A nurse from Santa Maria that I recently saw in my San Luis Obispo office asked me about published literature on LASIK. A scientific presentation at the Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day at the recent annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology looked at a summary of all the world’s published, peer-reviewed medical literature for […]

The FDA has approved Luxturna, a breakthrough new gene therapy eye medicine for a very rare inherited retinal disease called “biallelic RPE65”. Approximately 1 to 2 thousand people in the United States have this disease, but perhaps an even larger significance to this medicine is that it sets the stage to treat other, more common […]

Among the many problems from the fires in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County is the very poor air quality. Soot and microscopic particles create not only breathing problems, but eye irritation as well — whether or not you’ve had LASIK. Patients with underlying dry eye disease tend to be bothered most. In general there are […]

A patient from Camarillo that I saw in my Ventura office asked me about LASIK and professional athletes. It turns out that yet another NBA star has just undergone LASIK and is crediting his improved performance to laser vision correction eye surgery. Tobias Harris, forward for the Detroit Pistons, used to play wearing contact lenses, […]

A patient from Arroyo Grande that I saw in my San Luis Obispo office asked my office staff about using her FSA account for her LASIK. This is a common question this time of year! Many patients find that using an employer sponsored FSA to help pay for LASIK allows them to use pre-tax dollars […]