Practice Policy Update Regarding COVID-19

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We remain open to continue serving the transgender community

With the safety and well-being of our patients and staff as our highest goal, Dr. Satterwhite and Dr. Gurujal are determined to provide needed medical care and planning.

VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS: we continue to be busy with phone and video visits providing access to all patients interested in gender confirming surgery

FOLLOW UPS: we continue to provide needed care for our existing patients by phone and video, and in person when medically appropriate

SURGERY: we are currently performing surgery with proper safety measures in place

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions. To the best of our ability, we pledge to keeping you safe, healthy, connected, and informed during COVID-19.

With best wishes, Your Align Surgical Team

Virtual Consultation

Align Surgical wants to know how we can help

We feel deeply for the disruption that coronavirus has likely caused to your lives. Amidst the restrictions in place, we realize that virtual consults, follow ups, and booking future surgical dates may not meet all your needs.

If there is more we can do for you as a medical practice, we want to know.

Please reach out and let us know other ways we can help. We have set up points of contact at 415-530-5335 and jennifer@alignsurgical.com to hear your suggestions.

We are here to listen.

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Manipulating IOLs With Femtosecond Laser

Published: December 2, 2017

George O. Waring IV, MD, highlights a new technology called Perfect Lens. Dr. Waring says this technology allows surgeons to customize IOLs, both outside and inside the eye.   LASIK Charleston SC

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Dr. George Waring, IV on The Next Big Thing in Eyecare

Published: December 2, 2017

What is the next big thing in eyecare? New surgical devices? 3D Printing? Telemedicine? Dr. George Waring IV joins regular hosts Nate Bonilla-Warford, OD and Mitchell Jackson, MD to take on this subject. About George Waring IV, MD: George O. Waring IV, MD FACS is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, the Director of Refractive Surgery … Continue reading Dr. George Waring, IV on The Next Big Thing in Eyecare →

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State of the Union Address on Presbyopia

Published: December 2, 2017

Gary Wörtz, MD, sits down with George O. Waring IV, MD, FACS, to discuss presbyopia and the opportunities to help those with this ubiquitous condition, which will affect 2 billion people worldwide by 2020. Dr. Waring weighs in on the need he saw to better understand and characterize the aging changes of crystalline lens and … Continue reading State of the Union Address on Presbyopia →

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Refractive Surgery With the 500-Hz Excimer Laser

Published: December 2, 2017

In this video, George O. Waring IV, MD and the Magill Vision Center, perform the first US case with the Wavelight 500-Hz repetition rate excimer laser by Alcon. The laser features advanced tracking capabilities and on-board pachymetry. According to Dr. Waring, the speed of the laser may yield less stromal dehydration and possibly faster recovery … Continue reading Refractive Surgery With the 500-Hz Excimer Laser →

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Adoption of New Anterior Segment Technologies

Published: December 2, 2017

George Waring IV, MD, sits down with Mark Kontos, MD, to discuss the adoption of new technologies and treatments in ophthalmology. Dr. Waring shares his insight into what anterior segment surgeons should consider with regard to devices such as corneal inlays.

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Episode 31: Corneal Inlays for Treating Presbyopia

Published: December 2, 2017

Moderator Christopher Starr, MD, FACS, of the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, and George Waring IV, MD, FACS, of the Medical University of South Carolina, discuss corneal inlays for treating presbyopia. Dr. Waring explains there are many ways to reduce patients’ dependence on reading glasses, but that inlays are the only way to … Continue reading Episode 31: Corneal Inlays for Treating Presbyopia →

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Pitfalls for Corneal Inlays in Presbyopic Patients

Published: December 2, 2017

We’ve dedicated this issue to presbyopia. More and more, we are reading about innovative approaches for the correction of presbyopia. And for good reason. International census data from the last decade indicated that there were more than 1 billion presbyopes worldwide…

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Rationale for Low-Powered Toric IOLs

Published: December 1, 2017

Patients seeking refractive cataract surgery do so with the goals of spectacle independence, seeing as well as or better than they do with their current glasses or contact lenses, and an improvement in visual quality. To meet these objectives, we surgeons must select the appropriate IOL according to the patient’s ocular health and lifestyle, minimize … Continue reading Rationale for Low-Powered Toric IOLs →

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Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Published: December 1, 2017

Dr. Waring IV named to editorial board journal of cataract and refractive surgery… Read more: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0886335017305254 Cataract Charleston SC

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Family Man

Published: December 1, 2017

Sitting Down With… George O. Waring IV, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Refractive Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Storm Eye Institute, Medical Director, MUSC Magill Vision Center, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Clemson University, South Carolina, USA… Read more: https://theophthalmologist.com/issues/0117/family-man/

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We remain open to continue serving the transgender community

With the safety and well-being of our patients and staff as our highest goal, Dr. Satterwhite and Dr. Gurujal are determined to provide needed medical care and planning.

VIRTUAL CONSULTATIONS: we continue to be busy with phone and video visits providing access to all patients interested in gender confirming surgery

FOLLOW UPS: we continue to provide needed care for our existing patients by phone and video, and in person when medically appropriate

SURGERY: we are currently performing surgery with proper safety measures in place

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions. To the best of our ability, we pledge to keeping you safe, healthy, connected, and informed during COVID-19.

With best wishes, Your Align Surgical Team

Virtual Consultation

Align Surgical wants to know how we can help

We feel deeply for the disruption that coronavirus has likely caused to your lives. Amidst the restrictions in place, we realize that virtual consults, follow ups, and booking future surgical dates may not meet all your needs.

If there is more we can do for you as a medical practice, we want to know.

Please reach out and let us know other ways we can help. We have set up points of contact at 415-530-5335 and jennifer@alignsurgical.com to hear your suggestions.

We are here to listen.