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Dr. Hoopes- Your Doctor
Dr. Hoopes is a board-certified
ophthalmologist trained in the following areas:
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Dr. Phillip C. Hoopes performs over 3000 surgical procedures a year. Dr. Hoopes has over 17 years experience performing refractive surgery and has completed over 15,000 refractive and excimer laser procedures and over 32,000 vision correction surgeries. He graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1976 with both an MD and Master's degree. He completed his eye surgery training at the prestigious University of Iowa Eye Center. Following his residency, Dr. Hoopes did fellowship training in cataract, implant, and laser surgery in Savannah, Georgia, and was a member of the Massachusetts Eye and ear Infirmary of Harvard University. In 1984, Dr. Hoopes moved to the Kansas City area where he established The Eye Center of Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas. His practice grew rapidly and became one of the largest and most respected eye surgical practices in the Midwest. Dr. Hoopes received referrals from throughout the United States as well as foreign countries.
Dr. Hoopes has been performing refractive surgery since 1983 and was the second Midwest surgeon to perform radial keratotomy. He helped pioneer astigmatism surgery and designed instrumentation still in use today. His practice was involved in the development and testing of excimer laser eye surgery and performed many of the FDA clinical trials that led to the procedure being approved. The first official refractive laser procedure after FDA approval was actually performed at his center. Dr. Hoopes performed the first Summit Technology laser procedure for myopia and astigmatism after FDA approval on March 16, 1998.
Please call 800-263-2078 or send
us an email for more information.
