Christenbury Eye Center Welcomes K. Casey Mathys, M.D.

July 27, 2009 - PRLog -- Charlotte, NC - Jonathan D. Christenbury, MD, FACS, is excited to introduce Casey Mathys, MD, to the Charlotte medical community. Dr. Mathys is a fellowship trained Cornea and Refractive surgeon, specializing in cataract surgery, multifocal lens implant surgery, Custom All-Laser iLASIK, and advanced corneal vision corrective procedures.

“I am excited to expand the ophthalmic services at Christenbury Eye Center with the addition of Dr. Mathys to my surgical team,” said Jonathan D. Christenbury, MD, FACS, chief surgeon and founder of Christenbury Eye Center. “With more than two decades in Charlotte serving the Carolinas, the addition of Dr. Mathys allows us to expand our uncompromising level of patient care to the growing number of patients trusting Christenbury Eye Center with their vision.”

Dr. Mathys received his undergraduate degree at Emory University, and then earned his medical degree at Case Western Reserve University.  Following medical school, Dr. Mathys continued his education as a medical intern at the University of California, San Diego, and completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was honored with the position of Chief Resident. Dr. Mathys continued his ophthalmic training as a Cornea and Refractive surgical fellow at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Mathys is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and has been published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including a most recent article in New England Journal of Medicine.

About Christenbury Eye Center
Christenbury Eye Center was established in 1987 and is renowned for groundbreaking work in vision care.  The first LASIK procedure in the Carolinas was performed at Christenbury Eye Center, by founder and Medical Director Jonathan D. Christenbury, M.D., F.A.C.S. in the early 1990s and since that time more than 65, 000 laser vision correction procedures have been performed.  He also performed the first IntraLASIK procedure on the East Coast and the first WaveFront Customized IntraLASIK in the Carolinas.  In the Spring of 2005, Christenbury Eye Center was the first in the Carolinas to perform the ReSTOR® procedure, used for the treatment of cataracts and presbyopia to reduce or eliminate the need for reading glasses, bifocals and progressive lenses. Today, Dr. Christenbury is the most experienced ReSTOR surgeon in the United States and the most experienced Visian ICL surgeon in the Carolinas.
To learn more, contact Christenbury Eye Center at (877) 702-2020 or log onto the website at www.christenbury.com.