About Dr. Kiser
Dr. Kelly Kiser is a board-certified, fellowship-trained cataract and refractive surgeon who specializes in helping patients reduce their dependence on glasses through LASIK, EVO ICL, refractive lens exchange, and advanced cataract surgery. She has performed thousands of procedures and is an inductee of the World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences.
A Dallas native, Dr. Kiser earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center before completing an internship in internal medicine and an ophthalmology residency at Washington University in St. Louis. She then pursued additional fellowship training in cataract and refractive surgery in Omaha, Nebraska, through Kugler Vision, a Modern Vision Partner Practice.
Before joining Carrot LASIK & Eye Center, Dr. Kiser helped develop and grow a comprehensive cataract and refractive surgery program in Illinois, where she served patients throughout the region with advanced vision correction procedures. She is committed to staying at the forefront of vision correction technology and offers patients a full range of surgical options tailored to their individual goals and lifestyle.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Kiser enjoys spending time with her husband and children, running, and exploring the outdoors.
Dr. Kiser believes that successful vision correction begins with understanding each patient’s lifestyle and visual goals. She takes pride in helping patients navigate their options and developing personalized treatment plans that allow them to see their best and enjoy greater freedom from glasses.
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Kelly Kiser, MD
Licenses & Certification
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- Board Certified July 2024- present
- Fellow, World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences
- Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
- Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
- Texas Medical Board
- Arizona Medical Board
Employment
- Chittick Eye Care
- Medical Director, Savoy Surgical Center
- October 2024- November 2025
- Carrot LASIK & Eye Center
- Cataract & Refractive Surgeon
- June 1 2026- present
Education
- Fellowship: Kugler Vision, Omaha, Nebraska
- Refractive Surgery Alliance Fellowship
- Residency: Washington University in St. Louis Department of Ophthalmology
- Internship: Washington University in St. Louis Department of Internal Medicine
- Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- College: Southern Methodist University
- Magna Cum Laude
- August 2011– May 2015
- Bachelor of Science in Biology
- Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
Publications/ Research Experience
- “Visual Outcomes of the LAL in Patients with Prior Corneal Refractive Surgery.” Kelly Kiser, MD; Taj Nasser, MD; Patricia Fortin, MD; Stephen LoBue, MD; Curtis Martin, MD; Andrew Abramson, Will Dietlan, Drew Dickson, MD; Greg Parkhurst, MD; Luke Rebenitsch MD; Lance Kugler, MD. 2024 ASCRS Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
- Post-market Clinical Follow-up Study of Alcon Ophthalmic Viscoelastic Devices (OVDs), sponsored by Alcon Laboratories. Kugler Vision. Omaha, Nebraska. Study coordinator 11/2023-7/2024.
- Gillings M, Mastro A, Zhang X, Kiser K, Gu J, Xing C, Robertson D, Petroll M, Mootha V. Loss of Corneal Nerves and Corneal Haze in Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Patients with the TCF4 Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion. Ophthalmology Science. 2022.
- Kiser K, Matthews J, Huang A. Mucor Keratitis. Women in Ophthalmology Conference 2022.
- Kiser KA, Hong AR, Lubniewski A, Huang AJW, Margolis TP. Topical steroids to the superior bulbar conjunctiva for the treatment of superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLK). Ocul Surf. 2021 Dec 6.
- Kiser K, Webb-Jones KD, Bowne SJ, Sullivan LS, Daiger SP, Birch DG. Time Course of Disease Progression of PRPF31-mediated Retinitis Pigmentosa. Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 Apr.
- Kiser K, Sweeney A, Yen M, Burkat C. Punctal Stenosis. Eyewiki Article. Originally published 2018.
- Kiser KA, Matharu KS, Sweeney AR, Yen MT. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Causing Recurrent Acute Canaliculitis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Nov/Dec.
- Bennett LD, Klein M, Locke KG, Kiser K, Birch DG. Dark-Adapted Chromatic Perimetry for Measuring Rod Visual Fields in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2017 Aug 9.
Honors/Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- 2019. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- President’s Scholar
- 2011-2015. Southern Methodist University.
- Phi Beta Kappa
- 2015. Southern Methodist University
