Surgical Practice

Dr. Waring helped develop Laser Vision Correction Surgery. He initially did laboratory studies to demonstrate the safety of the laser before it was used on people. He presented before the FDA the evidence that led to the first FDA approval for the clinical use of the excimer laser for vision correction. He received the first FDA approval to do LASIK in the United States, as principle investigator of a clinical trial carried out at InView (previously Emory Vision). He has done over 15,000 LASIK procedures.  He is a consultant to companies that make excimer lasers.

Dr. Waring has been doing intraocular lens implantations at the time of cataract surgery for the past 30 years. Intraocular lenses are now an important part of vision correction surgery.

Dr. Waring implants phakic intraocular lenses for individuals who have very high amounts of near-sightedness and are not good candidates for laser vision correction. He uses the AMO Verisyse style and the Staar ICL style, with excellent success.

For individuals over age 50 who have lost their near reading vision, Dr. Waring can do refractive lens exchange, removing the natural lens which no longer serves its "auto focus" near vision function and replacing it with the CrystaLens (an accommodating intraocular lens) or a ReZoom or ReStore multi-focal intraocular lens. These lenses allow good vision at distance, intermediate computer, and near reading.

Cataract surgery continues to be an active part of his practice, and many patients prefer the CrystaLens, ReZoom or ReStore lens to decrease dependency on reading glasses after their cataract surgery.

The intraocular lens surgeries are scheduled at InView and performed at the Atlanta Eye Surgery Center near I-75 and Howell Mill Road in Atlanta.

Current Activities

2009 Marquis Who’s Who in America
 
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).  Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology and Lecture. 2008.

Named one of America’s Top Doctors – 7th Edition, by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., 2007

Named one of the Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008, by Best Doctors, Inc.  First selected in 1992. Waring Cited as One of 100 Frequent Authors

Dr. Waring was cited as one of 100 authors with two or more most frequently cited articles in ophthalmology journals between 1975 and 2006.

Atlanta Refractive Surgery Round Table
Atlanta, GA, September 20, 2007

The second meeting of the Atlanta Refractive Surgery Round Table was held on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. Dr. Waring is the Founder and Chairman of the group - 2007

Waring Medal Established
New York, NY, October 14, 2006

The Waring Medal for editorial excellence has been established by the publisher, Slack, Inc., to be awarded to an author of a best paper published in the Journal of Refractive Surgery. Dr. Waring has been the Editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery since 1989. The Award was announced at the Slack clinical conference in New York City on October 14, 2006, and was awarded to Dr. Konrad Pesudovs from Australia for his study of patients' subjective response to vision correction surgery. The Award consists of a bronze medal with Dr. Waring's likeness and a $5,000 check. It will be awarded annually.

Awards/Honors

The American Academy of Ophthalmology selected him for a Life Achievement Honor Award - one of four individuals among all American ophthalmologists to receive the award in 2004

Dr. Waring received the Castroviejo Cornea Society Medal, signifying his long contributions in the field of corneal surgery. He delivered an honorary lecture at the time he received the award.

The Bausch and Lomb Company selected four ophthalmologists from around the world to receive their first Visionary Award, based on an international jury selection. This is an extraordinary recognition of Dr. Waring's world-wide contributions.

Dr. Waring received the Rayner Medal from the United Kingdom Cataract & Refractive Surgery Society and gave an honorary lecture to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of this award.

Personal

Dr. Waring's oldest son George IV is now Chief Resident in Ophthalmology at The State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and son Timothy is an Anesthesia Resident at the University of Vermont. His daughter Joy has celebrated the first birthday of her twin daughters.