At the Advanced Sight Center, our mission is to provide the full range (full-service) of vision correction and eyecare services to our patients in a family-like atmosphere. We pledge to make advanced technology and quality patient care the cornerstone of our practice.

Since 1983, when Dr. Short started his private practice in Washington, Missouri, he has become a recognized leader in both refractive and cataract surgery. As a highly skilled and respected surgeon, he has lectured to colleagues at major medical meetings and universities across the country.

Since these beginnings, his practice has grown into the The Advanced Sight Center, a full-service eyecare institute with highly trained doctors in the field of Lasik surgery. The highly qualified staff assists the doctors as a team with the single purpose to deliver the ultimate standard of care and expertise available to you.

Dr. Short graduated from Washington University in 1974. He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from St Louis University in 1978 and performed his graduate studies in Ophthalmology at Duke University. He is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Eye Surgeons.

In addition, he holds memberships in the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and the International Society of Refractive Surgeons and is past president of the Franklin-Gasconade-Warren County Medical Society.

Since 1983, when he started his private practice in Washington, Missouri, Dr. Short has become a recognized leader in both refractive and cataract surgery. As a highly skilled and respected surgeon, he has lectured to colleagues at major medical meetings and universities across the country.