Physicians List

Over the past 25 years, Dr. Cantu has been helping people see the world differently. Board certified in ophthalmology, she is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, as well as a respected member of numerous medical associations, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, and Christian Ophthalmic Society.

Dr. Cantu is experienced in the extracapsular, phacoemulsification, and femtosecond laser methods of cataract surgery. Because she is well versed in the methods of cataract surgery and has performed over 10,000 cataract surgeries, she specializes in complex cataracts. Beyond cataracts, Dr. Cantu has found her niche with pterygium surgeries. Pterygiums are notorious for recurring; however, Dr. Cantu’s percentage of recurrence is less than 1% after having performed more than 6,000 pterygium surgeries.

Dr. Eric Chen grew up in the Austin suburb of Round Rock, Texas and graduated valedictorian of Round Rock High School. He received his undergraduate degree with honors from Stanford University and his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Vanderbilt Eye Institute in Nashville, where he was appointed and served as Chief Resident. He then went on to complete the prestigious, two-year medical retina/retina surgery fellowship program at the Wills Hospital in Philadelphia (consistently rated among the top 3 programs in the nation).

Dr. Chen practiced in Austin, Texas for a year following his retina training prior to being recruited by Retina Consultants of Houston. Dr. Chen has published over 45 scientific papers, book chapters, and national meeting abstracts on vitreoretinal surgery, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and the use of intravitreal medications. He is an elected member of The Retina Society, and his clinical and research interests include diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and surgical disorders of the macula and retina.

Dr. Charles C. Wykoff is Co-Director of the Greater Houston Retina Research Foundation and serves as the elected Deputy Chair of Ophthalmology for the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from MIT, received his PhD from Oxford University in England while on a Marshall Scholarship, and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. As a medical student he co-authored the book Fighting Global Blindness. Dr. Wykoff completed his ophthalmology residency and vitreoretinal fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the top rated eye hospital in the country. While there he was awarded a Heed Fellowship, the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Award, which is the nation’s highest honor for a retina surgery fellow, and served as Chief Resident/Co-Director of Ocular Trauma.

Dr. Wykoff has extensive expertise in clinical trial design and coordination. His research interests pertain to angiogenesis and retinal vascular diseases, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and venous occlusive diseases, as well as vitreoretinal surgical topics such as retinal detachment and macular surgery. Dr. Wykoff has published over 70 peer reviewed scientific manuscripts and book chapters and presents regularly at national and international symposia. Dr. Wykoff was awarded the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award in 2015 and is an elected member of The Retina Society and The Macula Society. He also serves as the Academic Program Director for the Vit-buckle Society Annual Meeting, and is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists and FACS.