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Timothy T. Khater, MD, PhD
Fellowship-trained Ophthalmologist, Cornea Specialist & Cataract & Refractive Surgeon
Expertise
Dr. Khater is the founder of West Texas Eye Associates and a board-certified ophthalmologist by the American Board of Ophthalmology, with extensive training in cataract, cornea, refractive, and anterior segment surgery. His expertise includes full-thickness and partial-thickness corneal transplants (PKP and DSEK), as well as surgical treatment of pterygium and pinguecula. Dr. Khater performs a comprehensive range of laser procedures, including peripheral iridotomy (PI), selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), and YAG laser capsulotomy. Dr. Khater also offers advanced vision correction procedures such as LASIK and PRK, implantable contact lenses (ICL), and clear lens extraction with intraocular lens implantation, in addition to cataract surgery with advanced technology lenses (ATL). For glaucoma management, Dr. Khater provides minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and iDose TR implant therapy, delivering modern surgical and laser-based solutions across the full continuum of anterior segment care.
Education & Medical Training
He earned his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University with honors, completed a PhD in Physiology at Northwestern University, and received his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Khater completed his ophthalmology residency and fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine’s Cullen Eye Institute, recognized among the nation’s top programs. Dr. Khater is Lubbock’s exclusive fellowship-trained cataract, cornea, and refractive surgery specialist.
Awards & Professional Memberships
Dr. Khater has received research awards for innovation and remains actively involved in leading professional societies, reflecting his continued commitment to advancing ophthalmic care in West Texas.
- Winner, RSVP Instrument Design Contest, Storz Ophthalmics (1997)
- Second Place, Goar Research Awards, Baylor College of Medicine
- Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Member, Society for Neuroscience
- Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
Locations
4804 S Loop 289
Lubbock, TX 79414
Surgery Center
Specialties
Curriculum Vitae
1998- West Texas Eye Associates
1997-98 Baylor College of Med Fellow – Anterior Segment, Cataract, Cornea, Refractive Surgery
1993-97 Baylor College of Med Resident – Ophthalmology
1991-92 Northwestern Univ. Medicine – Clinical Science M.D
1988-91 Northwestern Univ. Physiology – Basic Research Ph.D.
1986-88 Northwestern Univ. Medicine – Basic Science
1982-86 Johns Hopkins Univ. Biomedical Engineering B.S.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.