Meet Renowned Denver, Colorado LASIK Laser Eye Surgeon, William Hines, MD, and His Team

William L. Hines, M.D.

Photo: William L. Hines, M.D. The leading laser eye surgeon in Denver, Colorado, is Dr. William Hines. As the official team Ophthalmologist for the Denver Broncos and the Colorado Crush, Dr. Hines has developed an esteemed reputation throughout Colorado. As a LASIK surgeon, he has performed more than 20,000 LASIK procedures and more than 6,000 cataract surgeries. Dr. Hines is also the laser eye surgeon of choice for professional athletes and celebrities from around the country.

Dr. Hines is not only a leading laser eye surgeon in refractive surgeries including LASIK, PRK, Verisyse Lens, Visian lens, cataract surgery, and phakic IOLs; he also specializes in diseases of the eye, intraocular lens implants, and strabismus procedures.

He was one of the first LASIK surgeons in Denver, Colorado, and the first physician in the state to insert the New Array Multi focal intraocular lens. Dr. Hines is an assistant clinical professor in Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Hines and his wife, Ann, have two grown children.

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: 1965-1968 The Colorado College; 1969 University of Colorado - Denver, Colorado - Bachelor of Arts
Medical School: 1973 University of Colorado Health Science Center - Denver, Colorado Doctor of Medicine
Internship: 1973-1974 Highland General Hospital - Oakland, California - University of San Francisco Affiliated
Residency: 1974-1976 Highland General Hospital - Oakland, California - University of San Francisco Affiliated; 1977-1980 University of Colorado - Denver, Colorado - Bachelor of Arts

CERTIFICATION

1975 - Medical License for the State of Colorado

1977 - American Board of Internal Medicine

1981 - American Board of Ophthalmology

1981 - Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology

1991- American Board of Eye Surgery

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American College of Eye Surgeons

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Colorado Medical Society

Colorado Ophthalmological Society

Denver Medical Society

International Society of Refractive Surgery

Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society

Research to Prevent Blindness

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Porter Memorial Hospital

Swedish Medical Center

Provenant Health Care System

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver

Colorado Outpatient Eye Surgery Center

ACADEMIC POSITION

1975 - Present Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Health Science Center

1975-1979 - Instructor in Clinical Emergency Care, Denver General Hospital Emergency Medical Services

OPHTHALMIC SPECIALTIES

Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Microsurgery including:

Refractive Surgery:

Lasik

Epi-Lasik

PRK

Visian

ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens)

Phakic Intraocular Lens Implant

Laser Surgery:

Secondary Cataracts

Glaucoma

Cataract and Intraocular Lens Surgery

Secondary Intraocular Lens Implant

Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation

Verisyse Lens

Clear lens extraction

Corneal Transplantation

Complications of Prior Eye Surgery

Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

Muscle Surgery

Christopher S. Allen, M.D.

Photo: Christopher S. Allen, M.D. Dr. Allen has 16 years of distinguished military service in the United States Air Force Medical Corps. He was the number one graduate from the country’s prestigious military medical school, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Prior to his ophthalmology training, he served as an aerospace medicine physician at the elite Air Force Special Operations Command where he cared for our special operations personnel as well as developed medical doctrine to be used in the special operations missions. After his ophthalmology training he excelled as the staff ophthalmologist at the Department of Defense’s premier medical center in Germany. Besides running a busy laser refractive practice where he was the first Air Force physician to perform LASIK in Europe, he cared for battle-injured soldiers evacuated from the war zones of Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He was then recruited as the Director of the Air Force’s War-Fighter Refractive Eye Surgery Center in Northern California. Dr. Allen has enhanced the military’s combat readiness by performed thousands of laser refractive procedures on members of all branches of the Armed Forces. Air Force Aviators and special operations personnel have sought out Dr. Allen’s expertise for their laser vision correction. The pinnacle of Dr. Allen’s military career culminated in his voluntary tour in Iraq where he proudly served our country as the only Air Force eye surgeon in Iraq, where he performed sight saving eye surgery in a combat zone.

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: 1986-1989 State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany), Albany, NY Bachelor of Sciences, Summa Cum Laude
Medical School: 1990-1994 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland; Graduated first in Air Force Class, Doctor of Medicine.
Internships: 1994-1995 60th Medical Group (David Grant Medical Center); Travis Air Force Base, California
Residency: 1997-2000 Ophthalmology, 59th Medical Wing; (Wilford Hall Medical Center); Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

Other: 1995 School of Aerospace Medicine
Aerospace Medicine Primary Course (Flight Surgery); 1996 School of Aerospace Medicine
Aircraft Mishap Investigation and Prevention Course

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2001-2005 Affiliate Professor, School of Optometry Inter American University of Puerto Rico

2004-2006 Pediatric Residency Ophthalmic Education and Training Director, Travis Air Force Base

CERTIFICATION

1995 Medical License for the State of New York

1997 Medical License for the State of Indiana

2001 Diplomat American Board of Opthalmology

2006 Medical License for the State of Colorado

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons

Colorado Medical Society

Balad Associations of Doctors, Anaconda Surgical Society
Denver Medical Society
Colorado Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Porter Adventist Hospital

Swedish Medical Center

Colorado Outpatient Eye Surgery Center

Grand River Medical Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Simplify methods of sizing implants for orbital fracture repair

Steroid use in intraocular fungal infections

Nerve Fiber Layer Analysis Teleconsultation

Corneal astigmatism alterations after upper eyelid blepharoplasty

Evaluation of the Frequency Doubling Technology Perimeter (FDT) in Glaucoma Screening Projects

OPHTHALMIC SPECIALTY

Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Microsurgery including:

Refractive Surgery:

Lasik

Epi-Lasik

PRK

Visian

ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens)

Phakic Intraocular Lens Implant

Laser Surgery:

Secondary Cataracts

Glaucoma

Cataract and Intraocular Lens Surgery

Secondary Intraocular Lens Implant

Complications of Prior Eye Surgery

Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Surgery

Military Experience

1991 United States Air Force Free Fall Parachute certification

1995-1997 Flight Surgeon, 16th Special Operations Wing, Air Force Special Operations Command

1996-1997 Medical Consultant to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Working Group, Air Force Special Operations Command

1998-2003 Humanitarian Eye Surgery Missions to Mexico, Honduras, Africa and the Soviet Union

2000-2004 Staff Refractive Surgeon, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

2004-2006 Director, United States Air Force Warfighter Laser Refractive Surgery Center, Travis Air Force Base, California

2005 Deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq on head and neck surgical team Solo Air Force Eye Surgeon in Iraq

Stanley R. Cushing, O.D.

Photo: Stanley R. Cushing, O.D. Dr. Cushing specializes in primary eye care, contact lens care including Keratoconus, astigmatism, and post surgical contact lens fitting. He joined the practice in 1990, and is our contact lens specialist. Dr. Cushing also treats patients with Dry Eye Syndrome, including inserting punctal plugs. Dr. Cushing is also certified to treat glaucoma, eye infections, and foreign bodies.

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude Pacific Union College Angwin, California
Graduate School: 1974 Graduate Studies - BioMathematics - Loma Linda University - Loma Linda, California
Optometry School: 1976 Bachelor of Science, Visual Science Magna Cum Laude - Southern California College of Optometry, Fullerton, California; 1978 Doctor of Optometry, Magna Cum Laude Southern California College of Optometry Fullerton, California; 1989 Completed course in "Therapeutic Pharmaceutical Agents", administered by Southern California College of Optometry.; State Board certified as a Therapeutic Optometrist
Optometry Externships: Sherman Indian Health Center Riverside, California; 1977 Veteran's Administration Outpatient Clinic Los Angeles, California

CERTIFICATION

1978 Colorado

1978 California

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1974 Omega Epsilon Phi, International Optometric Fraternity

1978 Beta Sigma Kappa, International Optometric Honor Fraternity

1978 Colorado Optometric Association

1978 American Optometric Association

1978 American Public Health Association

1978 Optometric Extension Program Foundation

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

1978 Clinical Instructor - Southern California College of Optometry

1978 Private practice - Specializing in Contact Lenses and Low Vision

1978 Participated in clinical studies of contact lens solutions, for Coopervision and Alcon

1980 Trustee Colorado Optometric Association

OPHTHALMIC SPECIALTY

Specialty Contact Lenses

Management of Keratoconus

External Eye Disease

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Keratoconus etiology, course, treatment, and prognosis

Technology in eye care

AWARDS

1976 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges

1978 William Feinbloom Low Vision Award

1980-1983 Health Fair Recognition for Organization and Volunteer Service

1978 Jefferson County Public Schools Vocational Education Award

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"Best of all, Dr. Bill Hines and the staff at Hines Sight offer you personalized attention. If you haven't met with him yet, you will be meeting him very soon. Bill wants to know you as well as each and everyone of your personal situations before he performs the procedure. Do you think those other eye factories care about YOU? Personalized attention will ensure that you will get the best possible correction."