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Jim Dickinson Editor, FDA Webview & FDA Review A group of LASIK dissidents, led by injured patient Dean Kantis, have launched a Web site called LasikFDA.com "to expose deceit, corruption, and collusion by the FDA and the LASIK industry. You've read the hype about the...
Lawyers and Settlements Roseland, NJ: You know how some people just seem smartwell thats how attorney David Mazie seems. Smart! At age 46 Mazie has won millions and millions of dollars on behalf of clients lucky enough to get his firm to take on their...
TravelGolf.com BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Kenny Perrys stunning late night withdrawal from the PGA Championship finally has an explanation. And its not a pretty one. Not for Perry. Not for any pro athlete who is considering Lasik surgery - which has been all the rage...
Martha Walton, a school teacher, explains how Dr. Dean Dornic caused her to experience permanent eye pain with LASIK, and then offered her wine "glasses" as a solution to the problems he created. For more information regarding problems involving dry eye, see Researchers Admit to...
Although public comments presented to the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of FDAs Medical Devices Advisory Committee 4/25 included ample reference to physical side effects and complications associated with Lasik eye surgery, the session was dominated by patient anecdotes and professional dispute over reports of severe...
By Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer New and Observer GAITHERSBURG, Md. - More than 200 people filled a conference room this morning to listen to report after report from patients suffering from complications of vision-correcting eye surgery. In the first hour of a public hearing, more...
Editorial by Brent Hanson With much fanfare the FDA has made an announcement that it will hold hearings on April 24-25 to listen to complaints from the public regarding LASIK eye surgery. While many LASIK patients with bad outcomes hold high hopes that the FDA...
Posted : March 04, 2008 Filed under : Janet Jackson Meant to be a cure for his eyesight problem, a laser surgery to correct Jermaine Dupri's vision has backfired. Reports are surfacing that the producer who is also known to be Janet Jackson's long-term boyfriend,...
By Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer The first public hearing on how complications from laser eye surgery affect a patients quality of life will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 25, at the Gaithersburg Holiday Inn in Gaithersburg, Md., according to a...
Info on Hearing is Scarce, Patients Say Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer As federal regulators prepare to hold their first hearing on how complications from laser eye surgery affect a patients quality of life, patients are worried that they are being shut out. The Food and...
Dr. Jack Holladay...
Patients with impaired sight turn suicidal; surgeons reject any connection Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer Patients who undergo vision-correcting laser eye surgery sign a release form with an extensive list of risks, but some researchers and former patients say a potential complication is not mentioned: depression...
Of millions of patients, more than a few have serious, lasting complications Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer Millions of Americans have undergone laser eye surgery to correct bad vision, and along with the procedures popularity something else is coming into focus: its hazards. Advertising stresses the...
SEATTLE, Washington, March 30, 2007, /LASIK Newswire/ Public documents recently uncovered by Brent Hanson show that the Sacramento District Attorney directed the Bureau of Family Support to place liens on all property owned by Glenn Hagele, for his refusal to pay court-ordered child support. View...
SEATTLE, Washington, March 28, 2007, /LASIK Newswire/ Public documents recently uncovered by Brent Hanson show that the Glenn Hagele filed a bankruptcy petition for the amount of $431,000, with over 50 creditors. View a scanned copy of the bankruptcy filing, at LasikMarketing.biz. SOURCE: USAEyes.us...
SEATTLE, Washington, March 29, 2007, /LASIK Newswire/ Public documents recently uncovered by Brent Hanson show that the IRS and State of California placed liens on property owned by Glenn Hagele, for his failure to pay taxes. View a scanned copy of the liens, at LasikMarketing.biz. SOURCE: USAEyes.us...
Belinda Bickelman filed a lawsuit against Dr. Kerry Assil for sending mass unsolicited advertisements via fax broadcast. The Attorney General of California eventually weighed into the case to sue Dr. Kerry Assil and many other defendants for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act....
Press Release from Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, PA While LASIK eye surgery is often an effective solution to the inconvenience of glasses, the procedure, which involves laser reshaping of the cornea, can lead to tragic results if pre-surgery screening or the procedure itself...
USAEYES.info web site exposes false advertising by CRSQA and Glenn Hagele.
On August 28, John Ciccone, Communications Director of ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) submitted a falsified version of THE LASIK REPORT: A Call for the Discontinuation of a Harmful Procedure to a government agency, at the request of Glenn Hagele who published...
Glenn Hagele / USAEYES / CRSQA has sent identical letters to five patients in which he threatened to sue them for defamation. The patients include owners of pro-consumer web sites, and one patient who does not own a web site.
Glenn Hagele of USAEYES / CRSQA threatened to filed a lawsuit against two women for publishing cartoons involving Darth Vader from Star Wars.
Case Number: SC088369 ALLISON MARICH VS. ANDREW I. CASTER,M.D. ET. AL. Filing Date: 01/24/2006 Case Type: Med Malpractice (Drs & Surgeons) (General Jurisdiction) Status: Pending Future Hearings 01/24/2007 at 08:30 am in department WEM at 1725 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Motion - Summary...
Glenn Hagele who operates a surgeon referral service known as CRSQA and USAEYES published the following statement at alt.lasik-eyes on December 22, 2005. The Alcon LADARVision excimer laser does not appear to have any inherent design problems and hundreds of thousands of patients have had...
Ron Link the founder and former director of Surgical Eyes has apparently gone berserk and begun posting hundreds of identical messages on the alt.lasik-eyes newsgroup, in which he has threatened to sue Glenn Hagele and Christopher Roiland. In his postings, Ron Link has accused Glenn...
For the first time, the state Medical Board has punished a laser eye surgeon, stripping a central Ohio doctor of his license. Board member Andrew Robbins says Dr. Vikas Jain of Newark became a "predator," repeatedly mistreating patients. Robbins says Jain's misdeeds included removing...
Jo Wills published a narrative of Keith Wills' problems with Dr. Herbert Nevyas: LASIK Gone Wrong - What Happened to Keith Wills...
Patient declares that Dr. David S. Doka of El Paso, Texas impairs Elvira G. Galindos vision for life and then kicks her to the curb! DrDoka.com...
From: "Matt Ryan" <mryan@ceatus.com> To: <mvanasek@kremer-laser.com> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:23 PM Attach: ceatus_invoice_1187_Kremer.doc Subject: Mary Guccione - AllAboutVision Mary, I just spoke with Melissa Vanasek who had asked me to send you a revised invoice for AllAboutVision listings in the Philadelphia, South...
Batson challenge delays LASIK trial A lawyer's medical malpractice suit against a doctor who performs LASIK vision correction surgery was postponed yesterday after the plaintiff successfully argued that the defense improperly struck black jurors from the panel. Represented by his law partner Jay D. Miller,...
Survey Finds More Than Two Million Americans Not Satisfied With Lasik Results CHICAGO, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have complained of under or over correction in one or both eyes, loss of quality of vision, vision fluctuations and poor vision...
On May 22, 1998 Anthony Kameen, M.D. performed Laser Refractive Surgery, LASIK, upon the Plaintiff, resulting in retinal tears and detachment in Plaintiff's left eye resulting in total blindness.
Law suits, doctors, patients, relationships, transparency Kent Bottles As anyone who reads this blog knows, I am fascinated by the doctor/patient relationship. I have blogged on this subject often, and I have pocast interviews with thoughtful experts on this subject like Carl E. Schneider. Today...
Dr. Nicholas Caro has filed a lawsuit seeking $2,000,000 in damages from Dean Kantis, after previously performing LASIK on him. Dr. Caro alleges in his lawsuit that Dean Kantis "has engaged in an ongoing process of telephoning, mailing, facsimile transmitting, e-mails and related written...
Dr. Herbert Nevyas and Dr. Anita Nevyas filed a lawsuit against Dominic Morgan for operating a web site at LasikDecision.com, and obtained an injunction to prevent Dominic from publishing information about this case. IT IS ORDERED THAT, ON COUNT III OF THE COMPLAINT, THE AGREEMENT...
August 17th, 2005 Attn: Investigator Joe Annerino (Medical Enforcement) Illinios Department of Professional Regulation James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph, Suite#9-300 Chicago, Illinios 60601 w: 312-814-4526 F: 312-814-3145 Thank you for your reply to my initial complaint #200504961 against St. George Corrective Vision Center/Dr....
Former Banker Awarded $7M in Damages From LASIK Eye Surgery Anthony Lin New York Law Journal A Manhattan jury has awarded a former investment banker $7.25 million in damages for vision impairment he claimed resulted from LASIK eye surgery. The award -- $4.5 million in...
The LASIK surgery was first performed on plaintiffs right eye. While approximately midway through performing the LASIK surgery procedure on the left eye, defendant Morrison and Tri-Lakes discontinued the procedure. The laser stopped prematurely and/or the fluence became out of range causing an asymmetric treatment, furrow or trough in the stroma and/or more ablation to be received in a portion of the left eye of plaintiff when the surgery was being performed, causing damage to her eye.
ACE Judgment Recovery Service P.O. Box 438. Mt. Prospect, IL 60056-0438. (847) 981-1330 ace.recovery@comcast.net We enforce and recover your delinquent civil judgments May 9, 2005 Brent Hanson 1687 Whitehall Court Wheeling, IL 60090 Dear Mr. Hanson, While conducting standard case file research we noticed that...
State fines two eye doctors $ 25,000 each for unsubstantiated ads Maria M. Perotin Fort Worth Star Telegram Two ophthalmologists at an Arlington eye-care center have been fined $ 25,000 apiece for running advertisements that couldn't be substantiated. The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners...
Expert witness' testimony as to his personal practices is admissible Smethers v. Campion, No. 04-0117 (Ariz. Ct. App. Mar. 22, 2005) - DEx 95391 The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's decision to exclude a doctor's testimony of his personal practices and held...
Judge's eyesight remains imperfect Twenty surgeries and one settled lawsuit later, Lynn Tepper sees three moons instead of five at night. But it's still a strain to see, she says. By JAMAL THALJI, Times Staff Writer DADE CITY - Every time Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper...
If you are one of many who underwent Lasek laser surgery for the removal of eyeglasses, perhaps in the hope of becoming eligible to apply for the Air Force's pilot training program, you may as well begin looking for an alternative military career. The IDF's...
Pushing procedures; Study condemns ads by academic medical center Hospitals have relied on publicity campaigns for decades, rolling out a mix of ads in newspapers, on radio and on television to help drum up business and differentiate themselves from their competitors. Lately, however, marketing departments...
PAIN, BLURRED VISION BLAMED ON SURGERY DADE CITY Pasco Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper has reached a settlement with the Largo eye surgeon she sued for malpractice in 2003. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Tepper, 52, sued John Michaelos saying that Michaelos botched...
New York Law Journal Amendolia v. Dodick, No. 18268/01 Court: Kings Supreme Plaintiff Attorney: Jonathon D. Warner of Warner & Scheuerman, New York. Defense Attorney: John L.A. Lyddane of Martin Clearwater & Bell, New York. A New York ophthalmologist was found not liable for vision...
More myopic Singaporeans resort to Neurovision treatment to achieve better vision Channel NewsAsia Using the novel Neurovision treatment, more myopic Singaporeans are now able to throw away their eyeglasses. The non-invasive treatment has the potential of giving near-perfect vision and is good news for the...
Mission Statement Questionable Surgeon Arrested on Drug Charges The International Refractive Surgery Club is an international organization of the world's leading refractive surgeons. Membership is limited to those Ophthalmic Surgeons who have been chosen by their peers for their proficiency and skill in state-of-the-art...
Tapes for sale by American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Extreme Marketing Botox Cosmetic in the Refractive Practice: The Gift that Keeps on Giving LASIK Liability Review Learning to Listen: A Key to Selling Laser Vision Correction LASIK Postoperative Complications Innovative Marketing Ideas Help! Our...
Kathy Griffen says: 'Heres the deal. Ive had severe complications from lasik surgery. My doctor WAS Dr. Robert Maloney of the Maloney Vision Institute in Los Angeles and Extreme Makeover. I will not be going to him again. Ive had FIVE surgeries on my right eye. Three were lasik surgeries and one was an attempt at corrective surgery by Maloney. Most recently, I had another corrective surgery by another doctor and let me tell you, once my complications began in 2003, it was a bitch! My last "procedure" was a 90 minute surgery, and I had 17 stitches in my eye for three weeks!'
Nevyas, while operating under and IDE for the Nevyas laser, failed to report various complications or adverse events to the FDA. Data from Nevyas simply cannot be trusted, and now Nevyas data has helped Intacs get on the market. The potential consequences could be severe.
An insurance company for a prominent Bergen County, New Jersey eye surgeon must pay $15.3 million to cover malpractice claims made by 16 former patients, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Princeton Insurance Co. claimed an arbitrator's ruling that settled the dispute between the plaintiffs...
Revenue from refractive surgery, commonly known as LASIK surgery, dropped almost 9 percent as equipment sales fell. The complete article is available at www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/10864465.htm...
Victim says eyes were injured by Alcon Laser System Dallas, TX (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) February 4, 2005 -- A Lubbock County, Texas woman is suing the Fort Worth maker of a laser system used by doctors to perform LASIK eye surgery. According to...
Fort Worth-Made LASIK Surgery Machine Under Fire More Patients Claiming LASIK 'LASIK Casualty" Status By Investigator Ginger Allen Producer/Photojournalist: Dave Manoucheri At the turn of the millennium, it was the wave of the future--Peel back the lens of your eye, and look forward to sight...
CAUSE NO. 236 209603 05 SANDRA BROWN, Plaintiff, vs. ALCON MANUFACTURING, L.T.D., and ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS. PLAINTIFF'S ORIGINAL PETITION, MOTION FOR LEVEL THREE DISCOVERY PLAN AND REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT
Ophthalmologists Accused Straight in their Eyes by Yulia Osipova Kommersant - New Russia's First Independent Newspaper Yesterday the Central District of Moscow Prosecutors Office began the examination of the medical staff of one of EXIMER, one of Russias largest ophthalmologist clinics systems, where in one...
Nottingham Evening Post When Dave heard about laser eye surgery he thought he would be finally free of his spectacles. He had been hampered by glasses since he became long-sighted at the age of 18. "It got to the stage where glasses were just getting...
Corneal barrier function, tear film stability, and corneal sensation after photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis American Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 139, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 64-71 Ryohei Nejima MD, Kazunori Miyata MD, Tatsuro Tanabe MD, Fumiki Okamoto MD, Takahiro Hiraoka MD, Takahiro...
RetinaPharma announces FDA-clearance of TonoPach device for glaucoma determination: new technology especially important for diagnosis and management of glaucoma in LASIK patients RetinaPharma, a privately-held portfolio company of the Hopkins Capital Group, LLC, announced today that it has received 510(k) FDA clearance to market its...
Robert Maloney, MD, well known for his role on ABC's successful "Extreme Makeover," will be the defendant in a jury trial set for April 6, 2005 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Santa Monica, CA. In a civil suit, Maloney has been charged by one of...
GE HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL SERVICES, a component of GENRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. EBW Laser, Inc. Defendant. Third Party Plaintiff, v. ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., and REFRACTIVE HORIZONS, L.P. Third Party Defendants.
ACC pays out for eye claims Eleven people have been awarded compensation for medical misadventure after laser eye surgery in the past five years. Nineteen claims have been made to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) between July 1999 and last month by laser eye- surgery...
Surgeon warns of laser eye cure risks Expert claims dangers of treatment not made clear Peter Martell Scotsman http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1465082004 LASER eye surgery firms are underplaying the risks associated with the operation and doing too little research on its long-term effects, a leading Scottish expert has...
Illinois Leader SPRINGFIELD - Every year for several years, legislation to identify individual physicians involved in medical malpractice lawsuits has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly without advancing to a vote. The chief sponsor of the Patient Right-to-Know Act, Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago), has...
Mark Saxenmeyer interviews Dr. Kent Kirk, and Doug Harris, an attorney for EBW, a laser leasing company which is suing Alcon for selling defective LadarVision lasers. Incriminating documents and a taped telephone conference call with the former of CEO of Alcon, Tim Sear, are presented. ...
Ectasia after LASIK Mario Oyarzún MD and Luis Bravo MD Letter to Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery When we saw the article by Binder, we expected to find the answer to many questions about how to predict the patients at higher risk for developing...
Decision of Interest; New York Supreme Court, New York County; Justice Schlesinger Schiffer v. Speaker - On September 29, 2000 Mark Schiffer met for the first time with an optometrist, Dr. Regina Zyszkowski, to determine whether he was a suitable candidate for LASIK surgery....
Watchdog says the chances of damage in treatment do not justify widespread use By Sam Lister MOVES to make laser eye surgery available on the NHS are likely to be blocked by the Governments clinical watchdog amid growing concerns over its long-term safety for patients....
Plaintiff claimed that after undergoing LASIK surgery on her right eye on April 30, 1999, she experienced difficulties with a serious candida fungal infection which she followed-up with him on several occasions, which consisted of cap cleanings, prescription of several antibiotics and a steroid, until the following June 11th, her last visit. She subsequently had to undergo a corneal transplant.
Bilateral serous macular detachment following laser in situ keratomileusis American Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 138, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1069-1071 Arun Singhvi MD, Mayank Dutta MBBS, Namrata Sharma MD, Nikhil Pal MD and Rasik B. Vajpayee MS, FRCSEd, Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences,...
Public awareness of HIV case prompts 2nd alleged victim to step forward Disability Compliance Bulletin November 25, 2004 Vol. 29, No. 3 Sometimes a dormant settlement negotiation can be kick-started by using innovative approaches to keep word of your efforts alive among members of the...
50 things about U2 The New York Post NOW a quarter-century old and with its members well into their 40s, the Irish supergroup U2 is that true rock rarity: a still-intact band that has sold more than 125 million records worldwide and remains consistently relevant....
Doctor Malpractice: Lack of Consent Defense Verdict: Visual Impairment A 27-year-old female suffered visual impairment while in the care of the male defendant ophthalmologist where she presented for Lasik eye surgery. The plaintiff contended that the defendant failed to obtain informed consent for the surgery...
When most medical malpractice lawsuits are settled, a gag clause is signed as part of the settlement contract. In the case of Richard "Zig" Zickefoose vs. TLC, TLC's attorneys failed to put a gag clause in the contract. After TLC executives discovered that the settlement...
Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week A study published in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery suggests that rigid contact lens users should stop using contacts and switch to glasses 3 to 6 weeks before having pre-LASIK examinations, rather than the traditional 3 weeks....
By Anne Denogean Tucson Citizen A man whose career as a commercial pilot was ended by a LASIK eye operation should get a $4 million judgment, a judge ruled. The Superior Court judge reinstated a $4 million judgment against University Physicians Healthcare - formerly University...
VISX reported that 97.7% (84/86) of eyes had UCVA of 20/20 or better at 12 months. These 86 eyes represent only 24.5% of patients. Accountability is reported to be 95.6%, despite the fact that 70.7% (248/351) of patients were labeled not yet eligible for analysis at 12 months.
Comparison of corneal flap thickness between primary and fellow eyes using three microkeratomes Journal of Refractive Surgery Volume 20, Issue 5, September 2004, Pages 417-421 Shemesh, G., Leibovitch, I. , Lipshitz, I. Ophthalmic Health Center Department of Ophthalmology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv Abstract PURPOSE: ...
Intraoperative microkeratome complications in 47,094 laser in situ keratomileusis surgeries Journal of Refractive Surgery Volume 20, Issue 5 SUPPL., September 2004, S723-S726 Nakano, K., Nakano, E, Oliveira, M, Portellinha, W., Alvarenga, L. Abstract PURPOSE: We evaluated the incidence and intraoperative microkeratome-related complications in laser in...
LASIK advertising - We should not sell procedures Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Volume 30, Issue 9 , September 2004, Pages 1823-1824 I read the editorial on advertising in ophthalmology[1] with great interest and wholehearted agreement. The seemingly progressive tendency to irresponsible advertising, particularly...
"Fears that grew over 'perfect' operation" LASER eye surgery, by offering patients near-perfect sight in one quick operation, has become a billion-pound industry, using the latest technology to generate vast profits. From the biggest players such as Alcon, a £2 billion eyecare company, to the...
Pupil size and night vision disturbances after LASIK for myopia Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Volume 82, Issue 4, August 2004, Pages 454-460 Helgesen, A., Hjortdal, J., Ehlers, N. Department of Ophthalmology, Århus University Hospital, Århus, Denmark Eye Department, Århus Kommunehospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Århus C, Denmark...
Clinical evaluation of two types of microkeratome for laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) Japanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology Volume 58, Issue 8, August 2004, Pages 1515-1517 Tagawa, K., Kawasaki, K. , Higashide, T. Dept. of Ophthalmol., Yatsuo General Hosp., Yatsuo Nei Toyama, Japan Jinzu Eye...
By Jim Phillips The Athens News In a case that is reportedly creating a buzz among local police officers and gun-rights advocates, an Athens doctor who allegedly pulled a gun during a traffic confrontation has had his concealed-carry permit temporarily suspended. "It has been a...
LASIK may hurt donor corneas Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) Jackie Jadrnak Journal Staff Writer * Doctor says weakened spot may rip during removal for transplant If you have LASIK surgery to correct your eyesight, a little semicircular line, a sliver of a healed spot, is...
The Risks of LASIK Corrective Eye Surgery: A Mass Transfer Approach to a Universal Concern By: Julia Ferullo Kellly Ruggles Bina Lokchander Christina Siryk Puneet Panda Although there are social and aesthetic benefits to the surgery, such as having no need for glasses or contact...
After years of high-incidence DLK at surgical clinic, gloves found to be instigator Matt Young EyeWorld Staff Writer www.eyeworld.org/printarticle.php?id=439 Outbreaks of diffuse lamellar keratitis plagued Drs. Fine, Hoffman, & Packer LLC, Eugene, Ore., from 2000-2003, with the incidence as high as 37% in one three-month...
Macular hemorrhage after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) with femtosecond laser flap creation American Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 138, Issue 4 , October 2004, Pages 657-659 Alexandre H. Principe MD, Danny Y. Lin MDa Kent W. Small MD and Anthony J. Aldave MD, Cornea (A.H.P.,...
High Court Hears Nearly Blind Man's Case By Niki Kelly The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday about whether the medical malpractice suit of a northeast Indiana man left nearly blind in one eye can move forward. In...
These husband and wife plaintiffs are claiming that during one of two, or possibly both bilateral LASIK surgeries performed by Dr. Nicholas Caro on September 22, and October 5, 1999, metallic particles were left embedded in both of Mrs. W's corneas. Although her treatment subsequent to the discovery of the alleged particles was not yet disclosed in this file at the time it was copied, it is possible that she had to undergo corneal transplantation.
Atlanta Business Chronicle Vol. 26, No. 40; Pg. A8; ISSN: 01648071 It was late February and Emory University officials didn't like what they saw. A group of eye doctors who had severed ties with Emory had launched an advertising campaign promoting their LASIK eye...
Matt Young EyeWorld Staff Writer www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=445 New evidence suggests that the most common complaint among dissatisfied refractive surgery patients is a loss of quality of vision, said Terrence P. O'Brien, M.D., associate professor of ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore....
Neural Basis of Sensation in Intact and Injured Corneas Experimental Eye Research 78 (2004) 513525 Carlos Belmonte, M. Carmen Acosta, Juana Gallar Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Herna´ndezCSIC, Apdo correos 18, 03550 San Juan de Alicante, Spain Abstract A renewed interest in...
Whats the Right Price For LASIK? Walt Bethke, Managing Editor Comanagement costs overlap with marketing costs, says Anna Austin, vice president of marketing for TLC Vision. If youre comanaging some of your refractive patients, obviously you may pay more to the comanager than if you...
An Insiders Journal on the Evolution and Misinformation of Refractive Surgery Dedicated to: And the thousands of others whose quality of life has suffered greatly as a result of believing the professionally communicated promise of refractive surgery Table of Contents Section Page Introduction 2 Refractive...
The Arizona Court of Appeals has overturned a judge's order for a new trial in the case of a former airline pilot who sued for damage done by LASIK eye surgery. The decision reinstates the $4 million verdict, the largest award ever given in a...
`Law & Order' puts Patriot Act on trial Thank heavens for sweeps. Only during these arbitrarily chosen months on Nielsen's calendar do I learn the truth about online perverts and fly-by-night LASIK surgeons on our suddenly perked-up local news. Also, I get to watch episodes...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Doctors, lawyers and other professionals cannot be sued for false advertising under New Jersey's consumer fraud law because it wasn't written to cover them, the state Supreme Court ruled. The decision issued Monday overturns a ruling made in March 2003...
Negligence claims involving laser eye surgery have more than doubled in the last six years, according to the UK's largest insurer for doctors. The Medical Defence Union members said that while some of the claims were over faulty surgery, many more centred on patients' "unrealistic...
(FRANKFORT, Ky., January 27th, 2004, 10:30 a.m.) -- The wife of Senate President David Williams is suing an eye doctor, while her husband pushes for caps on medical malpractice awards. Robyn Williams claims that eye surgery performed by an ophthalmologist, Dr. Thomas Abell, damaged...
Doctor in laser surgery suits charged with lewdness By Karen Mahabir TEANECK - A doctor who was at the center of several lawsuits against Dr. Joseph Dello Russo's high-profile laser eye surgery practice has been arrested on charges of masturbating in a drugstore parking lot....
Plastic Particles at the LASIK Interface Anders Ivarsen, MD, Jan Thøgersen, PhD, Søren Rud Keiding, PhD, Jesper Ø. Hjortdal, MD, PhD, Torben Møller-Pedersen, MD, PhD Purpose: To investigate the origin, composition, and persistence of the interface particles that frequently are observed after LASIK. Design: ...
Strategies to Limit LASIK Liability Rich Daly EyeWorld The latest legal defense against LASIK lawsuits would move cases out of the courtroom and take sky-is-the-limit jury awards off the table. TLC Vision Corp., a major laser vision correction business in North America, has asked those...
Both subbasal and stromal corneal nerves in LASIK flaps recover slowly and do not return to preoperative densities by 3 years after LASIK. The numbers of subbasal nerves appear to decrease between 2 and 3 years after LASIK. The orientation of the regenerated subbasal nerves remains predominantly vertical.
TAMPA - Tens of thousands of people in the Bay area went to the Lasik Vision Institute because their insurance companies offered a special deal on Lasik eye surgery. Now, those companies are taking action to protect their customers. When Erica Patterson had Lasik...
Ultimately, Boston doctors may simply reflect the conservative sensibility of their patients. For instance, Boston consistently had among the lowest numbers of volunteers willing to undergo tests of vision correction surgery in the late 1980s and early '90s, recalled Dr. Roger Steinert of Harvard Medical...
I now call for an investigation by the Office of Criminal Investigation, for action which would: 1) Terminate all IDEs and stop Nevyas from performing LASIK. 2) Fine and otherwise sanction Nevyas for past improprieties. It is my sincere belief that only the FDA, or an equivalent governmental agency with power to investigate criminal behavior can properly evaluate and understand what these improprieties are. The civil justice system is not adequate to the task.
By Catherine Holahan and Kibret Markos BERGENFIELD - Dr. Joseph Dello Russo, a high-profile eye surgeon, has made millions performing laser eye surgery at his Bergenfield and Manhattan offices. So it was an unusual sight when officers from the Bergen County Sheriff's Department came...
Groups Worried About Lasik Trucks Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Anita Srikameswaran Two medical organizations say the Pennsylvania Department of Health should be keeping an eye on surgical suites in trucks that provide laser vision correction in parking lots and other off-street locations. Current regulations for surgical centers...
Lenses by Night, Clear Sight by Day Business Week Carol Marie Cropper IMAGINE CONTACT LENSES YOU pop in before going to bed at night and take out -- with clear vision -- in the morning. Sort of like a night brace for the eyes. About...
Doctor blows the whistle on Lasik eye surgery chain www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2003/11/031110lasik.shtml TAMPA - The Lasik Vision Institute, also known as LVI, offers rock-bottom rates on laser eye surgery. But when some patients came forward with serious medical problems, ABC Action News began investigating. What senior investigator...
A Lafayette, La., ophthalmologist and eye care center he owns have agreed to pay the federal government a total of $1.1 million in civil money penalties for violating federal laws related to the conduct of clinical studies. The violations involved studies of a laser...
Visit USAEYES.us for details on Aris Vision Institute vs. Dr. Glenn Kawesch....
Expert witness Jeffery J. Machat, MD, of Toronto mistakenly presented erroneous information during a May trial that led to a $4 million jury verdict against United Physicians Inc. (UPI) of Tucson, Ariz., Machat testified at an August evidentiary hearing. Machat was a witness for former...
Matt Young EyeWorld Staff Writer www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=823 One patient who is an apparent refractive success story he achieved 20/20 vision after LASIK has had extreme pain since the surgery. Bright sunlight, cold air, and slight air current cause continuous bilateral pain. Treatments sought include...
Quality assessment model of 3 different microkeratomes through confocal microscopy Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2004; 30:13001309. 2004 ASCRS and ESCRS Jaime Javaloy, MD, PhD, Marý´a T. Vidal, MD, Antonio Quinto, OA, Victoria de Rojas, MD, PhD, Jorge L. Alio´, MD, PhD Purpose: To...
by Mark Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S. To be a professional is different from just having a job or even from doing your job well. This distinction has been lost and blurred during recent decades. Workers want to claim to be professionals, as a mark of excellence...
By J.M. KALIL REVIEW-JOURNAL A prominent ophthalmologist who has performed hundreds of LASIK eye surgeries on Las Vegans has been charged with felony cocaine possession. Dr. Kurt Buzard, owner of the 30,000-square-foot Buzard Eye Institute on West Sahara Avenue, was arrested last week and released...
Failed Microkeratome Reversal of Forward Pass The only unusual aspect of this procedure was that the machine jammed. By Robert E. Tibolt, MD A frustrating aspect surgeons will inevitably encounter is a mechanical malfunction. In both cataract and refractive surgery, we are dependent on...
US-MO-St. Louis-Patient Counselor (Sales) :. Status: Full Time, Employee Shift: First Shift (Day), Second Shift (Afternoon) Job Location: 63017 Patient Counselor (Sales) PEPOSE VISION INSTITUTE A progressive ophthalmology practice is seeking a dynamic salesperson to counsel patients for LASIK surgery. Qualified candidates will...
LASIK for Kids: An Option Whose Time May Be Near Connecticut Post Your child may be a good athlete, but you still worry about an injury from those pesky glasses. Or maybe you fret about your middle schooler, longing desperately to fit in but feeling...
Lee Shahinian, Jr, MD, a corneal surgeon in private practice in Mountainview, California, states that, despite LASIKs generally excellent results, complications have been reported in approximately 4% of cases,1 and almost all of these problems are related to the microkeratome and stromal flap. With the...
Plaintiff alleged that during her treatment consisting of multiple refractive surgeries to both eyes at St. George Corrective Vision Center between August of 1993 and September of 1997, Dr. Nicholas Caro and/or other personnel affiliated with him, among other things, performed two surgeries that have a well known poor success rate (hexagonal keratotomy and/or automated lamellar keratoplasty), failed to properly inform her about the experimental nature of each surgery performed which ultimately necessitated corneal transplantation, and also didn't inform her that an excimer laser, apparently manufactured by PDI Laser, was not approved by the FDA and that the FDA had denied Dr. Caro's application to use it, and went ahead and used it on her anyway.
Ophthalmics device company reports 99.4% patient satisfaction STAAR Surgical Company (STAA) reported that the July/August 2003 edition of the Journal of Refractive Surgery has published the findings of a study comparing the retinal image quality and postoperative aberrations of patients of laser in situ keratomileusis...
By Keith Gladdis News Group Newspapers LTD The News of the World LASER eye clinics face tough new regulations to protect patients from rogue medics. More than 100,000 Brits ditch their glasses and contact lenses every year in favour of laser eye surgery. And a...
LASIK reporting: preserving our responsibility to our patients Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery Volume 29, Issue 8 , August 2003, Pages 1463-1464 Article Outline Price Eligibility Outcome Fear Advertising has become standard practice in health care. For better, and often for worse, ophthalmologists appear...
Judge Tepper Sues Eye Doctor St. Petersburg Times Pasco-Pinellas Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper has filed a lawsuit against a doctor and his office over an eye operation that she says led to more than 20 unnecessary surgeries and damaged vision in her right eye. Tepper,...
To Lift or Recut: Changing trends in LASIK enhancement Roy S. Rubinfeld, MD, David R. Hardten, MD, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, Raymond M. Stein, MD, Douglas D. Koch, MD, Mark G. Speaker, MD, PhD, Joseph Frucht-Pery, MD, Anthony J. Kameen, MD, Gerald J. Negvesky,...
Airline pilots should stop and think before even considering LASIK for vision problems By Capt. Jolanda Witvliet (United) Air Line Pilot, August 2003, p.27 I was like a lot of pilots, tired of wearing contact lenses and ready for a fix. I looked into...
Plaintiff alleged that on March 27, 1997, she underwent bilateral LASIK eye surgery without being given adequate informed consent regarding possible problems with her connective tissue disorder, rheumatoid arthritis and dry eyes. As a result she allegedly had severe loss of vision in both eyes from "corneal melting" and there was a period of about two and one-half months when she was legally blind.
Bloomberg Eye Center's Owners Resolve Legal Dispute Julie Shaw Advocate Reporter NEWARK -- Bloomberg Eye Center's two co-owners have dismissed their lawsuit claims against each other in a move that paves the way for the possible return to the practice of an eye surgeon whose...
The growth of laser eye surgery could lead to a tidal wave of litigation against eye specialists, doctors' groups admitted yesterday after revealing that lawsuits over the technique have more than doubled in the past six years. While some claims allege faulty surgery, the Medical...
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Dr. Nevyas breached the applicable standard of care by operating on this highly myopic patient with an excimer laser utilizing a treatment zone that was substantially smaller than the pupil size in dim light. Specifically, Mr. Wills' pupils measured 6.25 mm in dim light, while the laser treatment zone was only 5 mm in diameter. With this combination of high myopia and a relatively large pupil, the use of a comparatively small diameter laser treatment zone was highly predictable to cause Mr. Wills to develop the residual visual problems from which he continues to suffer. Moreover, this specific situation (i.e. high myopia and large pupil diameter relative to laser treatment zone) was well known, even in 1997, to result in the likely outcome of permanent problems of glare, halo, starburst, and ghost imaging phenomena.
Wendy Lyons Sunshine Special To Houston Business Journal In the hopes of tossing away their glasses and contact lenses forever, nearly 3 million people have flocked to have LASIK and other vision-correcting procedures done since they first became available in the mid-1990s. Last year alone,...
Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP press release.Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today recently informed readers that excerpts of private e-mails exchanged between physician members of the International Society for Refractive Surgery (ISRS) had been posted on the public Internet newsgroup alt.lasik-eyes, causing substantial concern among the refractive...
http://www.crstoday.com/02_current/crst0103_01_news.html Glenn Hagele, Founder and Executive Director of the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance (CRSQA), recently alerted a number of physicians, as well as Julia Lewis, the Executive Director of the International Society for Refractive Surgery (ISRS), and Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, that...
On October 21, 2002, the Company was served with a lawsuit filed by Thomas S. Tooma, M.D. and TST Acquisitions, LLC in the Superior Court of the State of California in Orange County, California. Dr. Tooma and certain entities controlled by him have been engaged...
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Publishing an anonymous article in which the author is not identified in a peer reviewed journal may seem inconsistent. However, this mysterious tale can, I believe, be extremely instructive for all readers, especially since it leads to no firm, clear-cut conclusion. I expect considerable correspondence...
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In review of Dr. Salz' extensive examination and conclusions, I am of the opinion in complete agreement with Dr. Salz to the best degree of medical probability that the care rendered by Dr. Anita Nevyas-Wallace on behalf of Dominic Morgan fell below standard for LASIK surgery at the time. Indeed, I completely agree with Dr. Salz that Dr. Nevyas-Wallace failed to appropriately screen Mr. Morgan and exclude him as a viable candidate for LASIK surgery based on his extensive prior ophthalmologic history which would have predicted a less than optimal result, as he has ultimately experienced with the surgery performed by Dr. Anita Nevyas-Wallace.
As its popularity grows, so do post-op problems Lewis Braham www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_20/b3783110.htm Laser eye surgery has become so routine that ophthalmologists advertise it on billboards and perform the operation at shopping-mall clinics. But the seeming simplicity of the 15-minute procedure to correct nearsightedness can be misleading....
Business Wire May 6, 2002, Monday Patent Infringement On Microkeratomes: MORIA Wins the Case Against Bausch & Lomb, Ruiz and Lenchig in the Paris Court. MORIA announced today that the Paris court of first instance has ruled in favor of MORIA in a patent infringement...
Each of the defendants, their agents, servants, partners and/or employees, were negligent and careless in the services rendered for and on behalf of the plaintiff; in negligently and carelessly failing and neglecting to heed the plaintiff's condition; in negligently performing refractive eye surgery; in negligently and carelessly taking a history; in negligently and carelessly failing to examine and evaluate the eyes of the plaintiff; in negligently and carelessly discharging the plaintiff without adequate follow-up procedures; in failing to take adequate tests; in failing to promptly and properly perform refractive eye surgery; in failing to promptly and properly perform tests and procedures; in failing to heed the complaints of the plaintiff; in ignoring the complaints of the plaintiff; in negligently and carelessly departing from accepted practices and services rendered; in performing contraindicated procedures on the plaintiff; in failing to perform indicated procedures; in failing to follow good practice; and otherwise being negligent.
Mr. Morgan states and it is confirmed on his patient history dated 3/10/98 that he came to the Nevyas Eye Associates because he heard a radio commercial on station KYW. I have reviewed the script of radio advertisements, the Nevyas web pages, and a promotional Videotape of a program that was shown on cable television and may have been distributed to patients. I have been told that all of these materials were used during the FDA investigation of the Nevyas Laser. None of these materials included the FDA required warning that the device is limited to investigational use only. The ads also represent that the procedure is safe, and in fact the TV ad shows a simulated blurred 20/200 vision quickly dissolving into a sharp 20/20 vision. There are numerous other representations that the procedure is safe and effective. If patients were responding to these advertisements and then were entered into the FDA study, that would represent a serious deviation from the standard of care and one that I am sure the FDA would be interested in these practices.
Preventing LASIK Buttonholes Steep corneas and surface dryness increase patient risk Balamurali K. Ambati, MD, and Alan N. Carlson, MD LASIK is now widely performed, with an estimated 1.5 million procedures performed last year.1 Flap complications have been reported in 5% to 8.7% of cases.2...
Case Number: SC070593 CHRIS CARLISLE VS. ANDREW CASTER,M.D. ET. AL. Filing Date: 01/31/2002 Case Type: Med Malpractice (Drs & Surgeons) (General Jurisdiction) Parties BRUCE G CARPENTER - Mediator CARLISLE CHRIS - Plaintiff CASTER EYE CENTER MEDICAL GROUP - Defendant CASTER M.D. ANDREW - Defendant LEWIS...
If the Nevyas Excimer Laser gains market approval from the FDA on the basis of improper data submission from its sole investigator, Nevyas, the results could be catastrophic. LASIK is an extremely popular operation, and some estimate over one-quarter of the North American population are potential patients. If a rogue device were to gain entry to this billion dollar market, where improper data could lead to it being used in favor of properly approved LASIK devices, the damages could be unimaginable.
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Ophthalmologists debating safety of Lasik procedure Charlie Lanter The Macon Telegraph A Middle Georgia ophthalmologist raised some patients' - and doctors' - eyebrows recently when he announced his decision to stop offering the popular Lasik vision-correction surgery. Johnny Gayton, owner and chief surgeon for Eyesight...
Carla McClain Arizona Daily Star The first signs that something is going wrong with the hottest elective surgery in the United States - LASIK eye surgery - are emerging here and nationwide. A "gold-rush mentality" developing around the quick, pay-up-front surgery to correct nearsightedness and...
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LASIK Lawsuits - Patients and their lawyers take aim. The number of cases is increasing. How to protect and, if necessary, defend yourself By C. Gregory Tiemeier, J.D., Denver, Colo. Excerpt: Patient personalities. Watch out for perfectionists. A disproportionately high number of them are engineers,...
It is my opinion, to the best degree of medical probability, that Dr. Anita Nevyas-Wallace deviated from acceptable standards of care in her surgical judgement in selecting Ms. Cheryl Fiorelli as a candidate for LASIK surgery given her extremely high myopia and astigmatism. The failure to obtain corneal pachymetry to accurately assess comeal thickness preoperatively even in 1997 was substandard. The creation of the LASIK flap was complicated by microkeratome failure and stoppage both on the forward and reverse passes as documented in the medical record. Actually, a nurse was controlling the foot pedals of the microkeratome and not the operative surgeon. Moreover, an unapproved laser ("black box laser") was used to perform the Excimer Laser ablation.
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Dr. Eric Donnenfeld and TLC Laser Eye Centers ran false radio advertisements claiming that Dr. Joseph Dello Russo underwent LASIK laser eye surgery with Dr. Donnenfeld, and that Dr. Joseph Dello Russo he endorsed their services.
Elias Vamvakas, Dr. Jeffrey Machat, and other TLC Laser Eye Center executives sued by LASIK Vision Canada for engaging in dirty tricks campaign. This is the affidavit of Brent Hanson.
That because of intentional misrepresentations made to plaintiff by defendants, and each of them, to the effect that eye "floaters" could not be produced or increased as the result of the defendants recommended surgical procedure, plaintiff submitted to the so-called "advanced" type of surgery, which, in fact, did cause and increase floaters in both of plaintiffs eyes, so as to seriously interfere with her vision, and the details of which has been described in paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, above; that had the defendants advised plaintiff that the contemplated surgery was known to have caused, and/or increased eye "floaters" in other patients, plaintiff would never have submitted to surgery.
Excerpt from the FDA warning letter: "The purpose of this Warning Letter is to inform you of objectionable conditions found during a Food and Drug Admininstration (FDA) inspection of your clinnical site, to discuss your written response to the deviations noted, and to request a...
Plaintiff alleged that two weeks after Dr. Nicholas Caro performed LASIK surgery on both of his eyes on January 2, 1998, his left eye began to turn red, vision became decreased, the pupil turned white, and due to a corneal infection, developed a corneal ulcer.
Elias Vamvakas, Dr. Jeffrey Machat, and other TLC Laser Eye Center executives sued by LASIK Vision Canada for engaging in dirty tricks campaign.
I am currently receiving, along with our Clinical Affairs department, quite a number of referrals per week of patients from across North America. This includes a number of patients of Dr. Stein's. It takes us at least 2-3 hours to manage each one of these cases and it is not surprising that things have not moved forward as quickly as you wished. Once again, I cannot speak for Dr. Stein, as his letter to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario vhen he requested his original charts had stated that he wanted to continue the care of his former patients. Clearly this is not the case.
Case Number: SC055681 DAVID N. HART M.D. VS. ANDREW I. CASTER, M.D. ET. AL. Filing Date: 01/19/1999 Case Type: Med Malpractice (Drs & Surgeons) (General Jurisdiction) Parties BONNE BRIDGES MUELLER O'KEEFE & NICHOL - Attorney for Defendant CASTER ANDREW I. M.D. - Defendant CASTER EYE...
Dr. Stephen Slade performed LASIK on patient "A", using the measurements for patient "B". Dr. Slade then took patient "A" down to Mexico for experimental surgery that failed to work as intended.
Excerpt from FDA warning letter: "The purpose of this letter is to warn you that your [redacted] system (the [redacted] located at the Barnet Dulaney Eye Center in Mesa, Arizona, may not be used to treat patients beyond the conditions of approval of your investigational...
Excerpt from the FDA warning letter: "On February 19-20, 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the former site of your medical practice in Green, Ohio and on May 13, 1997, we inspected your current location in North Canton, Ohio. These inspections revealed that...
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES May 15, 1997 Food and Drug Administration 2098 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850 WARNING LETTER Nicholas C. Caro, M.D. 4145 W. Peterson, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60640 Dear Dr. Caro, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your medical...
Plaintiff claimed that during the second of two lamellar keratectomy (LK) surgeries on his left eye on August 26, 1994, Dr. Nicholas Caro cut too deeply into it causing severe damage to the cornea and iris. He also claimed that Eye Technology manufactured a defective machine that was used during the procedure.
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