LASIK Surgeon Douglas Cooper, M.D.

Appointments:

(916) 635-4878

Address:

Pacific Laser Eye Center
11220 Gold Express Dr. Ste. 405
Gold River, CA 95670

Website:

Pacific Laser Eye Center

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Douglas Cooper has extensive qualifications that put him within an elite circle 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. Cooper 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. Cooper ’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 12 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
• Over 18 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK)
• Performed over 13,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Among the first in Northern California to obtain custom Wavefront technology for LASIK and PRK

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. Cooper

Professional Credentials

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (Member)
• International Society of Refractive Surgery (Member)
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Member)
• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
• Hospital and Institutional Staff Appointments
  • Mercy General Hospital (1991) Active
  • Sutter General Hospital (1991) Active
  • Sutter Amador Hospital (1991) Active
  • Healthsouth Auburn (1993) Active
  • Healthsouth Alhambra (1991) Active
  • Sacramento Eye Surgery Center (1998) Active
  • Amador Surgery Center (2004) Active
• 4 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published
• 4 text book chapters and/or books
• 4 Lectures on research topics at major eye meetings

Additional Career Highlights

• Fluent in Spanish

Education

• Undergraduate: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,,
  • BS in Zoology/ Premedicine
  • Cum Laude/Phi Kappa Phi
• Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Doctor of Medicine
  • James H. Allen award for Excellence in Ophthalmology
• Internship (Transitional)
  • Charity Hospital (The Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans), New Orleans, Louisiana
• Residency in Ophthalmology
  • Tulane Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, Louisiana
    

Personal Bio

A native of Idaho, Dr. Cooper graduated Cum Laude in 1981 from Brigham Young University in Utah. During his undergraduate training, Dr. Cooper spent two years as a missionary in Venezuela, where he became fluent in Spanish.

He graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1985, and then completed a yearlong internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. From 1986 to 1989, Dr. Cooper trained as an Ophthalmology Resident at Tulane University, where he received the prestigious “James Allen Excellence in Ophthalmology Award”. He has also written and published numerous articles in professional publications such as “The American Journal of Ophthalmology” and "Archives of Ophthalmology”.

In 1989, Dr. Cooper settled in the Sacramento area and started a general ophthalmology practice specializing in refractive and cataract surgery. In 1996, Dr. Cooper became co-medical director and a partner of Pacific Laser Eye Center in Gold River. He holds a medical license in California and Nevada.

He is one of the most experienced Lasik surgeons in the region, having performed over 10,000 Lasik procedures. In 1997, Dr. Cooper successfully treated Dr. Richard Meister for hyperopia, making him the first surgeon in Sacramento to complete this new FDA approved procedure.

In January 2003, Dr. Cooper was the first in Northern California to obtain space age Wavefront technology. This technology allowed the treatment of visual defects that were not even measurable before, providing superior visual outcomes and clearer vision than previously attainable with older laser technology. Dr. Cooper now uses the WaveLight Allegretto laser almost exclusively for his laser vision procedures. The Allegretto laser was built from the ground up to take advantage of Wavefront technology, providing the very best visual result.

Dr. Cooper is committed to his patients and feels his most important accomplishment has been successfully raising seven children. He enjoys international travel and outdoor activities.

 

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