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In this issue of e ye Insights, we present three unique scenarios of patients who are considering refractive surgery, and the accompanying advice of our expert laser vision specialists. We also include digital resources for you and your patients, including a patient education handout, physician...

The Problem Vision correction procedures may reduce or eliminate the need for glasses or corrective lenses—but for some people, the surgery feels too risky. The Solution Ophthalmologists need to explain the expected advantages, disadvantages, outcomes, risks, and benefits of laser vision correction...

Refractive Surgeons at Mass. Eye and Ear Boston 243 Charles Street Find a surgeon Email617-573-3582 or617-573-3234 Waltham 1601 Trapelo Road Find a surgeon Email781-890-1023 Longwood 800 Huntington Avenue Find a surgeon Email617-936-615 East Bridgewater 400 N. Bedford Street Find a surgeon Email 617...

The Problem You are doing all you can do, surgically and medically, for your patients with vision impairment, but they continue to report difficulty with visual tasks or have to abandon activities they enjoy. The Solution Vision rehabilitation is the next step in the continuum of ophthalmic care...

Meet the Experts Janey Wiggs, MD, PhD Associate Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute at Mass. Eye and Ear Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School Dr. Wiggs is a board-certified medical geneticist specializing in the genetics of glaucoma with particular interest...

Your patient is a 50-year-old woman, and this is her first consultation with you. She had LASIK in her 30s and now wears reading glasses for presbyopia. You learn that cataracts and glaucoma run in her family. She says, “I wish I didn’t need reading glasses. Are there any options for me?” Most...

Massachusetts Eye and Ear is the primary teaching hospital affiliate of Harvard Medical School and an international leader in ophthalmology. Members of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service have helped to pioneer many of the developments in laser vision correction by actively participating in...