Blake Williamson, Md, Mph, Ms Email & Phone Number

Blake Kennedy Williamson, MD, MPH, MS is a third generation eye doctor who continues the legacy of his family, which has been taking care of the great people of Louisiana’s vision for nearly 70 years at Williamson Eye. World class education was an early emphasis in his career as he would earn Master’s degrees from both Columbia University and Johns Hopkins where he participated in cutting edge research and completed a public health ophthalmology capstone. With a goal of taking care of the people of his home state, Dr. Williamson returned to Louisiana to complete his medical school and ophthalmology residency.While training at Tulane, Dr. Williamson quickly developed a reputation as a skilled surgeon and he would go on to perform the most phaco cataract surgeries in the history of the residency program, which dates back 100 years. Innovation and using the latest techniques was also a strong focus, and Dr. Williamson was one of the first resident physicians from the United States to perform all bladeless femtosecond laser cataract surgery. After finishing residency training Dr. Williamson completed a one-year fellowship in refractive cataract & advanced anterior segment surgery as well as iLASIK with internationally recognized cataract and refractive pioneer Dr. Charles Williamson. He is now in private practice specializing in vision correction surgery, which includes state of the art laser cataract surgery, presbyopic inlays, as well as bladeless all laser iLASIK.Recent accolades include being selected to the Alcon Presbyopia Council, an editorial board member for both Millennial Eye and Eye World Magazine, as well as the ASCRS Council of 100 whose goal is to shape the future direction of anterior segment surgery. Dr. Williamson believes that vision correction surgery is one of the greatest medical and scientific contributions given to mankind, and being able to restore the sight of his patients is the greatest joy of his professional life.

Listed skills include Cataract Surgery and Refractive Surgery.