Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Dr. Scoper went to medical school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS and performed his residency in ophthalmology at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans. He did a two-year fellowship in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery at the Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, in Oklahoma City.
As a corneal transplant surgeon Dr. Scoper has been active on a national level with the Eye Bank Association of America having sat on the Board of Directors and having co-chaired the Accreditation Board. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lions Medical Eye Bank of Norfolk. Dr. Scoper is involved in numerous multi-center clinical trials and in teaching residents in the Department of Ophthalmology at EVMS. In addition to these activities, he is a highly regarded clinical researcher, educator and speaker of national reputation.
In the short time he has been with Virginia Eye Consultants, Dr. Scoper has become the busiest cataract surgeon in South Hampton Roads. He practices both in the Norfolk and Hampton offices. Dr. Scoper lives in Norfolk with his wife Nancy and two daughters.
Dr. Stephen Scoper is performing the very latest refractive surgical procedures now available to patients. In addition to Lasik, Dr. Scoper also offers Zyoptix®, which is personalized laser vision correction performed with such precise measurements that it is even possible to correct eye imperfections that couldn’t be treated before with conventional Lasik. For those patients who are too near sighted to Lasik, the new Visian ICL is available. He is also offering Near Vision SM CK®, conductive keratoplasty, which is a non-laser procedure that can reduce or eliminate the need for reading glasses in people over 40. Dr. Scoper is also offering the newly FDA approved ALCON™ Toric Lens® to correct astigmatism after cataract surgery. He is now implanting the ReSTOR® intraocular lens, used by the most forward-thinking surgeons, which not only corrects distance vision, but allows for near activities, such as reading. Imagine having your cataract removed and never having to wear glasses again, for any reason! ReSTOR® is also available for those without cataracts.