Robert Bowman, M.D.

Professor

Endowed Title: Irene Wadel and Robert I. Atha, Jr. Professorship in Ophthalmology, in Honor of R. Wayne Bowman, M.D.
Schools: Medical School
Departments: Ophthalmology

You have reached the Academic Profile.

For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile.

Biography

Dr. Bowman has been a member of the faculty since 1984. His interests have focused on state of the art cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation. He has been a frequent speaker and instructor for a variety of cataract surgery courses and well as a lecturer, trainer and investigator for VISX excimer laser. He has been very active in refractive surgery including LASIK and the IntraLase. The combination of cataract surgery and keratorefractive surgery has led him to be very active with newer introcular lenses such as the ReStor for the correction of presbyopia and refractive lens exchange.

Education

Medical Education: University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine (1976)
Internship: U.of MO-Columbia Hospital (1977), Internal Medicine
Residency: U.of MO-Columbia Hospital (1978), Internal Medicine
Residency: U.of MO-Columbia Hospital (1982), Ophthalmology
Fellowship: UT Health Science Center-Houston (1984), Cornea & External Diseases

Research Interest

Cataract, cataract surgery, ReStor, Crystalens, prebyopia, LASIK, Intralase, keratorefractive surgery, toric lenses, refractive lens exchange, Visian ICL, corneal transplantation, DALK, DSEK, K-PRO, laser-assisted cataract surgery

Publications

Low-Dose Valacyclovir for Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Zoster Eye Disease Study: A Randomized Clinical Trial: Author Collaboration ZT, Warner DB, Jeng BH, Kim J, Liu M, Troxel AB, Hochman JS, Baratz KH, Mian SI, Choulakian MY, Meyer JJ, Lu Y, Twi-Yeboah A, Lee TF, Lopez-Jimenez C, Laury SC, Cohen EJ, Weissbart SB, Abazari A, Chou TY, Chang E, Amescua G, Tonk R, Koo E, Martinez JD, Galor A, Patel SV, Berestka JS, Nanji AA, Chamberlain W, Stutzman R, Clements J, Chodosh J, Davies EC, Saeed H, Ciralsky JB, Alzaga Fernandez AG, Sippel KC, Perez-Quinones VL, Daluvoy M, Liu K, Ewald MD, Groos EB, Chang B, Shivitz IA, Bartley J, McCulley J, Verity S, Bowman RW, Blomquist P, Mootha VV JAMA Ophthalmology 2025 Apr 143 277-285
Low-Dose Valacyclovir in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus: The Zoster Eye Disease Randomized Clinical Trial: Author Collaboration ZT, Cohen EJ, Troxel AB, Liu M, Hochman JS, Baratz KH, Mian SI, Choulakian MY, Warner DB, Lu Y, Twi-Yeboah A, Lee TF, Kim J, Lopez-Jimenez C, Laury SC, Jeng BH, Weissbart SB, Abazari A, Chou TY, Chang E, Amescua G, Tonk R, Koo E, Martinez JD, Galor A, Patel SV, Berestka JS, Nanji AA, Chamberlain W, Stutzman R, Clements J, Chodosh J, Davies EC, Saeed H, Ciralsky JB, Alzaga Fernandez AG, Sippel KC, Perez-Quinones VL, Daluvoy M, Liu K, Ewald MD, Groos EB, Chang B, Shivitz IA, Hill J, Bartley J, McCulley J, Verity S, Bowman RW, Blomquist P, Mootha VV JAMA Ophthalmology 2025 Apr 143 269-276
Temporal and Spatial Assessment of the Corneal Response to UV Cross-Linking Using 3-Dimensional In Vivo Confocal Microscopy: Parsa S, Rodriguez A, Robertson DM, Bowman RW, Petroll WM Eye and Contact Lens 2022 Jul 48 308-312
The accuracy of the double-K adjustment for third-generation intraocular lens calculation formulas in previous keratorefractive surgery eyes: Awwad ST, Kilby A, Bowman RW, Verity S, Cavanagh HD, Pessach Y, McCulley JP Eye and Contact Lens 2013 May 39 220-227
Sarnicola air-visco bubble technique in deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty: Muftuoglu O, Toro P, Hogan RN, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP, Mootha V, Sarnicola V Cornea 2013 Apr 32 527-532
Features of urrets-zavalia syndrome after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty: Anwar DS, Chu CY, Prasher P, Bowman RW, Mootha V Cornea 2012 Nov 31 1330-1334
Histopathology and spectral domain OCT findings of pneumatic-assisted dissection in DALK: Kim SY, Muftuoglu O, Hogan RN, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP, Mootha V Cornea 2012 Nov 31 1288-1293
A multicenter study to map genes for Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: Baseline characteristics and heritability: Louttit MD, Kopplin LJ, Igo RP, Fondran JR, Tagliaferri A, Bardenstein D, Aldave AJ, Croasdale CR, Price MO, Rosenwasser GO, Lass JH, Iyengar SK, Price FW, Kelly K, Hamilton S, Lee B, Patel S, Baratz KH, Bourne W, Maguire L, Lass J, Reinhart W, Rosenwasser G, Mootha V, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP, Verity S, Verity S, Sugar J, Tu E, Oliva MS, Rotkis WM, Yee R, Vital M, Caudill JW, Hammersmith K, Ayres B, Cohen E, Laibson P, Rapuano C, Colby K, Jurkunas U, Dunn SP, Heidemann DG, Sugar A, Mian S, Soong HK, Alfonso E, Karp C, Lee Y, Yoo S, Gorovoy M, Rosenfeld SI, Brown M, Davis EA, Fahmy A, Hardten DR, Hauswirth S, Lindstrom RL, Mifflin MD, Olson R, Stone D, Dupps BJ, Meisler DM, Suedekum B, Shamie N, Terry MA, Shah S, Belin MW, Morason T, Schultze RL, Galentine PG Cornea 2012 Jan 31 26-35
Comparative study of descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty donor preparation by moria cbm microkeratome, horizon microkeratome, and intralase FS60: Mootha V, Heck E, Verity S, Petroll WM, Lakshman N, Muftuoglu O, Bowman RW, McCulley JP, Cavanagh HD Cornea 2011 Mar 30 320-324
Apodized diffractive intraocular lens implantation after laser in situ keratomileusis with or without subsequent excimer laser enhancement: Muftuoglu O, Dao L, Mootha V, Verity S, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2010 Nov 36 1815-1821

Honors & Awards

Texas Monthly Magazine
Super Doctors (2014)
D Magazine
Best Doctors in Dallas (2013)
AAO Achievement Award
(2010)
Irene Wadel and Robert I Atha, Jr. Professorship in Ophthalmology in Honor of R. Wayne Bowman,MD
Endowed Chair (1999)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Board of Ophthalmology