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Credentials
Dr. Khater did his residency and fellowship training at The
Baylor College of Medicine 
Cullen Eye Institute.
This residency program was rated as one of the country's 10 best by Ophthalmology
Times October 15, 2000 issue (volume 25, Number 20).
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Dr. Khater did his fellowhip training at The
Baylor College of Medicine
Cullen Eye Institute.
He is Lubbock's only ophthalmologist who is
fellowship trained in refractive surgery (laser vision correction), cataract
surgery, and corneal surgery and external diseases, as
indicated on the diploma.
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Dr. Khater is board certified
by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
The intent of the certification process of the American
Board of Ophthalmology is to provide assurance to the public and to the
medical profession that a certified physician has successfully completed an
accredited course of education in ophthalmology and an evaluation including a
written and an oral examination.
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To see if a doctor is board certified, please go to The
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Certified" button.
Curriculum Vita
Education
Awards, Honors, and Achievements
Winner RSVP Instrument Design Contest – 1997 – Storz
Ophthalmics
Second Place Goar Research Awards – 1997 – Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Scientist Training Program - Northwestern University
Graduated with Departmental Honors - Johns Hopkins University
Graduated with General Honors - Johns Hopkins University
Dean's List at Johns Hopkins University - all semesters
Professional Societies
Member of The American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1994 - present
Member of The Society for Neuroscience, 1989 - 1991
Member of Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society, 1984 - present
Scholarly Activities
Doctoral Thesis
Khater, T.T. Characteristics of Short Term and Long Term
Vestibulo-ocular Reflex (VOR) Adaptation in the Human and the Cat. PhD. Thes. Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, 1991.
Publications
Khater, T.T., Peterson, B.W., Baker, J.F. Adaptive changes in VOR
direction in humans. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 15, 211.9, 1989.
Peterson, B.W., Khater, T.T., Powell, K.D., Quinn, K.J., Baker,
J.F.
Timing of vertical eye movements induced by horizontal rotation after cross-axis VOR
plasticity. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 15, 206.8, 1989.
Khater, T.T., Baker, J.F. and Peterson, B.W. Horizontal and vertical
VOR latency before and after cross-axis VOR plasticity. Soc Neurosci Abstr, 16,
304.12, 1990.
Quinn, K.J., Schmajuk, N., Rude, S.A., Khater, T.T., Baker,
J.F.,
Peterson, B.W. Functional considerations in modeling VOR plasticity. Soc Neurosci Abstr,
16, 304.13, 1990.
Khater, T.T., Baker, J.F. and Peterson, B.W. Dynamics of adaptive
change in human vestibulo-ocular reflex direction. J Vestib Res, 1, 23-29,
1990.
Khater, T.T., Quinn, K.J., Baker, J.F. and Peterson, B.W. Latency of
adaptive VOR shows responses which are dependent on the length of adaptation. Soc
Neurosci Abstr, 17, 127.8, 1991.
Khater, T.T., Quinn, K.J., Pena, J., Baker, J.F., and Peterson,
B.W.
The latency of the cat vestibulo-ocular reflex before and after short and long term
adaptation. Exp Brain Res, 94, 16-32, 1993.
Khater, T.T., Jones, D.B., and Wilhelmus, K.R. Infectious crystalline
keratopathy caused by Gram-negative bacteria. Am J Ophthalmol, 124, 19-23, 1997.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. Pediatric Cataracts. In Press. Current Opinions
in Ophthalmology, Thompson Scientific.
Friedman N.J., Khater T.T., Koch, D.D. Secondary Intraocular Lens
Implantation In Press. Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology, Lippincott-Raven.
Presentations
Khater, T.T., Wilhelmus, K.R., Rhem M.N., Penland, R.L. and Jones D.B .
Gram-negative infections crystalline keratopathy. Ocular Microbiology and Immunology
Group, Thirtieth Annual Meeting, Oct. 26, 1996, Chicago, IL, USA.
Research Activities and Publications in Progress
Koch D.D., Khater T.T. New Refractive Surgical Techniques. Submitted to
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 9/97.
Koch, D.D., Friedman N.J., Khater T.T. Transitioning to Phaco Chop. To
be submitted to Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia.
Budak M.K., Khater T.T., Friedman N.J., Koch D.D. Corneal topographic
changes induced by excision of perilimbal lesions.
Budak M.K., Khater T.T., Friedman N.J., Koch D.D. Topographic
determination of the relationships among spherical equivalent, refractive error, corneal
asphericity, and mean keratometric power.
Khater T.T., Koch, D.D. Analysis of excimer photoablation pattern with
and without superimposed eye movement.
Instrumentation in Development
Khater T.T. Intraocular Marking Pen, with Storz Ophthalmics, St. Louis, MO.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. Lens insertion/fixation ring, with Storz Ophthalmics, St. Louis,
MO.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. Irrigating spatula, with Hans Geuder GmbH.
Heidelberg, Germany.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. Insertion forceps, with Rhein Medical, Tampa,
FL.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. LASIK Lid speculum, with ASICO, Westmont, IL.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. Prechopper, with ASICO, Westmont, IL.
Khater T.T., Koch D.D. Capsulorhexis Device, with BCM Technologies,
Houston TX.
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