Scott W. Tunis MD FACS

Our Goals
To provide you with state of the art technology in medicine and surgery of the eye, through a personalized and compassionate approach, while drawing on the experience of thousands of procedures over 30 years of practice.
Scott W. Tunis MD FACS is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He specializes in LASIK and laser vision correction procedures and is a recognized specialist in cataract surgery and corneal disease. He holds two United States Patents in intraocular lens implant technology and was involved in the FDA studies for myopic LASIK.
About Dr. Tunis
Credentials
Practice Experience
Amherst College BA 1977
University of Virginia School of Medicine MD 1981
Medical University of South Carolina Residency in Ophthalmology 1985
Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology 1987
Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Consumer’s Research Council, America’s Top Ophthalmologists
2010 PS250 Premier Surgeon - one of the 250 Top Innovators in Premium IOL Surgery
2016 PS300 Premier Surgeon - one of the 300 Top Innovators in Premium IOL Surgery
One of the Carolina's most experienced LASIK Surgeons with over 22 years LASIK experience and more than 20,000 LASIK procedures performed
30+ years Cataract surgery experience with more than 25,000 Cataract procedures performed
Holder of two United States Patents in Intraocular Lens Implant Technology: US Patents 5549614 and 5556400
Past Chief of Ophthalmology, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Past Chief of Ophthalmology, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC
Medical Director, Spare-Specs LLC
President, Medical Director and Founder, Lenstatin LLC
Principal Investigator, “The Post-Vitrectomy Lenstatin Study”: A Prospective Randomized Double Blind Human Clinical Trial Testing the Efficacy of Lenstatin in Inhibiting Cataract Formation and Progression After Pars Plana Vitrectomy : ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT02131194