LASIK Laser Eye Surgery Articles from
Los Angeles Vision Specialist Dr. Paul Dougherty

Dougherty Laser Vision Joins Forces with Pacific Eye & Ear Specialists
Dougherty Laser Vision

Los Angeles-February 15, 2006 -- Dougherty Laser Vision today announced that it has expanded into West Los Angeles (Brentwood) by teaming up with Pacific Eye & Ear Specialists. The expansion creates a total of five Dougherty Laser Vision offices throughout Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

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Dougherty Laser Vision Recruits Patients for Tetraflex™ Cataract/Presbyopia Clinical Study
Patients Eligible to Receive Free Next-Generation Accommodating Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implant Designed for Clear Vision at All Distances
Dougherty Laser Vision

Los Angeles-January 31, 2006-Dougherty Laser Vision -- one of Southern California's leading centers for vision correction research -- is recruiting patients with cataracts and presbyopia to participate in a clinical study of the new Tetraflex accommodating intraocular lens (IOL).

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Dougherty Laser Vision Selected for Tetraflex™ IOL Clinical Trial
Practice to Serve as One of Just Five Vision Centers Nationwide to Participate in Phase 3 FDA Study of Next Generation Accommodating Lens
Dougherty Laser Vision

Los Angeles-October 20, 2005-Dougherty Laser Vision has been selected as one of just five refractive surgery centers in the nation to participate in the Phase 3 FDA clinical study of the new Tetraflex™ accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) implant.

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The Journal of Refractive Surgery Appoints Paul Dougherty, M.D. to Editorial Board
Highly Prestigious Honor Reserved for World's Foremost Specialists


Los Angeles-July 14, 2005-Renowned vision correction surgeon Paul J. Dougherty, M.D. has been selected to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Refractive Surgery. With this highly prestigious honor, Dr. Dougherty joins an elite group of specialists known internationally for their contributions to the field of vision correction.

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Dougherty Laser Vision Expands Into Los Angeles
Combines Forces with Steel Advanced Vision to Become One of Southern California's Largest LASIK Providers and Refractive Surgery Research Centers
Dougherty Laser Vision

Dougherty Laser Vision has expanded into the Los Angeles market through its acquisition of Steel Advanced Vision. With the addition of surgery centers in Los Angeles and Westlake Village, Dougherty Laser Vision now serves an expansive three county area, and offers an unparalleled level of expertise and service.

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Thin Flap LASIK Safe and Effective for Patients Previously Ill-Suited for LASIK, Study Reports
Technique Makes LASIK Possible for Estimated 10-12 Million Americans with High Degrees of Nearsightedness and/or Thin Corneas
Dougherty Laser Vision

A study published in the Journal Clinical & Surgical Ophthalmology reports that LASIK performed with a "thin flap" 130-micron microkeratome head is safe and effective for patients with high degrees of nearsightedness (myopia) and/or thin corneas. The journal is the official publication of the Canadian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

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Ophthalmologist's Vision Realized in Implantable Contacts
Deborah Crowe

Dr. Paul Doughtery carefully makes a 3-millimeter slit near the edge of the cornea of Rod Barshook's right eye and slides a rolled-up contact lens between the iris and the eye's own lens. After the lens unrolls itself, he gently tucks the edges under the iris. A few minutes later another contact is implanted in the other eye.

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New Staar Implantable Lens for Nearsightedness Available at Dougherty Laser Vision
First Bilateral Implant of FDA-Approved Visian ICL to Be Performed January 13th
Yahoo Finance

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dougherty Laser Vision -- one of Southern California's leading centers for vision correction research -- is the first surgery center in the Western U.S. to offer the newly FDA-approved Staar Visian ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) for treating nearsightedness.

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Zooming in on vision correction
How to weigh various surgery, spending options


Lasik is by far the most popular procedure that surgically corrects most kinds of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism, with both traditional and "custom" Lasik accounting for 90 percent of vision-correction surgery.

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