Stephen Updegraff
Stephen Updegraff, M.D., FACS (born January 31, 1962, St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American refractive surgeon best known for his early involvement in, and contributions to, LASIK. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a board-certified member of the American Board of Ophthalmology, a founding member of the American College of Ophthalmic Surgeons, and a member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the Pine Ridge Eye Study Society. Updegraff currently serves as the medical director of Updegraff Vision in St. Petersburg, Florida. Early life Updegraff was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. Updegraff was a descendant of the Dutch Op den Graeff family. Updegraff graduated from The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was exposed to the medical treatment of eyes at an early age by his father, ophthalmologist Ambrose Updegraff, M.D., whom he accompanied on hospital rounds to visit patients who had undergone eye surgeries. Education Updegraff received his bachelor's degree in biology from Eckerd College in 1984, and his M.D. from the Penn State College of Medicine in 1989. Career Updegraff completed a six-month internship and his ophthalmic residency at the