Dr. Edward Rashid
Practice & Positions
- Established the Alamo Laser Vision Center in 1999 where he currently serves as President and Medical Director
- Team Eye Surgeon for the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team
- Practiced in Europe and was the Ophthalmology Consultant to the European Surgeon General
- Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
- Chief of the Refractive Surgery section and the Chief of Cornea and External Disease Service
- Residency Training Director of the Air Force Ophthalmology Department
- Vice Chairman of the Department Of Ophthalmology
Education/Training
- Graduated from Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
- Internship in internal medicine at Keesler AFB
- A three year residency in Ophthalmology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
- Advanced fellowship training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in two different specialties: cornea and external diseases of the eye and refractive surgery
- Additional fellowship in refractive surgery
Teaching Positions
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Full Clinical Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Associate Clinical Professor for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Memberships/Certifications
Honors and Awards
The Best Doctors In America listing
Research
- Involved in the early research and development of refractive surgery
- Involved in the historic P.E.R.K study (Prospective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy)
- Tested the first lasers used for refractive surgery and was involved in some of the most pioneering, experimental procedures used to correct corneal refractive errors
