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Stephen G. Slade, MD, FACS

Stephen Glenn Slade is a native Houstonian and is in private practice in Houston, Texas. He also serves as national medical director of TLC, the largest LASIK surgery center group in the world. He attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy's Hospital, London, graduating summa cum laude. He completed a residency at the LSU Eye Center in New Orleans and fellowships in corneal surgery at Baylor Medical College in Houston and in New York, New York on Project ORBIS. Dr. Slade is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. He is an active teacher of surgical techniques and has taught over 8,000 surgeons LASIK and lamellar refractive surgery. Dr. Slade's own experience with lamellar refractive surgery began in 1980 with epikeratophakia, followed in 1983 with myopic keratomileusis.
In 1991 he performed the first LASIK done in the United States. He has since done tens of thousands of cases. Of unique note, Dr. Slade is considered the "surgeon's surgeon." Over 300 of his fellow eye surgeons have chosen him to for their own eye surgery. He is an active researcher and the U.S. medical monitor for several new technologies including the B&L Technolas Excimer Laser Custom Vision Clinical Trials. He has received numerous awards including 8 named lectures, the Refractive Surgeon of the Year award, two China Service Medals, and the 1997 Lans Lectureship. Dr. Slade has received the Honor Award of the American Academy and Summit Technology's Pioneer of Refractive Surgery Award. He is a regular presenter at medical meetings and has received several "Best Speaker" awards. He is on several editorial boards including the Journal of Refractive Surgery. Dr. Slade has produced many articles, book chapters, three patents in the field and has authored five textbooks on refractive surgery.

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