalmology, Dr. Stahl earned his medical doctorate, graduating with honors, and completed his internship at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. He continued his training with a three-year ophthalmology residency at Scott & White Hospital at Texas A & M University, where he was named chief resident. Following completion of his residency, Dr. Stahl completed a one-year fellowship in refractive surgery with Daniel S. Durrie, M.D. at Hunkeler Eye Centers in Kansas City.

Dr. Stahl joined Durrie Vision in 2003, a premier ophthalmology practice in the heart of the country. Durrie Vision, located in Overland Park, Kansas, is a leading eye care center in the country. Durrie Vision offers a sophisticated research center, a state-of-the-art clinical diagnosis treatment facility, and a leading laser and surgical vision correction component. Dr. Stahl heads up the refractive lens department, providing care and improved vision with refractive lens exchange surgery for patients with early cataracts, cataract surgery for patients with cataracts and phakic intraocular lens surgery for nearsighted (myopic) patients who are not candidates for LASIK or other refractive procedures.

Dr. Stahl has been active in ophthalmic research and has played significant investigator roles during numerous FDA clinical trials. Dr. Stahl lectures at international meetings on cataract and refractive surgery and his work has been published in professional medical journals. In addition, Dr. Stahl has been a patient himself, having undergone laser vision correction surgery in 2001.

Dr. Stahl is active in a number of professional organizations including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Stahl enjoys spending time with his wife, Erin, and his sons, Christian and Joshua, as well as playing golf and reading presidential biographies.

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