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| David R. Stager, Jr., M.D. |
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David R. Stager, Jr., M.D. grew up in Dallas and attended St. Mark’s School of Texas before graduating from Southern Methodist University Phi Beta Kappa and Cum Laude. He studied European history in Oxford, Spain, and Paris before completing his medical degree and residency in Ophthalmology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He pursued a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C. under the tutelage of Dr. Marshall M. Parks. Dr. Stager, Jr. is Board Certified in Ophthalmology.
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| Dr. Stager, Jr. serves on the Board of Directors of the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, the Board of Directors of the Vogel Alcove (a day care shelter for children of the homeless) and the Board of Directors for the Lighthouse for Christ Mission which operates a charity ophthalmology hospital in Mombasa, Kenya. He is a member of several medical associations including American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), American Medical Association (AMA), Texas Medical Association and The American College of Surgeons. He is one of the youngest members to have received the “Honor Award” from AAPOS (2004) and has been nominated for membership into the American Ophthalmological Society. He is currently the principal investigator in Dallas for the Infant Aphakic Treatment Study, a NIH funded multi-center national trial examining the use of intraocular lenses in infants. Dr. Stager has authored more than thirty articles in peer reviewed journals as well as two chapters in ophthalmology text books. He is a clinical assistant professor at the medical school. |
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His practice is primarily devoted to general pediatric ophthalmology, adult strabismus and the management of pediatric cataracts. He is also active in medical missions serving as a visiting professor and surgeon with Orbis International in countries such as Argentina, Panama, Vietnam and India. In addition, in 2008 he co-founded an international humanitarian organization, One World One Vision, which assists developing countries in the identification and treatment of strabismus and pediatric cataracts. For more information, please visit www.OneWorldOneVision.org.
He lives in Dallas with his wife Cindy and three children (Hayden, Trey, and Sophie). |
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