Matthew C. Caldwell, M.D. is a board-certified ophthalmologist who is dual fellowship-trained in Cornea/External Disease and Refractive Surgery as well as Ocular Pathology. He provides comprehensive ophthalmology services including state-of-the-art vision correction surgery like the EVO ICL procedure, as well as the medical management of many eye disorders.

Dr. Caldwell is a Distinguished Graduate of the US Air Force Academy. He received his medical degree from the UT Medical School at San Antonio and then completed internship and ophthalmology residency training at Wilford Hall and Brook Army Medical Centers, and fellowship training at the Duke University Eye Center.

He served as the Director of the Lackland Joint Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center and Refractive Surgery Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for two years during which time he oversaw seven vision correction centers. He went on to serve five years as the Chief of Air Force Ophthalmology overseeing all eye surgery and ophthalmology care across the U.S. Air Force. He is a past president of the Society of Military Ophthalmologists and a member of the Board of Directors of the San Antonio Eye Bank.

Dr. Caldwell has served as the Chairman of the Wilford Hall Eye Center and the San Antonio combined Air Force/Army Ophthalmology Residency Program and is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at UT Health and Associate Professor at the Uniformed Services University. He is a certified physician trainer for various forms of refractive surgery and has trained over 130 refractive surgeons. He has authored numerous publications and has been a lead investigator on multiple FDA clinical trials of new technology which have resulted in advances and approval of technology used around the world.

Dr. Caldwell is an advocate of the functional benefits of refractive surgery, having deployed twice to Afghanistan after having surgery on his own eyes. He knows the benefits of customizing treatments to the eyes of patients with high visual demands and has treated numerous members of the special forces, fellow ophthalmologists and other surgeons, pilots, and even an astronaut who has spent extended tours on the international space station. He appreciates the life-altering impact of vision restoring surgery and has led multiple humanitarian missions to several countries in Central America.