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Scott W. Tunis MD FACS

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Laser Vision Correction procedures - LASIK, PRK, PTK. Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation, corneal transplantation, Rejuven*eyes conjunctival whitening surgery, general eye surgery and medical diseases of the eye.

Experience in the area

• Board Certified Ophthalmologist • One of the Carolina’s most experienced LASIK Surgeons with 15 years LASIK experience and more than 15,000 LASIK procedures performed • 27 years Cataract Surgery experience with more than 20,000 Cataract procedures performed • Corneal Transplant Surgery since 1983 • US Patent Holder in Intraocular Lens Implant Technology; US Patent 5549614 and US Patent 5556400 • Was involved in FDA studies for Myopic LASIK • Past Chief of Ophthalmology, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL • Past Chief of Ophthalmology, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC

Organizations

• Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology 1987 • Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology • Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Publications

Ocular Surgery News, Premier Surgeon, Ring Magazine

Education/Credentials

• Amherst College BA 1977 • University of Virginia School of Medicine MD 1981 • Medical University of South Carolina Residency in Ophthalmology 1985 • Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Awards and Honors

• Consumer’s Research Council, America’s Top Ophthalmologists 2004-2011 • PS250 Premier Surgeon - One of the Top 250 Leading Innovators in the Field of Premium IOL Surgery

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Recent Answers from Scott W. Tunis MD FACS

2012-04-23 rapid astigmatism change in 49yr old:

This is not a question I can really answer without examining you or without seeing serial measurements of topography, keratometry, and refraction.    I suspect, however, that your extended wear has temporarily

2012-04-11 Low blood pressure and Glaucoma:

Low blood pressure, in and of itself, does not cause glaucoma, but actually reduces the perfusion pressure of the vessels in the optic nerve, thereby making a lower intraocular pressure more significant

2012-04-09 ORBITAL FRACTURE:

I would recommend you discontinue your MMA career.     Your orbit will never be normal. You may have pain, blurred vision, and double vision permanently even if the surgery is successful and you never

2012-03-30 narrow angles:

You are correct, it takes significant swelling of the lens to create angle closure (phacomorphic glaucoma) unless there is a pre existing narrow angle.    Have an ophthalmologist who performs iridotomy

2012-03-28 narrow angles:

You pose a number of good questions.  Angle closure glaucoma can be precipitated in patients with narrow angles by pupillary dilation, but it is uncommon    Risk factors for angle closure include family

 

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