R. Wayne Bowman

Biography

Wayne Bowman, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern. He holds the Irene Wadel and Robert I. Atha Jr. Professorship in Ophthalmology, in Honor of R. Wayne Bowman, M.D. Dr. Bowman specializes in cornea and external diseases and refractive surgery. He sees patients with corneal and external disease disorders, including cataracts. He performs many procedures, including laser-assisted cataract surgery to remove the cataract and replace it with a new intraocular lens, and LASIK for near-sighted patients. Dr. Bowman received his medical degree from the University of Missouri Medical School. He stayed on at Missouri to complete his residency in internal medicine before completing the Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology, which is the oldest and largest ophthalmic educational course in the world designed for residents-in-training and practicing ophthalmologists. The course is an educational partnership between Colby College and Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Research Interest

Cataract, cataract surgery, ReStor, Crystalens, prebyopia, LASIK, Intralase, keratorefractive surgery, toric lenses, refractive lens exchange, Visian ICL, corneal transplantation, DALK, DSEK, K-PRO, laser-assisted cataract surgery