Dr. Harold Bares founded Eye Specialists in 1987. He is a board certified ophthalmic surgeon with over 20 years of experience in cataract, laser and refractive surgery. He graduated from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he trained in physics and mathematics. He subsequently did graduate work in applied mathematics and meteorology at Texas A & M University. He then worked as a Systems Analyst in meteorology with Air Force Global Weather Central. Dr. Bares received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Following an internal medicine internship at St. Joseph's Hospital at Creighton University in Omaha, he completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Bares served as Chief of Ophthalmology at Offutt Air Force Base before entering private practice. Currently Dr. Bares is a Fellow in the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He serves as medical director of the Heartland Cataract and Laser Surgery Center. His interests include engineering principles as applied to the latest techniques for cataract surgery, and also optical engineering specifically related to Wavefront technology for LASIK surgery.