LASIK eye surgery pioneer Dr. Stephen Slade, MD, FACS is a Houston, Texas native who is a specialist in vision correction procedures. Patients from all around the world seek the professional ophthalmology and LASIK eye surgery services of Dr. Stephen Slade. Dr. Slade was the first surgeon in the United States to perform LASIK eye surgery and also has the longest experience with Bladeless LASIK or LASIK performed with two lasers including one to make the flap. Dr. Stephen Slade has extensive experience and has performed LASIK and other types of refractive surgery on more than 25,000 patients from Houston and around the world. More recently, Dr. Slade performed the first Laser Cataract Surgery procedure in the United States, setting a new standard in cataract care.
Knowledge or Certainty?
Jacob Bronowski, the mathematician, wrote an immensely powerful chapter in his book The Ascent of Man titled “Knowledge or Certainty.”1 In it, Bronowski addressed the folly and danger of any society or person assuming absolute scientific knowledge. He wrote that this was one of the greatest possible misuses of science and that it enables the establishment of dogma. Science is anything but dogma or certainty.
Dr. Stephen Slade has listened to a cautious, measured presentation of a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial and then heard anecdotal rejections such as, “Well, I do this or that and had a patient or two come back just a few days ago, and they were doing great without what you are doing.” Or even “You’re just wrong, you’re not doing it right” . Dr. Slade is concerned when the sharer of the anecdote does not even consider the other viewpoint. Why is it that those with the weakest evidence are often the most certain of their position, whereas those with the best science freely invite further study and even criticism? We are approaching dogma when we ignore science and believe in certainty.
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[...] Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with highest honors. [...]
[...] Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with highest honors. [...]
[...] Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with highest honors. [...]
[...] Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with highest honors. [...]
[...] Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with highest honors. [...]
[...] Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School with a final, elective year spent at Guy’s Hospital, London, graduating Summa Cum Laude, with highest honors. [...]
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[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
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[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]
[...] keratomileusis. Best Websites is independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own. Dr. Stephen Slade MD is a native Houstonian and attended Tulane University and the University of Texas Medical School [...]