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Stephen Updegraff
Stephen Updegraff, M.D., FACS (born January 31, 1962, St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American refractive surgeon best known for his early involvement in, and contributions to, LASIK.〔(LASIK by Updegraff )〕 He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a board-certified member of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a founding member of the American College of Ophthalmic Surgeons, and a member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the Pine Ridge Eye Study Society. Updegraff currently serves as the Medical Director of Updegraff Vision in St. Petersburg, Florida.〔(Updegraff Vision )〕
==Life and career==
Stephen Updegraff was a descendant of the German Op den Graeff family. He was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, and graduated from The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was exposed to the medical treatment of eyes at an early age by his father, ophthalmologist Ambrose Updegraff, M.D., whom he accompanied on hospital rounds to visit patients who had undergone eye surgeries.〔Tomalin, Terry. (Father, son keep their past afloat ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', September 8, 2006〕
Updegraff received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Eckerd College in 1984,〔(The McArthur Alumni Award ), Eckerd College. Accessed November 10, 2010.〕 and his M.D. from the Penn State College of Medicine in 1989.〔(Doctor donates to marine science studies ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', July 16, 2006.〕 He then completed a six-month internship and his ophthalmic residency at the Louisiana State University Eye Center in New Orleans, where he performed research on excimer lasers, focusing specifically on procedures such as keratomileusis.〔Landry, Sue. (Farsighted put hope in laser ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', November 7, 1998.〕 During a fellowship at the University of Texas-Houston’s Hermann Eye Center, Updegraff worked for Stephen G. Slade, M.D.,〔Slade, Stephen G., Stephen A. Updegraff, and Stephen F. Brint. (1995) In Salz, James. "Excimer Laser Myopic Keratomileusis: United States Experience," ''Corneal Laser Surgery''. St. Louis: Mosby. 195-6.〕 then one of only two surgeons in the United States performing keratomileusis,〔Shepherd, Gary. (New technique sparks visions of profitability ), ''The Business Journal'', November 6, 1998.〕 and was a member of the team chaired by Slade and Luis A. Ruiz, M.D., that developed LASIK.〔
During its 1994 FDA clinical trials, Updegraff performed the third LASIK surgery in the United States. He then became the first surgeon to perform LASIK in Asia, where he demonstrated it and taught its techniques to hundreds of doctors in China.〔"On the Run with Larry Ericksmoen," ''National Dragster Magazine'', September 3, 1998.〕 Updegraff currently has seven patents on technologies for LASIK and microsurgery of the eye,〔Updegraff, Stephen A. (2003) "The Moria M2 Microkeratome and LASIK Technique." Brint, Stephen, and Lucio Buratto. ''Custom LASIK: Surgical Techniques and Complications''. Thorofare, NJ: Slack. 611-620.〕〔(Stephen Updegraff, M.D., CV )〕 and he frequently lectures and publishes on issues and advancements in refractive surgery.
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