Doctors

Meet The Doctors

Marc Sanders, M.D. F.A.C.S.

Dr. Marc Sanders, M.D. F.A.C.S. Dr. Marc Sanders is a recognized leader in cataract and refractive surgery. Among the first surgeons to perform laser vision correction over fifteen years ago, Dr. Sanders has stayed at the forefront of this rapidly changing field. He was one of the first surgeons to offer new techniques, such as Femtosecond, all-laser LASIK, custom wavefront optimized LASIK, conductive keratoplasty, refractive lens exchange, and presbyopic intraocular lenses. In fact, Dr. Sanders is a part-time professor at Baylor College of Medicine where he teaches surgeons in training. Committed to education and research, Dr. Sanders has published articles in the leading ophthalmic journals and has participated in clinical trials.

It should come as no surprise that many physicians and surgeons in the Houston area have chosen Dr. Sanders to perform their own eye surgery. The fact that these doctors have inside knowledge of the abilities of all eye surgeons in the area is a testament to Dr. Sanders’ surgical skill. Dr. Sanders has also operated on a variety of local and national celebrities. In 2005, he was named one of America’s Top Cataract and Refractive Surgeons by the Consumer Research Council of America. Dr. Sanders has also been voted a “Top Doctor” by a survey in H-Texas Magazine nine years in a row. Many doctors claim to have the best technology; however, Dr. Sanders is one of only a few doctors who is certified to use all these different excimer lasers: Allegretto WaveLight, VISX Star 4, LADARWave, IntraLase, Nidek EC-5000, and Bausch and Lomb Technolas 217. This allows Dr. Sanders to select the laser which would give the patient the best result. Dr. Sanders is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He graduated from Baylor College of Medicine, where he now holds a faculty position. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
VISX, Ladarvision, Nidek, and B & L Technolas Lasers
Wavefront Customized LASIK
Intralase, Wavelight

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology
American College of Surgeons
American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Texas Medical Association
Houston Ophthalmological Society
Harris County Medical Society

Aric Welton, O.D.

Dr. Aric Welton, O.D. Dr. Aric Welton completed his undergraduate education at Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology. He also received three years of further education and experience at the Department of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine, where he went on to work for the Lions Eye Bank of Texas for several more years. Dr. Welton continued his post-graduate education at the University of Houston College of Optometry. His externship clinical training was at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Further clinical training was held at the Hermann Eye Center of University of Texas Medical School in Houston, with a focus in glaucoma and contact lens fitting.

Dr. Welton specializes in fitting contact lenses of all types and has served as a clinical investigator for contact lens research studies of new lens materials and care products.