Scott W. Tunis MD FACS is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He specializes in LASIK and laser vision correction procedures and is a recognized specialist in cataract surgery and corneal disease. He holds two United States Patents in intraocular lens implant technology and was involved in the FDA studies for myopic LASIK.
CREDENTIALS
- Amherst College BA 1977
- University of Virginia School of Medicine MD 1981
- Medical University of South Carolina Residency in Ophthalmology 1985
- Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology 1987
- Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- Consumer’s Research Council, America’s Top Ophthalmologists
- 2010 PS250 Premier Surgeon – one of the 250 Top Innovators in Premium IOL Surgery
- 2016 PS300 Premier Surgeon – one of the 300 Top Innovators in Premium IOL Surgery
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
- One of the Carolinas’ most experienced LASIK Surgeons with over 25 years LASIK experience and more than 30,000 LASIK procedures performed since 1994
- Over 38 years Cataract surgery experience with more than 30,000 Cataract procedures performed
- Holder of two United States Patents in Intraocular Lens Implant Technology: US Patents 5549614 and 5556400
- Past Chief of Ophthalmology, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Past Chief of Ophthalmology, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
- Founder and Medical Director: Spare-Specs, LLC
- President, Founder and Medical Director: Runners Essential Vitamin, LLC
- President, Founder and Medical Director: ImmunoEssentials100
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Principal Investigator, “The Post-Vitrectomy Lenstatin Study”: A Prospective Randomized Double Blind Human Clinical Trial Testing the Efficacy of Lenstatin in Inhibiting Cataract Formation and Progression After Pars Plana Vitrectomy : ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02131194