Leadership InView is Dedicated to Excellence
Providing technologically advanced, high quality vision correction surgery.

InView is a dedicated Center of Excellence for providing technologically advanced, high quality vision correction surgery.

The Center is built on a foundation of excellence in research, teaching, and patient care that spans 20 years and continues today:

2007 Began participating in the Focus On Independence Program. Implemented use of the optomap® retinal imaging device. 2006 AcuFocus, a new treatment for Presbyopia, is introduced. Acquired VISX laser with IK technology. Hyperopia approval from FDA. 2005 InView provides Epi-LASIK and is one of 5 sites for Hyperopia Study FDA approval of Intraocular Lens Implants. 2004 InView releases 5-year follow-up LASIK results. Findings show that 94% of patients would have the surgery again which reflects the high overall satisfaction of patients five years postoperatively. 2004 The practice changes its name to InView. 2002 InterWave ® 12 Month outcomes show a nearly 50% reduction in the incidence of glare and halos following LASIK surgery.   2002 Keith Thompson, MD launches the InterWave ® Visualizer, which allows patients to see what their vision may be like following LASIK, based on their unique InterWave ® measurements. 2001 InView* Surgeon, Keith Thompson, MD launches InterWave ® Technology, the most comprehensive optical measurement tool in the industry, allowing the practice to provide custom LASIK treatment plans which results in sharper, clear vision.   2000 Keith Thompson, MD and George Waring, MD* begin investigational studies of laser thermal keratoplasty (LTK) as well as clinical trials for the specialty resolved refractometer (SRR).

1999 George Waring, MD begins clinical trials of phakic intraocular lenses of two different designs by two different manufacturers. 1995 Keith Thompson, MD and George Waring, MD are authorized by the FDA to carry out a clinical trial of laser in-situ keratomileusis ( LASIK ) for myopia . The center is the only center in the Southeast with a physician-sponsored Investigational Device Exemption to perform LASIK.   1994 InView Surgeons*, Keith Thompson, MD and George Waring, MD, establish the nation's first large, cooperative group practice in vision correction surgery in collaboration with leading community Ophthalmologists and Optometrists  1992-94 Advanced new vision correction surgical procedures, including LASIK, are studied internationally.

1989 InView founding surgeon, George Waring, MD, performs the first excimer laser vision correction surgery in Atlanta. 1988 Laboratory research with the excimer laser begins led by InView founders, Keith Thompson, MD and George Waring, MD.   1984 A corneal research laboratory is established to study new methods of vision correction surgery, computerized corneal mapping, intracorneal lenses, and artificial corneal surfaces.   1981 Emory Surgeons, now practicing at InView*, Keith Thompson, MD and George Waring, MD, develop one of the largest corneal transplant services in the United States, with an emphasis on vision correction results. 1980 George Waring, MD is selected by the US Federal Government's National Eye Institute to direct the Prospective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy (PERK) study, the largest and most comprehensive clinical investigation of radial keratotomy.

* The practice changed its name to InView in 2004. Emory trained surgeons Keith Thompson, MD and George Waring, MD, founded the practice in 1994.