WHY CHOOSE LASIK EYE CENTERS?

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY:

 

LASIK Eye Centers uses one of North America’s top Wavefront lasers Bausch & Lomb’s Z100.  This Wavefront laser will give you the best possible outcome. Since 2003 we have tested four of the leading lasers currently available and have found that the Bausch & Lomb's Z100 to offer the best results for our patients. 

 

LASIK Eye Centers provides its patients with the very best in today's advanced technology, maintaining a 'gold standard'. All equipment in our Clinic has been scientifically selected and standardized to provide unparalleled precision and meet stringent safety standards. 

Advanced technology in laser vision correction has enabled LASIK Eye Centers to give each patient a customized procedure specific to the blueprint of their eyes.  Like fingerprints – no single eye is alike. 
 

LASIK Eye Centers has had excellent results and has an exceptional safety record.  Never before has laser vision correction been so safe and technologically advanced.  

 

EXPERIENCED MEDICAL TEAM:  

Our medical team is among the most highly-trained laser vision correction surgery experts in the world.  The surgeons at LASIK Eye Centers are leaders in the research and development of LASIK eye surgery.  They teach at and attend international meetings; they have also published their research in scientific journals on laser vision correction.

Your surgeon (ophthalmologist) and your optometrist are trained health care professionals experienced in pre-operative, operative, and post-operative management of LASIK and PRK. The clinical assistants are extensively trained in the diagnosis and treatment of reactive eye problems, and/or ophthalmic medical assistance, and act under the supervision of the surgeon (ophthalmologist).

ROLE OF THE SURGEON

·        Assist you in making an informed decision about laser vision correction.

·        Provides you with a description of the procedure, risks, complications and expected benefits and the alternatives in terms and language that you understand.

·        The surgeon will then provide you with a pre-operative plan.

·        You have the right to consent to or refuse any treatment or procedure at any time prior to its performance.

·        Please ensure that your questions are answered and your concerns are addressed.

ROLE OF THE OPTOMETRIST

·        Provides a pre-operative evaluation, examining your eyes to determine if you are a candidate for laser vision correction using LASIK or PRK according to the criteria set by the surgeon.

·        Your optometrist will explain the procedure, the risks, complications, expected benefits, the alternatives and any particular conditions that might affect your decision to undergo laser vision correction.

·        Your optometrist will provide you with pre and post operative care. Your optometrist may be able to assume responsibility for your care as early as the week following surgery.

Meet the LASIK Eye Surgery Team at LASIK EYE CENTERS

LASIK EYE CENTER’S  Medical Director and Chief Surgeon

Dr. Steven Kirzner.

A conscientious and dedicated eye surgeon, he has been involved in his own private ophthalmic practice since 1985. After successfully completing his training in refractive eye surgery in 1998, he devoted his time solely to laser refractive surgery and has performed over 45,000 laser vision correction procedures to date, both LASIK eye surgery & PRK.

 

Dr. Kirzner is a firm believer in this procedure and chose to have his own myopia treated in 1997.

Dr. Steven Kirzner graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School, in Toronto, Ontario in 1979. He completed his internship in Halifax and commenced his ophthalmology studies at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1983. Dr. Kirzner is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1984, as well as being the Ophthalmic Consultant to the Yukon Territories since 1990.

A few words from our Medical Director…

 

“At Coal Harbour LASIK Eye Centre our goal is to ensure the safest and best possible outcome. We will always do what is in the patient’s best interest. We will select the right procedure for you.  We will do the procedure that will yield the safest and optimum results base on our years of experience and thousands of laser refractive procedures performed.

 

How can every refractive laser centre claim to have the best technology in the market place?  Well not every laser is created equally, and it is difficult to make these claims unless the surgeon has had the opportunity to uses every laser on the market place.  I am the only surgeon that I know of who has extensively used all the modern refractive lasers currently available in BC and in my hands the Bausch & Lomb technology yields our patients the best results.

 

As with any health care procedure, patients who do their own investigating themselves are much more in control of their outcomes.  Laser refractive eye surgery, like any other service, has some excellent providers and technologies, and some not as good as other.  It pays to do your research and I’m sure Coal Harbour LASIK Eye Centre will be your first choice when it comes to reducing your dependence on glasses and contacts.”

 

Steven L. Kirzner, MD, FRCS(C) DABO



 
Dr. Steven L. KIrzner,FRCS,DABO