San Diego LASIK Surgeon Perry Binder, M.D.

Appointments:

(858) 455-6800

Address:

Gordon Binder & Weiss Vision Institute
8910 University Center Lane, Ste. 800
San Diego, CA. 92122

Web site(s) :

San Diego LASIK Surgeon Dr. Binder's Web Page

The Gordon Binder & Weiss Vision Institute of San Diego

Refractive Outcomes is Dr. Binder's software database program for surgeons that analyzes the results of any refractive surgical procedure and suggests to the LASIK surgeon how to improve his/her results based on the automated analyses as well as provide a potential new patient with automated, projected visual outcomes based on the individual surgeon’s results.

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Perry Binder 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. Below is a summary of Dr. Binder’s qualifications.

For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Binder has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly supplement his highly distinguished career.

Experience

• Over 20 years experience in laser vision surgery, including PRK and LASIK
• Over 28 years experience in refractive surgery (keratomileusis, keratophakia, laser vision, lens implants and RK)
• Performed over 15,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures including PRK (LASEK)
• Principal Investigator for numerous FDA Studies:
  • Phase II PRK for high myopia (VISX)
  • LASIK for myopia and astigmatism (Summit Technology)
  • LASIK for Hyperopia (Summit Technology)
  • LASIK for hyperopia and astigmatism (Summit Technology)
  • Wavefront-Guided LASIK for myopia and astigmatism (ALCON Laboratories)
  • LASIK for Mixed astigmatism (Wavelight)
  • Intracorneal Hydrogel Implants for myopia (Coopervision)
  • Intracorneal implants for presbyopia (Acufocus)

  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 surgery 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. Binder
• Utilizes all in house, self-owned current instrumentation for the diagnosis and treatment of refractive eye surgery: Wavefront aberrometry (VISX, ALCON, Wavelight, Ophthonix), corneal topography (Oculus Pentcam, Humphry Allas, Wavelight Topolozer), intraocular and refractive lens implants (IOL Master, Zeiss), specular microscopy (Konan), VISX S4 excimer laser with Iris Tracking hardware and software, Wavelight Allegretto Excimer laser, YAG laser, digital corneal and retinal photography
• Co-owns the in office AAAHC approved surgical suite for all lens implant procedures including refractive lens implants
• Co-owns the in office Optical Facility that performs FDA studies for contact lens studies including orthokeratology

  Professional Credentials

• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Honor Award
  • Senior Honor Award
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
• International Society of Refractive Surgery
• Founding Member
• Previous Board Member
• Past President.
• Delivered their most prestigious lectures
  • The Barraquer Lecture
  • The Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture
• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Past Board Examiner
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Medical Associations
• Member of Refractive Interest Group
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology
  • Member and Past Chairman (Cornea Section)
• Approximate number of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published
  • Over 300 publications published in the Ophthalmology literature
• List of text book chapters and/or books
  • More than 20 chapters
• Lectures on research topics at major eye meetings
• Delivered more than 400 lectures Nationally and Internationally
• International Society for Contact Lens Research
  • Board member and Past President
• Lifetime Honorary Member New Zealand Contact Lens Society
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO)
  • Board Member and Past President
  • Delivered CLAO major lectures:
    • the Whitney Sampson Lecture
    • the Lindstrom Lecture
    • Has taught over 100 course in the field oc corneal diseases and surgery and refractive surgery

Additional Career Highlights

• Owner of Outcomes Analysis Software Refractive Outcomes
  • a software database program that analyzes the results of any refractive surgical procedure and suggests to the surgeon how to improve his/her results based on the automated analyses as well as provide a potential new patient with automated, projected visual outcomes based on the individual surgeon’s results
• Performed the first IntraLase LASIK procedure in Europe
• Performed the first Radial Keratotomy procedures in France and Japan
• Serving or has served on the editorial boards of 20 Ophthalmology journals
• Taught 10 post Ophthalmology Residents in his private Corneal Fellowship
• Owned and Directed the not-for-profit National Vision Research Institute in San Diego for 25 years to study corneal and refractive eye surgical procedures
• Owns six Ophthalmology patents in the fields of glaucoma and corneal surgery
• Has served as a past medical director for ten Ophthalmology companies
  Past President of the Veterans Hospitals Association of Ophthalmologists
• Delivered over 10 named lectureships
• Has received over $3,000,000 in research funding for refractive and corneal research
• Listed in “The Best Doctors in America” and “The Top Doctors in America” for over 10 years
• Volunteered for the United States Aid to International Development and served two months in Bangladesh
• Listed in Good Housekeeping's Top 400 Doctors in America

  Education

• Undergraduate: University of Illinois, M.S. in Microbiology
• Master: University of Illinois, M.S. in Microbiology
• Medical School: Northwestern University Medical School
• Residency (in Ophthalmology): University of Southern California
  • (Doheny Eye Institute), Los Angeles, CA
• Fellowship (in Corneal and External Diseases): University of Florida

Personal Bio

Perry S. Binder, M.D. received his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at the University of Illinois, his Master of Science in Microbiology at the University of Illinois, and his Doctor of Medicine at Northwestern University Medical School. Following an Internship at UCLA and an Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Southern California, he completed the prestigious Fellowship in Corneal Surgery and Diseases at the University of Florida. He subsequently became a full-time faculty member in the Division of Ophthalmology at the University of California in San Diego. He is currently in full-time private practice in San Diego, California.

Dr. Binder has served on the Board of Directors of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, including a term as President. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of The International Society of Refractive Surgery since its inception and served as their President. He has been a founding member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research and also served as that society's President. He served as the Director of the Cornea Section for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He has been a member of the Editorial Board of 14 Ophthalmology Journals and has published over 300 scientific articles in the field of contact lenses, corneal surgery and pathology, ocular infections, and refractive eye surgery.

Dr. Binder has lectured in 40 states and twenty countries as an invited lecturer. He was twice elected to Town and Country Magazines list of the top physicians in America and has been listed annually in the book The Best Physicians in America. He was recognized by Good Housekeeping Magazine as one of the top 400 physicians in the United States. He has received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement award from the International Society for Refractive Surgery and from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Binder has served as a consultant for 20 ophthalmic industry companies and has been a clinical investigator for the excimer laser companies VISX, Inc, Summit Technology, Inc., Novatec, Inc., Alcon, Wavelight, Ophthonix, and Advanced Medical Optics (AMO). He is currently the co-Medical Director for the IntraLase Laser/AMO.

Dr. Binder performed the first keratomileusis procedure in San Diego making him one of the first ophthalmologists to perform any refractive eye surgery in the United States. He began performing Radial Keratotomy over 27 years ago and was the second surgeon to perform Excimer Laser Photoablation in San Diego. Through his laboratory and clinical expertise, he has developed or improved upon all current refractive surgical procedures including laser assisted keratomileusis (LASIK), astigmatic keratotomy, and refractive lens implants.

San Diego LASIK Surgeon Perry Binder's Curriculum Vitae

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