“After more than 15 years, it’s still amazing to wake-up in the morning with clear distance vision, free of my contact lenses and glasses!”
Bay Area media personality, Greg Sherrell
LASIK patient since 2006
Why choosing us for your laser vision correction makes sense
Laser vision correction is a long-term investment
Now that you’re ready to do something about your glasses and contact lenses and to leave behind all those years of hardship and expense, you don’t want to settle for just an average laser vision correction outcome, you want a great visual outcome, as you’ll live with the results for many years to come.
That’s why it’s important to choose your provider wisely. Our team combines extensive experience with advanced treatment technology and a commitment to delivering exceptional visual outcomes.
Great visual outcomes start with the caliber of your surgeon
Great visual outcomes start with the expertise of your care team
The experience and expertise of your care team are key factors in achieving exceptional visual outcomes. But as in any profession, not all laser eye surgeons are equally talented and capable, and those differences could bear on the safety and quality of your surgical outcome. That’s why it’s important to evaluate your surgeon across objective measures, including:
- Where did your care team receive their training?
- Are your specialists Board-Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology (“ABO”)? A surgeon who is Board-Certified has been shown by the rigorous standards of the ABO to be current in their medical specialty.
- Is your provider in good standing with the California Medical Board? This is one of the few objective sources of information on a doctor’s status, specifically provided by the state of California to assist consumers in conducting their due diligence.
Does your surgeon see you at your consultation?
Does your surgeon see you at your consultation?
As unusual as it sounds, some surgeons don’t see their patients at the initial consultation, often meeting them for the very first time on the day of surgery.
Since we believe great surgical outcomes start in the pre-operative stage of the patient’s care, we believe it’s essential that you meet directly with your specialist during your consultation. In that way he can evaluate your diagnostic data and arrive at a deeper understanding of your vision characteristics and lifestyle needs so he can personally customize the surgical plan, which we believe leads to superior visual outcomes.
That’s why we are dedicated to meeting with every patient at the initial consultation, while other surgeons may delegate this critical step to non-physician personnel, such as optometrists and patient counselors.
Are you getting state-of-the-art laser treatment technology?
Are you getting state-of-the-art laser treatment technology?
Apart from the caliber of your surgeon and his personal investment in your pre-operative care, you should also determine to what extent he employs a state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment infrastructure, as modern platforms offer safety and performance advantages over older generation technology still in use in the market. Our practice was among the early adopters in the Bay Area surgeons, for example, to acquire the ZEISS Visumax femtosecond laser platform (pictured) when it was first FDA-approved for SMILE vision correction of nearsightedness and astigmatism.
Advanced laser treatment platforms like the ZEISS Visumax laser and the Alcon EX500 excimer laser are expensive to acquire and maintain, so some practices and academic institutions may continue to use older technology to save money. It’s important, therefore, that you know the difference, as the use of older laser technology could result in a less than optimal surgical outcome.
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