Training and board certification
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| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Brigham Young University |
| Medical school | Georgetown University; inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society |
| Residency | Baylor College of Medicine; received the Stephen N. Schindler Award |
| Fellowship | Oculoplastic surgery, two years, Oregon Health & Sciences University; received the Distinguished Service Award |
- Board-certified oculoplastic surgeon specializing in eye socket, eyelid and tear duct surgeries.
- Formerly on faculty at Baylor College of Medicine; trained and worked at Texas Children's Hospital; was a team doctor for the Houston Rockets.
- Before private practice, Division Chief of Oculoplastics at the Moran Eye Center.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Utah; involved in complex adult and pediatric cases at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital.
- Site states he has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on oculoplastic topics and presented at international and national meetings.
- Involved in humanitarian work with LDS charities.
Eyelid surgery work
The practice's procedure pages describe blepharoplasty, ptosis, brow/forehead lift and eyelid-malposition surgery generally; the blepharoplasty FAQ and ptosis page name Dr. Harris (and, on the ptosis page, a "Dr. McCann" not listed elsewhere on the site) as the specialist, so the descriptions below are the practice's stated techniques, not attributed to Dr. Marx individually.
- Upper blepharoplasty. Removes excess skin, bulging fat and lax muscle from the upper eyelid; can expand visual field if sagging skin obstructs vision (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Fat removed or repositioned through an incision on the inner eyelid surface (transconjunctival); excess skin removed through an incision just below the lashes when present. A chemical peel can be added at the same time. Upper and lower blepharoplasty can be combined with brow or midface lift (source).
- Ptosis repair. Usually tightens one of the muscles that lifts the eyelid; a sling operation is used in severe cases where the levator muscle is very weak (source).
- Brow and forehead lift. Pretrichial, internal browpexy, direct, endoscopic and coronal techniques, each described with its own incision pattern and recovery (source).
- Ectropion, entropion and eyelid retraction repair. Ectropion and entropion corrected surgically; lower eyelid retraction repaired by lengthening the eyelid with skin grafts or spacer grafts, with horizontal tightening; upper eyelid retraction repaired by releasing internal muscles or, in extreme cases, with grafts (source).
Other procedures
The practice also treats eye socket (orbital) disease and trauma, pediatric eyelid and tearing problems, pterygium, skin cancer and eyelid tumors, styes/chalazion/blepharitis, tearing, and thyroid eye disease, and offers injectables, facial fillers, festoon treatment, ear gauge repair and scar revision (procedures menu).
Insurance and cost
"Eyelid surgery is very often covered by insurance when it blocks your vision" (source). No prices are published on the site.