What is a cataract? How do you treat cataracts? How do you know when a cataract is ready for surgery? Come hear an expert discuss these areas of concern and more as we demystify cataracts with Dr. David Williams, a local ophthalmologist and Clemson graduate.

Dr. David Williams was born in Orangeburg, SC, and grew up in Lexington. He earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Clemson University and a M.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina through the U.S. Navy Health Profession Scholarship Program. After finishing a family medicine internship at the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, FL, he graduated from the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute and went on to serve as a U.S. Naval Flight surgeon for F-18 Fighter Attack Squadron VMFA(AW)-533, stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC. Following his Naval service, Dr. Williams completed his ophthalmology training at the University of South Carolina PRISMA Health in Columbia. He and his wife, Mollie, and their two children are excited to be back in Greenville where Mollie grew up.