 Dr. Gary
Kawesch is a leading expert in the field,
and has performed over 40,000 refractive
procedures. He is the Laser Vision Correction
specialist for professional athletes throughout
the Bay Area.
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Dr. Kawesch is licensed to
practice medicine in the state of
California. He is a member of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and the International Society of Refractive
Surgery (ISRS).
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SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
04/95: Board
Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology
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PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
07/92 - Present: Owner, Medical Director,
and surgical ophthalmologist at the Laser Eye
Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose,
California, and the Laser Eye Center of the
East Bay, Pleasanton,
California.
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PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
- Performed over 40,000 refractive surgical
procedures over the last 14 years
- Expert in the field of vision correction
surgery
- Board certified ophthalmologist
- Laser vision correction surgeon for the
Oakland Raiders
- Laser vision correction surgeon for the San
Jose Sharks
- Author of numerous scientific articles in
the field of ophthalmology
- Teacher of latest techniques in refractive
surgery to local eye surgeons
- Frequent source of information for local
media (TV, radio, newspaper)
- Expert witness for medico-legal issues in
ophthalmology
- Chair, NORCAP Review and Advisory Committee
(review malpractice insurance issues for major
insurance company)
- Textbook reviewer, EyeWorld magazine
- Voted one of San Jose’s Top Doctors by San
Jose Magazine
- Inventor and US Patent holder of a new
device and method for measuring an individual’s
vision
- Textbook reviewer for Eyeworld magazine
- Online consultation expert in refractive
surgery for Ocular Surgery News
- Reviewer of manuscripts for Journal of
Refractive and Corneal Surgery
- LASIK investigator for FDA clinical studies
using the VisX Star laser
- LASIK investigator for FDA clinical studies
using the Nidek EC5000 laser
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IN THE NEWS
12/96: LASIK
Tips for the beginning
surgeon
EyeWorld, December 1996, p.
58
1/97: Informed
Consent for refractive surgery
EyeWorld,
January 1997, p. 34
4/97 LASIK: Results from 100
cases
EyeWorld, April 1997, pp. 58-59
1/98 Therapeutic
LASIK: a case report
EyeWorld,
January 1998, p. 34
2/98 Bandage
Contact Lenses and PRK - Special
Techniques
EyeWorld, February 1998,
p. 33
3/98 Epithelial
Removal During Hyperopic PRK - Special
Techniques
EyeWorld, March 1998
2/99 LASIK - Roundtable
Discussion with the Experts
Review of
Ophthalmology, in press
4/00 LASIK for High Myopia with the VisX
Star laser
Ophthalmology, April
2000, pp. 653-661.
2/03: Digital Infrared Photo
Pupillometry-A new Technique for Measuring
Scotopic Pupil Size
EyeWorld, Februay 2003
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FORMAL TRAINING IN REFRACTIVE
SURGERY
7/92:
Chiron's Radial Keratotomy Course, San
Francisco
Faculty: J.
Charles Casebeer, MD
8/93: Storz's Advanced Radial
Keratotomy Course, St. Louis
Faculty: Miles Friedlander, MD
9/93: Chiron's
Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty Course, San
Francisco
Faculty:
Stephen Slade, MD, J. Charles Casebeer, MD
6/94: Chiron's
Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty Mini-Fellowship,
Houston, TX
Faculty:
Stephen Slade, MD
7/94: Chiron's Automated Lamellar
Keratoplasty Second International User Group
Meeting, Chicago, IL
Faculty: Stephen Slade, MD,
Richard Lindstrom, MD, Charles Casebeer, MD
7/94: Chiron's
Advanced Refractive Surgery Course, Chicago,
IL
Faculty: Richard
Lindstrom, MD
11/95: UCLA's Excimer Laser Didactic
Course, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty: Robert Maloney, MD
11/95: Summit
Excimer Laser Wet Lab, Vision Surgery and Laser
Center, La Jolla, CA
Faculty: Michael Gordon, MD
6/96: VisX
Excimer Laser Didactic Course, San Jose,
CA
Faculty: Steve
Trokel, MD
6/96:
VisX Excimer Laser Wet Lab, San Jose,
CA
Faculty: Steve
Trokel, MD
2/02:
Alcon LADARVison 4000 Didactic & Wet Lab, San
Jose, CA
2/03:
Alcon LADARWave Custom Cornea Didactic & Wet
Lab, San Jose, CA
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MEETINGS, LECTURES &
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
4/03: Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Cataract and
Refractive
Surgery, San Francisco, CA
2/03: 4th International Congress
of Wavefront Sensing and Aberration-Free
Refractive Correction, San Francisco, CA
10/02: Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL
4/02: Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Cataract and
Refractive
Surgery, Philadelphia, PA
10/01: Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, LA
10/01: Delivered Lecture:
Refractive Surgery in the Year 2001 - What Primary
Care Physicians Need to Know, Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley,
San Jose.
10/01:
Delivered Lecture: Refractive Surgery Comanagement
in the Year 2001. Continuing education course for
optometrists, Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley,
San Jose
9/01:
Keynote Lecture: Refractive Surgery in the Year
2001. San Jose Kiwanis
Club Meeting, San Jose CA
8/01: Delivered Lecture: Refractive
Surgery Comanagement in the Year 2001. Continuing education
course for optometrists, Laser Eye Center of
Silicon Valley, San Jose
10/2000: Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dallas, TX
10/99 Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL
11/98: Delivered Lecture:
LASIK for High Myopia using the Visx Star
Laser. Annual Meeting of
the American Academy of Ophthalmology, New
Orleans, LA
10/98: Named CRS Clinical
Investigator for FDA
clinical trials treating myopia and astigmatism
using the Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser, with the
LASIK procedure
4/98: Delivered Lecture: LASIK for
High Myopia and Astigmatism. American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery, Annual Meeting, San Diego
1/98: Delivered
Lecture: Refractive Surgery Comanagement 1998. Continuing Education
course for optometrists, Laser Eye Center of
Silicon Valley, San Jose
10/97: Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA
10/97: Annual
Meeting of the International Society of Refractive
Surgery, San Francisco,
CA
10/97:
Granted Investigational IDE by the FDA for clinical trials for treating
hyperopia with the excimer laser, using the LASIK
procedure
8/97:
Granted Investigational IDE by the FDA for clinical trials for treating
hyperopia with the excimer laser, using the PRK
procedure
7/97:
Delivered Lecture: Refractive Surgery
Comanagement. Continuing
Education course for optometrists, Laser Eye
Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose
11/96: Named
Investigator for the International CRS - LASIK clinical trials for low
myopia
10/96:
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology, Chicago
10/96: Annual
Meeting of the International Society of Refractive
Surgery, Chicago
5/96: Delivered
Lecture: Refractive Surgery in the
1990s. Continuing
Education Course for optometrists, Laser Eye
Center of the Silicon Valley, San Jose
10/95: Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology, Atlanta
10/95:
Subspecialty Day 1995. Refractive Surgery 1995: Reshaping
the Future, American Academy of Ophthalmology,
Atlanta
10/95:
Laser Skin Resurfacing Course using the Coherent
Ultrapulse Laser, Atlanta. Faculty: Norman Schorr, MD
10/95: Annual
Meeting of the International Society of Refractive
Surgery, Atlanta
4/95: Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery, San
Diego
1/95:
Tufts University School of Medicine Hawaii '96
Meeting, Wailea, Hawaii
10/93: Annual
Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago
10/93: American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Pre-Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Chicago
10/92: Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology, Dallas
10/92: American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery Pre-Academy of
Ophthalmology
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RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
1997-1998: Principal Investigator,
private FDA IDE study. “Application of the VISX Excimer
Laser System to Perform PRK for the Correction of
Hyperopia.” Study Sponsor: W. Andrew Maxwell, MD
Ph.D
1997-1999: Sub-investigator,
CRS-USA, Inc. FDA IDE study. “Treatment of
Hyperopia and Hyperopic Astigmatism with the Nidek
EC-5000 Excimer Laser.” Study Sponsor: CRS USA,
Inc.
1997-1998: Principal
Investigator, private FDA IDE study. “Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) and Laser
Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Treatment
for the Correction of Hyperopia (+1.00 to +4.00 D)
with astigmatism <1.00 D in subjects who have
not had prior refractive surgery.” Study Sponsor:
Gary M. Kawesch, MD.
1997-1998: Principal
Investigator, private FDA IDE study. “Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) and Laser
Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) Treatment
for the Correction of Hyperopia (+0.25 to +6.00 D)
with astigmatism <5.00 D in subjects who have
had prior refractive surgery.” Study Sponsor: Gary
M. Kawesch, MD
1991 - 1992: Jules Stein Eye
Institute, University of California Los Angeles
School of Medicine. Working with Robert
Maloney, MD, in the Department of Corneal and
Refractive Surgery. Together we analyzed
topographic changes following excimer laser
photorefractive keratectomy in 50 patients treated
in Berlin by Theo Seiler, MD.
1990 - 1992: Jules Stein Eye
Institute, University of California Los Angeles
School of Medicine. Worked with Robert
Goldberg, MD, in the Department of Ophthalmic
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Project
involved modeling socket contraction in rabbits;
ultimate goal is to pharmacologically modulate
contraction.
Summer 1986: Jules Stein Eye
Institute, University of California Los Angeles
School of Medicine. Worked as a researcher
under the direction of Robert Yee, MD, studying
vertical opto-kinetic nystagmus in normal human
subjects.
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PATENTS
January 1997 - Granted US
Patent, “Device and Method for Measuring Visual
Acuity”
March 2003 - Patent
Pending, “Device and Method for Improving
Registration During Wavefront Laser Vision
Correction”
March 2003 - Patent
Pending, “Device and Method for Creating
Wavefront-Error Correcting Contact Lenses”
March 2003 - Patent
Pending, “Modifications and Methods for Improving
Performance of Corneal Inlays”
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