Meet Dr. Waters

Dr. Jana Waters is a proud Texan and a native of San Antonio. She is very excited to return to the Alamo City to serve her patients! Dr. Waters received her Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. She earned her Doctor of Medicine from the University Health Science Center at San Antonio. She then completed both an Internal Medicine internship and an Ophthalmology residency at Baylor Scott and White in Temple, Texas. She served as the program’s chief resident during her final year.

SKILLS AND SPECIALTIES

Dr. Waters is a comprehensive ophthalmologist, skilled in providing care in both clinical and surgical settings for cataracts, glaucoma, diabetes, macular degeneration and many other ocular diseases. She utilizes the most cutting-edge techniques for cataract surgery and minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery.

Personal

Dr. Waters has a heart for international medical missions and has provided surgical care to those in need on several mission trips to Bolivia and Mexico. In her spare time, she loves camping and traveling, and she always enjoys venturing out for a new culinary experience with her husband and two daughters.

Meet Dr. Young

Dr. Allison Young is a board-certified ophthalmologist and a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. After graduating with honors from Columbia University in New York City with a degree in biology, Dr. Young returned to her home state of Texas to attend UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, where she earned membership in the AOA national medical honor society. Dr. Young completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, followed by residency training in Ophthalmology at the prestigious Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, the nation’s first ophthalmology training program. In her final year at Wills Eye, she was chosen to serve as co-chief resident. Dr. Young is also proud to be a contributing author to the Wills Eye Manual, the most commonly used ophthalmology reference text in the world.

Skills and specialties

Dr. Young specializes in small-incision, no-stitch cataract surgery, offering the latest in premium intraocular lens technology, as well as refractive surgery, utilizing all-laser custom LASIK. She provides comprehensive eye care for the entire family, including routine eye exams for glasses or contacts, diabetic eye exams, management of glaucoma, macular degeneration, dry eyes, and many other eye conditions.

Medical Privileges

Dr. Young holds privileges at Stone Oak Methodist Hospital, the Baptist Hospital System in San Antonio, the Methodist Ambulatory Surgical Center North Central, and Alamo Laser Vision Center. She has been included in Top Doctors and Doctors of Excellence.

Personal

Dr. Young enjoys spending time with her husband of over 20 years, Matthew, and their three sons, Caleb, Ethan and Luke. If she’s not at the office, you can find her cheering them on at baseball/football/golf/soccer/track/etc!

Meet Dr. Held

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Kristin Story Held, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and International Society of Refractive Surgeons. Dr. Held is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where she was named “Outstanding Student.” She received her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where she achieved membership in AOA, the national medical honor society. After completing her internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, she joined the faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology. There, she taught cataract surgery, glaucoma, refractive, eyelid, strabismus, trauma, and laser surgery to residents in ophthalmology for five years while serving as director of the county ophthalmology clinic at the Brady Green Community Health Center. She maintains an academic affiliation as an adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the university. Dr. Held started her private practice of ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery in Stone Oak in 1994 and built the Stone Oak Ophthalmology Center at its current location on Sonterra Blvd. in 2005. She was overjoyed to be joined by brilliant, exceptionally trained, stellar physician, gifted surgeon, ophthalmology colleague and trusted friend, Dr. Allison Young, in 2012.

October 1, 2015, Dr. Held’s practice became completely third party free, including opting out of Medicare. Instead of entering into contractual agreements with mega 3rd party corporations and government agencies, Dr. Held chooses to serve her patients first and directly, with personal, confidential, state-of-the-art, affordable, accessible care. You may be surprised to find the cost of office visits to be less than your copay and cost of services, including surgery, to be less than your commercial insurer’s deductible in many cases. You are free to file with your insurer for out of network benefits. We can help you. Patients from across the state, U.S. and even other countries choose to see Dr. Held for their ophthalmologic care and surgery. Most importantly, if you do not have insurance, no problem, Dr. Held will care for you. If you are on Medicare, you can still choose to see Dr. Held for a reasonable fee; there is value in having an experienced physician who knows you, who serves you with personalized, private, high-tech care, and whom you can see in a timely fashion for the appropriate amount of time needed to fully address your individual condition and concerns. Dr. Held most sincerely and humbly regards caring for her cherished patients as her great blessing, privilege, and pleasure. She is proud to have cared for some of her patients for over 20 years now and treasures several families that she has cared for 4 generations of family members!

Skills and Specialties

Dr. Held provides comprehensive eye care for a broad range of ocular diseases, Dr. Held specializes in cataract and refractive surgery, including state-of-the-art, all-laser LASIK (laser in-situ keratomileusis) and laser cataract surgery with premium intraocular lens implantation. Dr. Held has been doing refractive surgery and laser vision correction for over 20 years. She was one of the first eye surgeons to perform LASIK and PRK in San Antonio and is co-founder and co-owner of Alamo Laser Vision. She has years of extensive experience in performing these operations on thousands of patients with great success and loves serving the local San Antonio community with the most advanced eye care available.

Professional Accomplishments

Dr. Held is listed in 'The Best Doctors in America,' 'The Guide to America’s Top Ophthalmologists,' and “Texas Super Doctors.” In 2018, Dr. Held received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners in San Antonio. Dr. Held was named the 2009 “Pillar of Responsibility” by the Northside Education Foundation. Dr. Held serves on the Medical Executive Committee at the Methodist Ambulatory Surgical Center North Central, is a physician partner at the surgery center, and holds privileges at the Methodist Stone Oak Hospital. Over the years, she has served as chief of staff of ophthalmology at the North Central Baptist Hospital, was a consultant for the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, and authored numerous book chapters and articles covering topics from cataract, pterygium, glaucoma, diabetes, dry eye, allergic eye, and blepharitis to ocular blood flow and carotid vascular disease.

Leadership and Advocacy

Dr. Held is dedicated to putting the patient first, preserving the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship, and advancing the noble profession of medicine. Dr. Held is a physician and patient advocate for personalized, patient-centered, direct medical care. Dr. Held is currently President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and has served on the AAPS Board of Directors for the past four years. The AAPS motto is “All For The Patient.” She served on the healthcare advisory team for Dr. Ben Carson during his presidential campaign, is Co-Chair of the Healthcare Advisory Council for Congressman Chip Roy, is co-founder of AmericanDoctors4Truth.org, and served on the National Physicians Council for Healthcare Policy. She is active with a national coalition of physician, patient, and healthcare leaders from across the country promoting personalized, patient controlled medical care and opposing socialized medicine. Dr. Held has had numerous articles published, including in the Washington Times, Houston Chronicle, The Hill, Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons and Dr. Carson’s AmericanCurrentsee. She has spoken across the country regarding health policy and its effects on patients, physicians, and the practice of American medicine, advocating for the patient-physician relationship and against the government takeover of medicine. Over the years, her comments have been heard on the Sean Hannity Show, the Cavuto Show, Operation Freedom, The Paradocs Show, Docs4PatientCare's The Doctor's Lounge, Chuck Woolery's Blunt Force Truth as well as locally on 550 KTSA. Dr. Held is committed to providing each patient with the best individualized, innovative medical care available and is fighting for the freedom to continue to be able to do so.

Dr. Held invites you to visit the website www.AAPSonline.org and join AAPS as a patient member free of charge. Here you will find a wealth of information about the current state of healthcare and what doctors and patients in Texas and across the country are doing to preserve personalized medical care and the doctor-patient relationship in the current environment of skyrocketing costs and increasing corporate-government interference.

Personal

Outside of medicine, Dr. Held’s love is her family and the outdoors. She and her husband, David, have four daughters, Holly (and son-in-law, Kendal), Heidi (and son-in-law, John), Hayley (and son-in-law, Reid), and Hannah (and future son-in-law, John). Two of her daughters are physicians and two are in business. She is blessed with three adorable grandchildren. Her father is a retired chairman of neurosurgery, and her mother is a retired R.N. Dr. Held is blessed to be a seven year breast cancer survivor who is grateful for her amazing physicians and fights all the harder for her patients because of this and many other personal life experiences.

Meet Dr. Panday

Stone Oak Ophthalmology is absolutely thrilled to welcome Dr. Vasudha Panday to our team of doctors! Dr. Panday received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed her residency training in Ophthalmology at the prestigious Wills Eye Hospital, the nation’s first ophthalmology training program. She then enhanced her training with a fellowship in the subspecialty of Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery at the renowned Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The United States Air Force brought Dr. Panday from the Northeast to San Antonio. She served eight years of active duty at Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland Air Force Base. During that time, she held a myriad of leadership roles, including Chief of the Cornea/Refractive Surgery Service, Director of the Joint Warfighter Refractive Surgery Center, and Refractive Surgery Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General. She was also the Associate Program Director of the largest Ophthalmology residency program in the Department of Defense. She rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force prior to departing and joining private practice.

Throughout her career, Dr. Panday has taught numerous ophthalmology residents, published many journal articles, and spoken at national and international conferences. She serves on the American Board of Ophthalmology, the certifying body for new ophthalmologists. She also volunteers her time to train and certify ophthalmic technicians.

Dr. Panday has been married for over 20 years to her husband Manoj, who is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist. They have two sons, Ajay and Ashwin, who love to travel, read, and play with their guinea pig, Peanut.

Stone Oak Ophthalmology has never had a Cornea Specialist in our ranks and we are honored and thrilled that Dr. Panday will be joining us! She brings over two decades of experience and skill with her. We know you will love her as much as we do! We are scheduling new patients for her now!

Skills and specialties

Refractive surgery: LASIK/PRK
Intacs for keratoconus
Cataract surgery, including laser cataract surgery/premium lens implants
Pterygium excision
Partial and full-thickness corneal transplantation (PK, DSEK)
Management of all corneal diseases, i.e. keratoconus, Fuchs dystrophy, corneal ulcers, etc

Medical Privileges

Physician’s Ambulatory Surgery Center (PASC 4) in Stone Oak
Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center, North Central (MASCNC) in Stone Oak
Alamo Laser Vision Center