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Credentials
and Qualifications
Dr. William R. Schlichtemeier has extensive qualifications that
Trusted LASIK Surgeons estimates put him among the top 1% of LASIK
and PRK laser eye surgery, refractive eye surgeons, and cataract
surgery eye doctors in the United States.
For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped
by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Schlichtemeier
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. Schlichtemeier’s qualifications and credentials as one
of the top LASIK and cataract surgeons in the United States include:
Experience
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Over 25 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
- Over
25 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens
implants and RK)
- Over
30 years experience in cataract surgery (including lens implants)
- Performed
over 25,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
- Performed
over 10,000 cataract surgery procedures, including lens implants
Premier
Patient Care
- “All-Laser”
LASIK (bladeless) using the IntraLase laser
- Wavefront
Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK
laser eye surgery
- Offers
complete refractive surgery care
- LASIK
and PRK
laser eye surgery
- Intraocular
lens
implant surgery (IOLs) including Refractive Lensectomy
(RLE) or Clear Lensectomy (CLE) using monofocal lenses, multifocal
lenses, and accommodating lenses, as well as phakic lens implants
and toric lens implants
- Other
vision correction surgery: Conductive
Keratoplasty (CK), and Limbal Relaxing Incisions
- Cataract
Eye Surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
- Management
of complications from refractive surgery for new patients who
had problems and complications from LASIK surgery or another vision
correction operation performed by another eye 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. Schlichtemeier
Professional
Credentials
- Current
Faculty Appointments:
- Hospital
Staff Appointments:
- Professional
Societies and Organization
- Certified
by American Board of Ophthalmology
- Editorial
Boards:
- American
Journal of Ophthalmology: “Epikeratophakia for Keratoconus”
-
The Journal of Refractive Surgery: “Long term loss of
effect of Myopic Epikeratophakia”
-
Over 25 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings
Additional
Career Highlights
- American
Medical Association
Physician’s Recognition Award
-
Midwest Clinical Society Merit Award
- Quality
of Vision Award
- Eagle
Scout and God and Country Award
- Community
Service
Education
Surgeon
Bio
Dr.
William Schlichtemeier is a native Nebraskan. His ancestors came
to Nebraska in the 1850’s. Dr. Schlichtemeier was born in
Omaha. He graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University
of Nebraska School of Medicine. He did an internship at Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit and four years residency in ophthalmology with
several famous professors, including Drs. Jack Guyton, Saul Sugar,
Gilbert O’Gawa, James Rowsey, David Carey and Cornelius McCole.
Dr.
Schlichtemeier was stationed at Oakland Naval Hospital for two years
to teach eye surgeons the techniques of corneal transplantation,
intraocular lens implantation, and vitrectomy. He has personally
taught over thirty surgeons the techniques of corneal transplantation.
He was also a consultant to Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco,
Tripler Army Hospital in Hawaii, and Travis AFB Hospital in Sacramento.
In 1978, Dr. Schlichtemeier served with the Christian Medical Society
as a medical missionary to Honduras.
Dr.
Schlichtemeier was the first ophthalmologist in Nebraska to do epikeratophakia
and keratomileusis. He learned keratorefractive surgery (the fore
runner to LASIK) in 1981 at the Jules Stein Eye Institute with Dr.
Elander, Dr. Villasenor, Dr. Krumeich and Dr. Barraquer. He began
doing epikeratophakia in 1982 with quite good results. He studied
Radial Keratotomy at the Dean McGee Eye Center with Dr. Jim Rowsey
and Dr. Jim Hayes and has been doing RK since 1983.
Dr.
Schlichtemeier is the area leader in laser vision correction. More
than 90% of Dr. Schlichtemeier’s laser vision correction patients
can drive to work the next day.
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Omaha LASIK Surgeon WIlliam R. Schlichtemeier Curriculum Vitae
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