Education:

• B.A. Harvard University; 1976
  (Phi Beta Kappa)
• M.D. Harvard Medical School; 1980
• Resident in Ophthalmology, UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute; 1981-1984

Work and Credentials:

• Dr. Andrew Caster has performed more than 30,000 laser vision correction procedures.


• Dr. Andrew Caster was voted by other ophthalmologists to "Best Doctors in America", an honor given by eye specialists to less than 40 Lasik specialists in the entire United States.


• Andrew Caster MD FACS book, Lasik: The Eye Laser Miracle is now in its 5th printing and is the most widely-read book in the United States on the subject of laser vision correction.


• Andrew Caster MD has been honored by Visx, a laser manufacturer, as one of the "Top 50" Laser Vision Correction doctors in the United States for four years in a row.


• Dr. Andrew Caster offers three lasers: WaveLight Allegretto, LadarVision, and Visx S4. These lasers use the wavefront custom cornea technology to achieve superior daytime and nighttime vision.

Dr. Andrew Caster has been asked to serve on the Clinical Advisory Board of Alcon, the world's largest eye care company. Dr. Andrew Caster's duties on the Clinical Advisory Board are limited to 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 from the United States and other countries in advanced Lasik treatments, hosts educational seminars for physicians on the internet, 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.

Articles featuring Dr. Andrew 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 recently 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 assistant manager and former player Kurt Rambis).

Dr. Andrew Caster has had his own nearsightedness and astigmatism corrected with the Lasik technique. This personal experience helps Dr. Andrew Caster to understand your needs and concerns in a very personal way.

Recent Lasik Research Presentations by Dr. Caster

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.

For More Research Presentations