Stephen Slade is an American eye surgeon who performed the first

LASIK LASIK or Lasik (''laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis''), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and an actual cure for astigmatism, since ...

(laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, or laser eye surgery) in the United States in 1991 along with Dr. Stephen Brint. He was a lead investigator for panel approval at the FDA for both the Crystalens and the implantable contact lens. Slade performed the first laser cataract surgery in the United States in 2010. He also performed the first Raindrop Corneal Inlay in the United States in both the clinical trials and commercially. He continues to participate in and consult for many FDA clinical trials. Slade was the featured surgeon on the Emmy Award winning PBS documentary "20/10 by 2010?" narrated by Walter Cronkite.

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