Dr. Karl Stonecipher

Dr. Karl Stonecipher, Medical Director of TLC Laser Eye Centers LASIK Greensboro, has practiced ophthalmology in North Carolina for more than a decade.  His refractive experience dates back to 1987, and he has performed more than 77,000 procedures.  Dr. Stonecipher has been certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1992.

Education/Training

Dr. Stonecipher, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Tulane University.  Dr. Stonecipher received a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at the McGee Eye Institute with J. James Rowsey, MD.

Memberships/Affiliations

Dr. Stonecipher’s memberships include the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the International Society for Refractive Surgeons and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.  He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of North Carolina.

Honors/Accomplishments

Dr. Stonecipher has over 100 abstracts, articles, and book chapters published nationally and internationally, and speaks both nationally and internationally on refractive, cataract, presbyopic and corneal surgery.  He is currently involved in multiple FDA trials for the study of the Cornea, Cataract, Presbyopic and Refractive Surgery.  Today, he is registered with Who’s Who in Ophthalmology, and picked as one of America’s Top Ophthalmologists.  He was an Intralase pioneer, a Global Ambassador to Wavelight and LaserACE and has been voted by his colleagues as one of the top 50 ophthalmologists.