Gary Kawesch, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist who is a leader in the Bay area
and Northern California for LASIK and other advanced laser vision correction techniques.
He has performed more than 30,000 refractive surgery procedures.
Dr. Kawesch started his career in the early 1990s as an expert in refractive surgery for RK (radial keratotomy),
AK (astigmatic keratotomy) and ALK (automated lamellar keratoplasty). Shortly after LASIK was approved in 1995,
Dr. Kawesch opened one of the first excimer laser facilities in the East Bay.
He has been voted one of San Jose's Top Doctors by San Jose Magazine and is often sought out as an
expert by area media outlets.
Many top Bay area athletes and celebrities seek the skilled hand of
Dr. Kawesch to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Dr. Kawesch's patients include
athletes from the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers football teams, the Oakland Athletics and
San Francisco Giants baseball teams and the San Jose Sharks hockey team. Local and national media personalities,
such as Paul Tonelli, Lamont Hollywood, Darien O'Toole, Judge Joe Brown and Carlos Santana, have given Dr. Kawesch
the highest endorsements. He has published many scientific articles on LASIK and serves as
an investigator in the FDA clinical trials where new refractive surgery technologies are developed.
About the Laser Eye Center of the East Bay
Dr. Gary Kawesch is the medical director of the Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley and the Laser Eye Center of the East Bay.
He serves as the official Vision Correction Surgeon for the Oakland Raiders and the San Jose Sabercats.
His practice offers the latest in custom LASIK, where each LASIK procedure is specifically programmed
for each patient. The subtle optical irregularities in the eye are measured and corrected to maximize the patient's
vision. Dr. Kawesch also uses the all-laser procedure called IntraLASIK, in which the corneal flap is
created by a laser instead of a blade, ensuring the highest precision.
His practice is dedicated to
providing state-of-the-art vision correction procedures in a professional, caring and efficient manner.
Total patient satisfaction with regard to every step of the process, from first call to last postoperative visit,
is the ultimate goal.
In addition to LASIK, Dr. Kawesch offers PRK and PTK for laser vision correction.
Other procedures offered at the Laser Eye Center include the phakic IOLs, Intacs for keratoconus,
presbyopia surgery and Botox.
Dr. Kawesch's Background
Dr. Kawesch graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude from Yale University with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. He attended
medical school at the University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine,
where he received high honors for academic excellence. He served his internship at the
Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California and his residency in ophthalmology at the
Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California at Los Angeles.
Dr. Kawesch is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery and the International Society of Refractive Surgery.
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