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Education and Experience for Beverly Hills
Laser Eye Surgeon Dr. Andrew Caster


Education
  • B.A. Harvard University; 1976 -- Phi Beta Kappa honors
  • M.D. Harvard Medical School; 1980
  • Resident in Ophthalmology, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute; 1981-1984
Credentials
  • "Best Doctors in America", 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Selected to Castle Connolly "America's Top Doctors"
  • Alcon Refractive Surgery Clinical Advisory Board -- In this capacity, Dr. Caster has trained other Lasik practitioners in the latest Lasik techniques and worked with the scientists at the world's largest eye care company.
  • Best Laser Eye Surgeon in Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Magazine
  • Selected by Visx as one of the "Top 50" Lasik laser eye surgeons in the United States
  • Selected by W Magazine as one of two top Lasik eye surgeons in America
  • Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine
  • Author of Lasik: The Eye Laser Miracle, published by Ballantine/Random House. This is the most widely read book in America on Lasik laser vision correction and is now in its fifth edition.
  • Author of multiple peer-reviewed research articles on laser vision correction
  • Who's Who in Science and Engineering
  • Who's Who in Professionals
  • Who's Who in America
  • Who's Who in the World
Publications
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology, November 2008:
    Incidence and Characterisitics of Epithelial Ingrowth.

  • International Ophthalmology Clinics, Winter 2008:
    Corneal Ectasia After Laser Vision Correction.

  • Journal of Refractive Surgery, October 2007:
    Absence of Keratectasia After Lasik in Eyes With Preoperative Central Corneal Thickness of 450 to 500 Microns.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, August 2007:
    Central Islands Following Wavefront-Guided Treatment.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, August 2007:
    Abnormal Topography and Normal Posterior Float using the Pentacam Tomography System.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, April 2007:
    Early Experience with High-Speed Ablation CustomCornea Lasik for Myopia.

  • International Society of Refractive Surgery, November, 2006:
    Evaluation of Corneal Ectasia.

  • Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, August 2006:
    Corneal Ectasia After Photorefractive Keratoplasty.

  • Journal of Refractive Surgery, November/December 2005:
    Conventional vs. Wavefront-Guided Lasik Using the LADARVision 4000 Excimer Laser.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, April 2005:
    Improving Lasik Results Using Wavefront-Guided Techniques.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, April 2005:
    Absence of Keratoectasia in Lasik Patients with Pre-operative Central Corneal Thickness of Less Than 500 Microns.

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology, October 2004:
    Use of Automated Registration in Wavefront-Guided Treatment.

  • Refractive Excellence Conference, August 2004:
    Techniques to Optimize Wavefront-Guided Lasik Results.

  • Journal of Refractive Surgery, July 2004:
    Nomogram Adjustment of Laser in situ Keratomileusis for Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism With the Alcon LADARVision System.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, May 2004:
    Comparison of Wavefront-Guided versus Conventional Lasik Using the Alcon LADARVision 4000 System.

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology, November 2003:
    Effect of Enhanced Plume Evacuation During Lasik.

  • Jules Stein Eye Institute Research and Alumni Day, May 2003:
    Lasik to Correct Residual Refractive Error Following RK.

  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, April 2003:
    Review of Nomogram-Optimized Low Myopia Lasik Results Using the LADARVision Laser System.
Experience

Dr. Caster is one of the few sub-specialists in the United States to dedicate his practice exclusively to Lasik laser vision correction. He is one of the most experienced and knowledgeable physicians in the United States in this field. Dr. Caster has personally performed almost 30,000 vision correction procedures. A large number of our patients travel to us for laser vision correction from across the United States, as well as from Central and South America, Asia, and Europe.

In 1999, Dr. Caster was selected by Los Angeles Magazine as the "Best Laser Eye Surgeon in Los Angeles". Dr. Caster has been voted by Visx as one of the "Top 50" laser eye surgeons in the United States for four years in a row. He has been repeatedly voted by other physicians as one of the "Best Doctors in America".

Articles featuring Dr. Caster and his work with Lasik laser vision correction have appeared in many publications including Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times. Dr. Caster appeared on the NBC Today show, interviewed by Katie Couric, in which he discussed the newest advances in vision correction. Dr. Caster performed all of the Lasik treatments for the first season of the Fox television show, The Swan. Dr. Caster has also been a featured guest on numerous television programs, including KCBS Channel 2 News (in which he performed laser vision correction on anchorman Kyle Kraska), Hard Copy (in which he performed laser vision correction on actor Lorenzo Lamas), and Fox Sports (in which he performed Lasik on Los Angeles Lakers former player Kurt Rambis).

Dr. Caster was one of twenty doctors who performed Lasik treatments for the first FDA approval of Lasik (CRS/USA). Dr. Caster is continually involved in research to advance the science and art of laser vision correction. He is a frequent publisher of scientific papers and regularly lectures at national ophthalmology meetings on the subject of laser vision correction.

Dr. Caster is the author of Lasik: The Eye Laser Miracle, published by Ballantine Books (a division of Random House). This book has become the most widely read book in the United States on the subject of laser vision correction. It is available in bookstores across the country or through amazon.com.

Dr. Andrew Caster has been asked to serve on the Clinical Advisory Board of Alcon, the world's largest eye care company. Dr. Caster's duties on the Clinical Advisory Board are in the area of Lasik laser vision correction, and he is one of only four ophthalmologists in the United States to receive this appointment. In this capacity, Dr. Caster advises physicians in the newest Lasik treatments, hosts educational seminars for physicians, hosts physicians from other cities and countries in day-long training sessions, and interfaces with the scientists and engineers at Alcon who are developing further advances in laser treatment. This close working relationship between Dr. Caster and the engineers who are developing new technology enables Dr. Caster to be knowledgeable about the most intricate aspects of the Lasik technology.		  
Andrew I. Caster, MD, FACS
Caster Eye Center

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