Edward R. Rashid, MD, FACS, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. He is a fellowship trained cornea and refractive surgery specialist and has been in practice in San Antonio for more than 25 years. He has been selected by other physicians in the medical community as one of "The Best Doctors in America" and rated as one of San Antonio's "Top Doctors" by Scene in SA Monthly and San Antonio Magazine and he has been featured as San Antonio's Lasik Expert on WOAI.com and KSAT12.com. He is honored to serve as the team eye surgeon for the San Antonio Spurs.
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Intralase "All Laser LASIK"
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Dr. Rashid has performed these life-changing procedures for thousands of patients from all walks of life, including professional athletes, policemen, U.S. military members, many of our local physicians, and even celebrities. The key to Dr. Rashid's success is his very careful and conservative approach, his philosophy of providing quality personal care and always utilizing the best and latest technology. His first concern is always safety and to provide optimal outcomes for each patient.
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Dr. Rashid is the founder and President of Alamo Laser Vision Center. Dr. Rashid and ALVC have always been dedicated to having the best technology available for their patients. Dr. Rashid is fortunate to be able to provide his patients with the choice of more than one type of advanced laser technology. The ALLEGRETTO WAVE excimer laser system from Wavelight is the newest FDA approved excimer laser system. This innovative laser is a German design and uses a "wavefront optimized" technology. The laser beam profile and eye tracking system are specifically designed for maintaining the corneal curvature for each patient, thereby correcting spherical aberrations and preventing the likelihood of night vision halos and glare.
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Eliminate night-vision problems such as halos and glare
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Dr. Rashid also uses CustomVue by VISX, which uses Wavefront mapping technology. The wavefront map details the unique characteristics of a person's eye and programs the laser for an individual "fingerprint" treatment. This laser is ideal for correcting and preventing higher order aberrations. IntraLase, or the "All Laser LASIK," procedure is also used during all of Dr. Rashid's LASIK procedures to create the corneal flap, the first step in the LASIK surgery. This specialized laser creates a flap of cornea tissue without the use of the traditional blade. The combination of the IntraLase, plus the advanced Custom lasers and the comprehensive training and experience of Dr. Rashid ensures the best visual outcomes.
Dr. Rashid also offers the newest technology intraocular lenses (IOLs), including the ReSTOR and ReZoom IOLs recently approved by the FDA. These multi-focal IOLs replace the natural lens and simultaneously correct for distance and reading vision. These lens implants are designed specifically for correcting those patients over 45 years old who want to completely eliminate the need for glasses or contacts. In FDA clinical trials, 94 percent of the patients were able to read the newspaper and drive without glasses after multi-focal implant surgery. Dr. Rashid is a highly skilled lens implant surgeon and has performed many thousands of surgeries.
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ALLEGRETTO WAVE
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Edward Rashid, MD, FACS, received his undergraduate degree from the United States Air Force Academy and his medical degree from Northwestern University, School of Medicine. He completed a residency in ophthalmology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. Dr. Rashid completed his first specialty fellowship-training program at Emory University, where he became involved in the first refractive surgery study funded by the National Eye Institute, the P.E.R.K. Study, or Perspective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy. During his second fellowship training program, he traveled across the United States and studied with four world-renowned refractive surgeons.
Dr. Rashid continues to focus on advancements in vision correction surgery as a full Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and an Associate Clinical Professor for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Washington, DC. He has performed important research related to refractive surgery and corneal health and has published these findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and has been selected as a Fellow to the prestigious American College of Surgeons. He is an active member in the major ophthalmology organizations including the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
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