Dr. Charles A Garcia

Dr. Charles A. Garcia is an internationally recognized researcher and clinician. As a graduate of Tulane University he completed his residency and internship at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. His post residency fellowship in Cornea and External Disease under Dr. Dan Brown at Baylor College of Medicine in 1970. His clinical practice focuses on diagnosis of various vitreo retinal diseases and he has worked throughout his career on finding a treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa and Retinal Diseases.

He has special interest in innovative therapies for macular degeneration and inherited retinal diseases. He also provides comprehensive general ophthalmology including cataract and glaucoma surgery.

Dr. Garcia is the Bernice Weingarten Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He has written extensively in peer reviewed journals and books about ophthalmology and retinal diseases in particular. He has published more than 175 articles and has written three books in English and Spanish.

In addition to numerous universities in the US, he has presented scientific papers in 16 other countries. He has been active in training both surgical and research fellows since 1974 and has trained more than 68 fellows from 21 different countries. As former President of the American Diabetes Association, Dr. Garcia has worked with local community organizations to educate the public about diseases of the eye and diabetes.

He continues to participate in clinical studies with the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute investigating progression of diabetic retinopathy.

Dr. Scott E Segal

Dr. Segal has tremendous experience as an ophthalmic surgeon. He recieved his Bachelors and medical degree at The University of Texas while his internship was at Harbor UCLA Medical Center; Torrance, CA. Dr. Segal went on to graduate from the residency program at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and is Board Certified in Ophthalmology

As a refractive surgeon, Dr. Segal has corrected the vision of numerous patients through the use of the LASIK procedure with fantastic results. Dr. Segal is available for medical consultation in all areas of comprehensive ophthalmology, including cataracts, refractive eye sugery, glaucoma and medical retina.

Dr. Segal is a member of several ophthalmic associations including the American Medical Association, the Harris County Medical Society, and Refractive Surgeons.

Dr. Ricardo N Sepulveda

Dr. Ricardo Sepulveda received his medical degree from the University of Monterrey Medical School and went on to complete
research fellowships at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Ophthalmology Department as well as The University of Houston School of Optometry.

After completing his internship in General Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic he was accepted into the Residency Program at St. Vincent’s
Catholic Medical Centers, New York Medical College, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Sepulveda then went on to complete advance
fellowship training in External Diseases, Cornea, and Refractive Surgery at The Cole Eye Institute at The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

Dr. Sepulveda has written peer reviewed journal publications on diseases of the eye and liver as well as participated in numerous clinical trials. He participated in research in Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Virology. He has presented at the meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Conferences, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and Sociedad Mexicana de Oftalmologia.