Portland LASIK Eye Surgeon William Frederick Mathers, M.D.

Appointments:

Portland:(503) 494-3937

Toll free: (800) 842-3937

Address:

Casey Vision Correction Center
Casey Eye Institute - Marquam Hill
3375 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97239

Website:

Casey Vision Correction Center

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. William Mathers has extensive qualifications that we estimate place him among the top 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. Mathers 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. Mathers' qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 9 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
• Over 25 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK)
• Performed over 5,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Performed over 3,000 corneal transplant surgery procedures, Dr. Mathers is one of the most experienced corneal transplant surgeons on the West Coast
• Co-Investigator for 1 FDA study for laser manufacturers (Nidek)
• Chair of the Ophthalmic Devices Panel at the FDA for 4 years.
• Member of the National Institutes of Health study section for 7 years
• Dr. Mathers is one of the world's leading authorities on dry eye, complications of contact lenses, confocal microscopy of the eye, and acanthamoeba infections of the eye
• Casey Eye Institute of the Oregon Health & Science University, where Dr. Mather's practices, was one of the first laser eye centers in Portland having introduced laser eye surgery to the Portland area in 1994
• Casey Eye Insitute had the first Intralase in Portland and was the first laser eye surgery center to perform laser incision PKs in the area
  

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 All Laser LASIK and PRK, 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. Mathers

Professional Credentials

• Current Faculty Appointments:
  • Petti Professor of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University
• Past Faculty Appointments: Professor of Ophthalmology
  • University of Arizona
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Iowa
• Hospital Staff Appointments:
  • Oregon Health & Science University Hospital
• Professional Society and Organizations (Membership and Affiliations)
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (Member)
    • Honor Award
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery (Member)
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Member)
  • American Medical Association
  • Washington State Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Oregon Association of Ophthalmology
  • The Cornea Society (formerly the Castroviejo Society)
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • International Society for Contact Lens Research
  • Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO)
    • Former President
    • Behren’s Memorial lecture, CLAO Annual Meeting 2000
  • Eye Bank Association of America
  • Research to Prevent Blindness
  • American Diabetes Association
  • Pan American Association for Contact Lenses and Refraction
    • Former President
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Society of Protozoologists
  • Society for Neuroscience
• Created Genefac Corporation, a startup molecular genetics company focused on on research and development of personalized medicine
• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Associate
• Reviewer:
  • Archives, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Experimental Eye Research, Investigational Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Cornea, Journal of Parsitology
• Over 160 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and abtracts published
• Over 16 text book chapters and books published
• Over 110 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings as well as numerous lectures at local and regional meetings throughout the world

Additional Career Highlights

• Founder and CEO of Genefac Corporation (cancer research startup)
• Petti Professor of Ophthalmology, OHSU
• RPB Physician-Scientist Award
• Founder/Director, Wadsworth Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis Research
• Tuohy Lectureship, Contact Lens Association of America Award, 1994
• Conrad Behrens Memorial Lectureship CLAO
• Nugent Award for Corneal Research
• Kersley Memorial lecture, Moorefields England 1999
• Keynote Address-Second International Conference on the Lacrimal Gland 1996
• Whitney Sampson AAO Lectureship
• ALCOA National Scholarship
• American Field Service Scholarship

Patents and Inventions

• Application number 60/939,826: Microarray systems and methods for identifying DNA-Binding proteins. Filed May 23rd, 2007
• Application number 61/033,331: A electrophoresis device for separation and purification of biological macromolecules Filed March 3rd, 2008

Education

• Undergraduate: Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, B.S., Chemistry
• Medical School: Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA, M.D.
• Internship: Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA
• Residency:
  • Anesthesiology, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA
  • University of Washington Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
• Fellowship Training:
  • Cornea and External Disease, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C.

Personal Bio

Dr. Mathers, corneal specialist and refractive surgeon at Casey Eye Institute, lives his mantra. "I find it very moving to return sight to people. I think it is an honor and a privilege to help people see." This ardent desire to help people was what led Dr. Mathers to medicine in the first place. He modestly explains, "My decision to become a doctor was altruistic. I admired Albert Schweitzer and I thought helping others in the same way would be a worthwhile activity."

Dr. Mathers' formal studies began when he received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, followed by a M.D. from Stanford Medical School. Remaining at Stanford, he completed a residency in Anesthesiology. Dr. Mathers then taught anesthesia at Stanford and served as Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Palo Alto, California, before making a career change. "I realized," he recalls, "that I no longer wanted to be a facilitator; rather I wanted to be the surgeon." His personal fascination with vision and the physics of sight led to his ophthalmology residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He followed his residency with a fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at Georgetown University Medical School in Washington, D.C. During his fellowship, Dr. Mathers also served as a Clinical Instructor at the Georgetown Department of Ophthalmology.

Upon completing his ophthalmic training, Dr. Mathers held academic appointments at Stanford Medical School, Georgetown University, the University of Arizona and the University of Iowa, where he served as Director of the Cornea Service. Dr. Mathers was also invited to share his knowledge elsewhere, accepting visiting professorships at the Medical College of Virginia, the University of Western Australia, the University of Connecticut, and the Val de Grace Hospital in Paris, France.

Throughout Dr. Mathers' career, research has been a consistent area of interest. He has published over 160 journal articles and abstracts and has given more than 110 presentations at national and international medical conferences. He attributes his commitment to research to "a personal interest in science. I like trying to understand the world and I believe in the process of scientific investigation. I feel privileged to have investigated many eye conditions." His colleagues have recognized his contributions, and Dr. Mathers was President of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO). He also served on the editorial board for two journals: the CLAO Journal and Cornea and reviews for all the major Ophthalmology publications. In addition, he has been part of the FDA Joint Council on Contact Lens Compliance and the CLAO's Industrial Standards Committee and served as Chairman of the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel for 4 years. He established the Wadsworth Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis Research, and has recently created a biotech startup company, Genefac, to investigate the molecular basis of cancer.

Despite the demands of his profession, Dr. Mathers makes time to travel with his wife, Estelle. They both enjoy outdoor activities, particularly hiking and exploring, and are thrilled to enjoy these pursuits in Oregon."We have lived all over the country, but we think the Northwest represents the finest America has to offer.”

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