Dr. Stephen Slade is voted Best Doctor for 2013!

Read below for the official Press Release!

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As many of you may already know, Dr. Stephen Slade was the first surgeon in the United States to perform both LASIK and LASER Cataract Surgery. Besides being a pioneer in his field of refractive surgery and corneal surgery, Dr. Slade is also an esteemed speaker that ophthalmologists from all over the world come to listen to.

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Slade & Baker Vision Center's very own Dr. Greg Parkhurst is featured on this month's cover of the Review of Ophthalmology!

Dr. Parkhurst discusses his thoughts regarding corneal crosslinking for keratoconus, LASIK surgery, phakic IOL's, and the Visian ICL.

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Join us in congratulating Slade & Baker Vision Center’s very own Dr. Greg Parkhurst for being named to the Rising Stars list for 2013!

This is an honor received by NO more than 2.5% of physicians in a particular state or region. Now that is a small percentage. And as most of you know, the state of Texas is a BIG place so this is an even bigger honor here.

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This past weekend Slade & Baker's very own Dr. Greg Parkhurst spoke in front of many physicians in Houston's eye care community at the University of Houston's 29th Annual Cornea, Contact Lens and Contemporary Vision Care Symposium.

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Dr. Greg Parkhurst discusses why the Visian ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) provides outstanding night vision and how important that is with his experience in the military.

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Last weekend was homecoming weekend for all of my friends from grad school, and of course with any homecoming celebration comes a football game, and preceding the football game, of course a tailgate. As we were all getting ready to head out for the day, one of my dearest friends came running up to me in a panic because her eye was “red and puffy.”

After a game of 20 questions, the verdict became very clear. My friend sleeps in her contacts.

It is important for you and everyone you know who wears contacts to know how serious it is when your eye doctor tells you, do NOT sleep in your contacts.

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This is Dr. Greg Parkhurst's second installment for his blog on Visian ICL's website.

In this blog he explains what glaucoma is, what macular degeneration is, common symptoms of both and their effects on our eyes.

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We would like to congratulate Dr. Greg Parkhurst who has been invited to be a guest blogger for the national company, Visian ICL!

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Definition: A flex plan is a tax free deduction to be used toward medical expenses over the fiscal year and if the monetary amount allocated to the account is not used in full, the balance of what is not used is lost.

Warning: Do not read this article if you do not have a flex spending account. Reading this article will cause the reader to suffer from symptoms of insane jealousy.

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