Stephen Slade, MD, FACS
Slade & Baker Vision Center
3900 Essex Lane, Suite 101
Houston, TX 77027
(877) 380-9560
Stephen Slade, MD
Serving patients seeking LASIK eye surgery in Houston and the surrounding area
Stephen Slade, MD and Dr. Richard N. Baker bring the most experience and the most advanced technologies to each patient, ensuring the finest vision correction results.
Patients from around the world seek out Stephen Slade MD, FACS, a native Houstonian in private practice in Houston, Texas. Stephen Slade, MD, working with Dr. Stephen Brint of New Orleans, was the first surgeon in the United States to perform LASIK, in 1991. He also has the nation's longest experience with INTRALASE, or "bladeless" Lasik. Stephen Slade, MD was the first as well in the United States to implant the Crystalens, a phacoemulsification (cataract surgery) lens for Presbyopia (age-related loss of close up vision), and implants the Restor lens, a presbyopia lens that offers excellent near vision. Offering all the best options, Stephen Slade, MD is the physician educator and FDA presenter for the ICL, or implantable contact lens for myopia or nearsightedness. Stephen Slade, MD directed the LASIK training of more than 8,000 other refractive surgeons worldwide, the vast majority of surgeons now doing LASIK in the United States. Stephen Slade, MD has performed corneal refractive surgery since 1983 and has performed tens of thousands of procedures.
Drs. Stephen Slade and Richard N. Baker bring the most experience and the most advanced technologies to each patient, ensuring the finest vision correction results.
Stephen Slade, MD is highly regarded among other ophthalmologists. His peers have selected him for inclusion in "Best Doctors," "Best Doctors in America," "Top Opinion Leaders," and "Top Texas Doctors." Most importantly, Stephen Slade, MD was chosen by more than 450 of his fellow ophthalmologists to perform surgery on their own eyes. He is indeed the "Surgeon's Surgeon."
Stephen Slade, MD's other awards include Refractive Surgeon of the Year, ten Named Lecture Awards, Two China Service Metals, The Pioneer in Refractive Surgery Award, and The Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In 2007, Stephen Slade, MD was selected to receive the Barraquer Award, the top award in the field, given once a year to one surgeon in the world by the largest professional association in Ophthalmology.
Stephen Slade, MD's accomplishments have been chronicled numerous times in consumer media, including features on CBS News, ABC News, NBC News, PBS, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek. Stephen Slade, MD was featured in the Emmy Award Winning PBS Documentary "20/10 by 20/10?" which was narrated by Walter Cronkite. Stephen Slade, MD's publications include the most widely read book on LASIK, four other textbooks on refractive surgery, numerous scientific articles and multiple patents in the field of refractive surgery.
More About Slade & Baker Vision Center
Stephen Slade, MD, FACS and Richard N. Baker, OD, have practiced together since 1983. They founded the Laser Center of Houston in 1995 as a referral clinic for patient care, physician education and as an investigational site for the advancement of refractive surgery.
Dr. Stephen Slade is the chief surgeon of the Slade & Baker Vision Center's Laser Center of Houston. The staff members, many of whom have had LASIK surgery, are all hand-selected and personally trained by Drs. Slade and Baker.
For LASIK surgery, Stephen Slade, MD uses the best and latest "flying spot" technology. This wavefront guided custom LASIK system provides a unique map of the patient's corneal curvature. The excimer laser then creates a customized ablation profile that reshapes the cornea in an individual way for each patient. To create the "corneal flap," Stephen Slade, MD often uses the "all laser LASIK" procedure called IntraLASIK. Stephen Slade, MD has extensive experience with this bladeless procedure, and has the longest experience in the United States with IntraLASIK for myopia, astigmatism and hyperopia or farsightedness.
In addition to LASIK, Stephen Slade, MD offers other refractive procedures including the latest lenses for age-related loss of near vision. Stephen Slade, MD and Dr. Baker are committed to having the best option for each and every individual patient. Their goal is to provide the finest care for the gift of sight.
More About Stephen Slade, MD, FACS
Dr. Stephen Slade is a Houston native who did his undergraduate study at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the University of Texas, where he graduated summa cum laude (with highest honors). He attended medical school at the University of Texas School of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center. During his final elective year of medical school, he studied at Guy's Hospital, London, England. He completed his residency in ophthalmology in New Orleans followed by a fellowship in corneal surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He also studied and completed fellowship training on the airborne eye hospital, Project Orbis, which travels to Third World countries offering surgical eye care. Stephen Slade, MD is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons.