Cornea Associates of Texas

The staff are really friendly and nurses are excellent. They all seem happy and ready to answer questions. Dr Bowman was professional. At first, he was very easy to approach with questions and concerns. The nurse who answers the call service is also excellent. I won’t give my opinions on lasik on this review, because published data shows people have uncertain percentages of complications which are probably low, but somewhat nebulous. I’ll talk about some of the treatments they do here for post lasik ectasia and keratoconus, specifically corneal cross linking. The method they perform here is called transepithelial cross linking. Both methods (epi on and epi off) are going to be cash expenditures because or a convenient delay for quite some time by the FDA. But… i’d recommend doing your homework about this procedure.
. Here is one randomized control trial showing the outcome differences. There are many other articles from high impact journals that document the greater efficacy of the epithelial off technique, and the only data I’ve found was that epi-​off is what works over longer periods of time. Unfortunately, the consent forms and information regarding the significant treatment differences between two hasn’t been addressed. My only goal here is to educate customers so they don’t make uninformed decisions.

I have waited a long time to get LASIK surgery and I’m ecstatic that I got such great care from Dr. Bowman and staff. The procedure was so easy and now I have great vision and my follow up was the very next day on a Saturday! I highly recommend Cornea Associates of Texas to everyone!

I was recommended by my mother to Dr. Gelender @ Cornea Associates of Texas. I will say the staff and doctors are all around friendly and helpful in every way. Starting from my first appt., my final work-​up, surgery, and my post op appt. Dr. Gelender and his staff made me feel as if I was their only patient. They talked me through the entire process step by step, answering all my questions to ensure my experience and my surgery went smooth. I would recommend to anyone looking to have LASIK performed make this your first and last stop.
The day of my surgery the staff made the process easy as they walk you through everything, the surgery itself is quick and painless, and to top of it off they call you later that day to check up on you to answer any questions and make sure you are doing well. The next day I was seeing ²⁰⁄₂₀! Awesome Staff! Fantastic Doctors! Thank you so much to everyone there from the bottom of my heart…

My wife Cynthia has been a patient of Dr Bowman since we moved to Texas in 2013. She has a very long history of eye problems and multiple cornea failures, but Dr Bowman and the staff have taken extremely good care of her. She recently had the synthetic cornea procedure done and so far things are going well. We recommend Cornea Associates of Texas to everyone.

I was referred to the Cornea Associates by my eye doctor. Before I even got around to calling them, they called me! They got me in for my Lasik consult very quickly (even though it was around Christmas/​New Years). My entire experience, from consult to surgery and post-​op/​follow up, was nothing short of amazing. Dr. Bowman was thorough, answered ALL my questions no matter how silly they were, and walked me through the procedure multiple times. The day of the procedure, he and the nurses talked to me throughout the entire thing — not only did this calm my nerves but it helped me get through it all. The staff was always friendly, prompt and knowledgeable. They even called me the evening after my procedure to check on me and make sure I was doing well.
As for the results, I was seeing pretty well after the procedure but the real improvement occurred after my 2 hour nap! Don’t cheat — be sure to sleep after the procedure! I highly recommend the Cornea Associates (and specifically Dr. Bowman)!!

They were recommended by my eye doctor for LASIK. Initial appointment was on time and professional. I had my preop meeting with my own eye doctor which was comprehensive and thorough. Day of surgery my surgeon was about 45 minutes late getting to me due to clinical patients. But that is my one complaint. Dr. Beebe and his nurse talked me through the whole thing and calmed my nerves. The surgery lasted 30 minutes. My vision is now ²⁰⁄₁₅ one day post/​op. I had a bad astigmatism which is now corrected. Post op was the day following and they saw me promptly. The negative reviewer sounded like he had eye issues prior to coming here. I would highly recommend Dr. Beebe and Cornea Associates of Texas!

I went to see Dr Gregory Nettune for an eye infection, which he attributed to dust and my recent move to TX. However, I came to him and told him from an unsuccessful treatment by another doctor for allergy, which doctor regerred me to him as a better specialist. I pretty much forced him to do a culture as I get infections relatively often. He still prescribede the old medicine I already have. After the test which was my idea came postive he just send me a prescription for a weal dose that didn’t work. I have a new doctor who helped me. DON’T go there they are very rished and poor listeners. Also I waited 2 hours to be seen after my appointment time. His nurse also refused to tell me how long tontake the new drug for until I pay for another appointment for the same thing he misdiagnosed me the first time and wasted my time. If only he listened that I was referred by someone who thought the allergy treatment didn’t work but they can’t do a culture since they are not a specialist. He insisted I use tje same thing I already had. And I have had eye surgery as a child which he ignored.

The bad, the good and the bad. I went for the Lasik consultation last week. The appointment was scheduled for 2:30 PM and I was not called back until 3:40 PM. The only reason I was called back at 3:40 was because I said I would need to leave. The good — The staff once you get back to the examination rooms is very friendly and helpful. The procedure has multiple tests done and they are very professional in their approach. I was determined to be a good candidate for Monovision and was told to schedule a Wednesday appointment. THE BAD! — This appointment was unable to be set when I was there as the scheduler was out. Dr. Bowman was the doctor who suggested the lunch time Wednesday appointment due to my schedule as he normally does the Lasik procedure on Friday only. I called 3 times to try and schedule this appointment and was told to leave a message. There has been no follow up and absolutely no contact since the last message. I figure at this point Karma is telling me to go to a different doctor. I would not recommend this particular clinic due to the reasons mentioned above.

As an update… here is my journey post-​LASIK:
After a botched LASIK procedure, going to multiple doctors, 2 of the best contact lens fitters in the world, and $ 12,000 (on top of the $ 5,000 spent on LASIK) — I managed to find a contact that I can wear 12 – 16 hours a day that restores my vision somewhat back to «normal». Without the lenses, I have limited night vision because my pupils are too large at night. The aberrations of my eye at night are measured at 10 times worse than the normal population mean for aberrations (spherical, coma, trefoil). This is INDUCED by LASIK. Here is an example of an aberration (halos):
. Just to clarify, I do have 20/​25ish (I’d call it 20/​blurry) vision without anything in my eye, but the side effects, especially at night or in dim rooms, are intolerable. All thanks to a «top surgeon» (Dr Gelender) who should not have performed the surgery on me according to a few docs. On the flip side, Dr. Gelender at Cornea Associates of Texas told me I was a great candidate and didn’t have any reason to feel otherwise.
So now I wear a $ 3,000 customized set of scleral lenses. When I put them on, they reduce my aberrations to levels that bring them more in line with normal population mean aberrations and allow me to move on with my life. I have micro-​stirae in my central vision (again induced by LASIK) that are permanent and put visible lines through lights in my vision, but I can deal/​live with those. I will have to spend $ 3,000 every 1 – 2 years for new sets of lenses for the rest of my life. Glasses do not help, soft contacts do not help — only hard lenses can fix the issue. I can not wear RGP lenses either due to LASIK-​induced dry eyes, scleral lenses are the only ones that work since they are actually helpful for dry eye sufferers. Oh, it’s also worth mentioning that another name for scleral lenses are «Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem». Yes, these are considered prosthetic lenses — considering my cornea was zapped away by the doctors at Cornea Associates.
I’m sharing because there are a lot of people who want to get LASIK and should think about the risks first. Why mess with your perfectly healthy eye when you can keep wearing contact lenses and glasses and be happy? Seriously, 30 seconds to put on a contact lens is not an inconvenience. If it’s your friends or family considering it, have them think twice.
If it wasn’t for these life-​saving scleral lenses, I would be seriously depressed. Until these scleral lenses fit my eye, I spent every second of my waking hour dealing with low quality vision induced by LASIK. My quality of life without these lenses is reduced DRAMATICALLY — I would say upwards 75%.

I recently went to Cornea Associates after finding out I have Kerataconous in both my eyes. I thought that upon going to the clinic they would help me understand and solve the problem.
Instead they insisted I get Cross linking Surgery which is still in clinical studies and not FDA approved.
I had a infection in one eye several years ago and have some scarring, there is a great chance the scar can increase do to the surgery, though the Dr. and his team didn’t care.
Be warned if you have Keratoconous, they will try and make you another static in there clinical research.
There are no known medicines for this and currently cross linking seems to be the only possible hope. Though you shouldn’t feel pressured.
The Dr. explains the cross linking procedure as if he is a robot and had it memorized from beginning to end. If you ask a question regarding the process he just repeats what he said during the explanation.
If it weren’t for insurance I would never go nor recommend this place.

I first went to the Cornea many years ago and Dr McCall said I would never be a candidate for Lasix because I have a disease called Kerataconus! Thanks Mom. July 31^st I had CXL which stops the progression of Kerataconus. It us a procedure like gel nails. I got riboflavin drops for about an hour then I starred at a uv light for about 30 minutes. Aug 5^th I had a PK which is a partial thickness cornea transplant. I can see without contacts. I had scratched my right cornea so badly and it no longer responded to the pinpoint test. In June Dr McCall said he could help me see better so I sat out to improve my eyes. I went on a vacation to Florida and kept thinking about how I had to get my PCP to sign off on the pre surgical form. My blood pressure was so high that I had to take lots of blood pressure pills to bring my blood pressure to within normal. I began working on my blood pressure and weight loss June 28^th. I had so disappointed that I had to reschedule the cornea transplant from July 15^th to Aug 5^th. Even Aug 5^th was cutting it close, but I really, really needed to be able to see. Driving with one bad eye was NO FUN! I added a Hawthorne pill from the GNC store and faithfully took my pills unto my surprise my blood pressure came to within normal! My PCP would only advise the corneal transplant if it were medically necessary? Hello! I can’t see and I gotta drive and work. I belong to the working class! My mother bought airline tickets based on my plan to have a corneal transplant. My daughter who is in her last year of medical school asked me what was I thinking? Why had I asked My mother to come to Dallas to attend my surgery, that at this point was not gonna happen. Dr McCall’s scheduler told me that I would have to cancel my Aug 5^th surgery date cause I needed to have my PCP sign off that my blood pressure was under good enough control to proceed with the surgery. Mom and I had accepted that the corneal transplant that I SO DESPERATELY needed wasn’t gonna happen! I continued to take all the pills and eat more healthy. My weight was inching down and my blood pressure was normal! I had to stop eating at all the steakhouses and restaurants. The only restaurant that Luis and I wen to was Chipotle for the Chicken Salad bowls.
Sept 22
Now i go back to the office about once a month. I still have 16 stitches in my right eye. Dr McCall plans to take them out in Oct around Halloween. I have come to have a favorite tech, Misty. She is very nice and accommodating.

I am 2 months post-​op and LOVING it! I wore contacts for about 13 years and had extremeeelly bad eye sight. The contacts I wore were −9.50÷−10. I went to 3 different offices to get my eyes looked at. I went to one place where the technician (?) said, «Oh I think one of our doctors might be up for the challenge, but the other doctors def won’t touch your eyes» …yea. so I walked out of there real fast. Another place I went to (blasted on the radio all the time) tried to sell me different plans with pricing based on the amount of complimentary post-​op/​follow up visits I would be allowed. None of the places I went to had the actual doctor there for the visit except the Cornea Associates of Tx.
I actually got to meet my doctor, Dr. Gelender, on the day of the complimentary consultation. He seemed very confident that lasik would work out for me.
I didn’t have my contacts off for 2 weeks so I couldn’t do the actual eye exam so I went back later to get that done. Everything turned out okay so i went ahead and scheduled my surgery. The hardest part of all this was wearing glasses for 2 weeks (Ughh Horribllleee). I never went a full day with my glasses before this.
Everyone at the office is very friendly and nice. One of the nurses even held my hand during the procedure. The entire procedure lasted less than 30 minutes. They even have a TV and area set up right by the room for your guardian to sit and watch you get lasered. (or video the procedure so I can see it contact-​less later on— it looks more painful than it feels)
I was able to see pretty clearly the day after the surgery. It was a little foggy and blurry but I was able to go about my day fine. When I went in for my 2 week post-​op visit, I was already seeing ²⁰⁄₂₀. Dr. Gelender said I was healing extremely well. So far it’s been about 2 months, I’m seeing clear (like I have my contacts in alll the time), and I have no issues with dry eyes. halos, etc etc. I still lay down to sleep and think «oh I gotta take my contacts off»
So if you’re planning on getting lasik– I suggest you do it here OR at least get a free consult! And the prices here seem very fair. I paid $ 2000/​eye and the other places quoted me more or less the same thing.
The reason I’m giving it 4 stars instead of 5:
EVERY appointment I’ve been to (5 so far) — at least a 20 – 30 min wait before being called in –and I go on time every time. On the day of surgery, they said I was the first surgery of the day but I ended up waiting almost 45 mins before starting anything.
Another thing — the parking lot is always full! Very busy building.

This place is clean, professional, and very helpful. it’s not like one of those places with ads on the radio where they seem to be trying to make the Book of World Records or something. My doctor is Dr. McCall, and I would definitely recommend him to anyone.
I personally opted for PRK because from research I did on my own I found that it is much safer than lasik, my brother also got PRK because he had a stigmatism. Anyway, if you have any questions feel free to ask me! :)
Update** Apr 2008, still enjoying my eyes!