Awards, Honors and Achievements

• Residency Program - Outstanding Achievement
  Winning Outstanding Paper Award every year of eligibility:
  “Unilateral Tonic Pupil” 1981.
  “An Evaluation of Experimental Hyphemas in Rabbits” 1982.
  “ Laser Trabeculoplasty in Glaucoma” 1983
• Dean's Letter - High National Board scores.
• Phi Beta Kappa.
• Alpha Epsilon Delta.
• Houston County's First Full Time Ophthalmologist 1982
• Alcon Award for Excellence: Side Approach Cataract Surgery, 1993.
• Outstanding paper award: Side Appproach to Cataract Surgery, ASCRS 1993.
• Guest Speaker - Innovator's Program, ASCRS, 1993
• International Directory of Who's Who 1994.
• Opening Speaker - ASCRS Interactive Symposium, (First held), 1994.
• Best Paper of Session: Endoscopic Laser CycloDestruction to Treat Glaucoma in Cataract Patients, ASCRS, 1996.
• Best Paper of Session: Double Implant Strategies for Maximizing Outcomes in Hyperopic Cataract Patients, ASCRS, 1996.
• Investigator for Staar Collagen Wick Study, 1998 – Present
• Norman Stahl Memorial Lecture
• Speaker of the Day Hawaii 2001
• Founder of Houston County’s First Ophthalmic Surgery Center 2000
• Honorary Member of the Arizona Ophthalmological Society 2003
  

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Aesthetic & Restorative Surgery
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Association of Medical Specialists
• American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
• American Society of Contemporary Ophthalmologists
• Christian Ophthalmology Society
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
• Editorial Advisory Board (past) Ocular Surgery News (May 1, 1994 - May 1, 1996)
• International Association of Ocular Surgeons
• Fellow of Society for Excellence in Eyecare
• International Refractive Surgery Club
• International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty
• Medical Association of Georgia
• Medical Editorial Board (past) - Eyecare Technology – Editorial Board (past) OCular Surgery News (April 1995 - April 1997)
• Ophthalmolgy Management Editorial Advisory Board (1999 – present)
• Alcon Surgical Speakers Bureau
• Allergan Pharmaceutical Speakers Bureau
• Novartis Ophthalmics Consultant (2000 – 2002)
• Peachbelt Medical Society
• Society for Excellence in Eyecare- Elected to Board 1999
• Southern Medical Association
• Alphagan Advisory Board
• Gatifloxin Advisory Board
• Travatan Advisory Board

Major Contributions to Profession of Ophthalmology

1982 - Houston County's First Full Time Ophthalmologist
1985 - Temporal Approach Cataract Surgery
1986 - Temporal Cataract with Superonasal Trabeculectomy
1986 - Combined Cataract Strabismus Technique
1987 - Combined Cataract Surgery with Limbal Relaxing Incision
1990 – Gayton Degree Marker
1992 - Systematic Approach to RK and AK Enhancements
1993 - Systematic Approach to Asymmetric Astigmatism
1993 - Double Implant (Piggyback) IOL Technique
1994 - Gayton Enhancement Diamond
1999 – Identified Falcon Diclofenac as causing corneal melts and testified in front of the FDA
2001 – First Georgia Ophthalmologist to speak out on dangers of LASIK