Connie S. McCaa, M.D., Ph.D, is one of the leading refractive surgeons
in the United States.
She is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, since 1983.
Dr. McCaa received the MD from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1977 in Jackson, Miss. She also received the PhD in biochemistry from
the University of Mississippi. Her ophthalmology residency was completed at the University of Mississippi Hospital in 1981. She also completed the cornea, external disease and refractive surgery fellowship at the Louisiana State University — LSU Eye Center in New Orleans, under the direction of Herbert Kaufman, MD, and
Marguerite McDonald, MD, in 1985.
Dr. McCaa served as Director of the Division of Cornea, External Disease,
and Refractive Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson for 25 years. She was one of the first LASIK surgeons in the United States and has performed the procedure on thousands of patients. A leading corneal transplant surgeon, Dr. McCaa historically performed the most such surgeries annually in Mississippi. Now a Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Dr. McCaa established a private practice in Jackson and founded the LASIK Laser Eye Center, serving as its Medical Director. She also has her ophthalmology clinic in the West Tower
of St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, suite 656.
Dr. McCaa’s LASIK Laser Eye Center is the only certified iLASIK
center in the state. She also is well known as a consultant surgeon for correcting other refractive surgeons' LASIK complications.
Dr. McCaa is active in the Mississippi Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Association, (the state ophthalmology society) and has served as its president.
She also has been a Councilor of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. She received the Secretariat Award from AAO and has served on the Nominating Committee and the Credentials Committee of the AAO Council.
For 12 consecutive years, Dr. McCaa has been named by peers as one of the
Best Doctors in America. She also is ranked among the Top Ophthalmologists
in America.