Laser Eye Surgery from LASIK MD – Press Releases

November 2008	LASIK MD Co-Founders named Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs Of The Year
August 2008	Opening of LASIK MD Sherbrooke
February 2008	LASIK MD is named one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies
January 2008	Opening of LASIK MD St. John's
September 2007	Opening of LASIK MD Hamilton
May 2007	Opening of LASIK MD Quebec
March 2007	Opening of LASIK MD Winnipeg
October 2006	Opening of LASIK MD Syracuse Our first LASIK MD laser eye surgery location in the USA.
April 2006	Opening of LASIK MD Edmonton
March 2006	Opening of LASIK MD London
March 2006	Opening of LASIK MD Brossard
December 2005	Opening of LASIK MD Halifax
September 2005	Opening of LASIK MD Laval
2005	LASIK MD – Official Sponsor of the Montreal Impact
2005	LASIK MD Welcomes Patients from Around the World
September 2004	Opening of CATARACT MD
May 2004	Opening of LASIK MD Vancouver
April 2004	Opening of LASIK MD Windsor
March 2004	Opening of LASIK MD Kingston
January 2004	Opening of LASIK MD Ottawa
December 2003	Opening of LASIK MD Calgary
September 2002	Dr. Pierre Demers is invited to present his findings on the use of Mitomycin C and on Buttonhole Flaps for the Russian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Moscow, Russia.
May 2002	Dr. Pierre Demers participates as a panellist on the subject of complicated cases in refractive surgery at the University of Montreal.
October 2001	LASIK MD surgeon Dr. Mark J. Cohen performs first laser vision correction procedure using Bausch & Lomb's Zero Compression Hansatome Keratome and Zyoptix Cutsom Wavefront LASIK Dr. Mark J. Cohen of LASIK MD, one of the leading refractive surgeons in the world, performed the first laser vision correction procedure using Bausch & Lomb's state-of-the-art Zero Compression Keratome and Zyoptix Custom Wavefront technology. This represented the first time in the world that the two technologies were used simultaneously.
June 2001	Doctors Demers, Cohen, and Wallerstein publish study in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci entitled "LASIK-Treated Hyperopia and Hyperopic Astigmatism with the Bausch & Lomb 217C Laser”
January 2001	Canadian Association of University Professors of Refractive Surgery (CAUPRS) holds press conference to release findings on benefits of Total Cornea LASIK. CAUPRS president Dr. Mark J. Cohen and fellow CAUPRS members, Dr. Avi Wallerstein and Dr. Pierre Demers were joined by members of the media to release the results of 26,000 consecutive Total Cornea LASIK procedures.
November 1999	Doctors Wallerstein and Cohen hold Advanced LASIK courses for international refractive surgeons. Doctors Avi Wallerstein and Mark Cohen hold the first of a series of international Advanced LASIK courses (A-LASIK) for experienced international LASIK surgeons. This course is the first comprehensive course of its kind oriented towards experienced LASIK surgeons. Future courses are to be held in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC.
January 1999	First high volume LASIK clinic opens in Montreal. Drs. Wallerstein and Cohen open the first high volume LASIK clinic in Montreal, performing in excess of 400 procedures per month. The Montreal clinic is the second clinic to offer Total Cornea LASIK, using the Bausch & Lomb 217 laser, the Hansatome microkeratome and the Orbscan topographer. Doctors Wallerstein and Cohen offer patients state-of-the-art technology at an affordable price.
September 1998	First high volume laser vision correction clinic opens in Toronto. Drs. Cohen and Wallerstein open the first high volume (greater than 400 procedures per month) LASIK clinic in Eastern Canada and the second in North America. This Toronto clinic is the first clinic in North America to offer Total Cornea LASIK (the Bausch & Lomb 217 laser, the Hansatome and the Orbscan topographer). The new LASIK clinic offers the latest technology at an affordable price.
December 1997	Dr. Avi Wallerstein performs first "Total Cornea LASIK" procedure. Dr. Avi Wallerstein, LASIK MD surgeon, was the first ophthalmologist to use the "Total Cornea LASIK" treatment in Canada. This new approach to traditional LASIK procedures was designed to treat the entire corneal surface. Developed by Doctors Wallerstein and Cohen, "Total Cornea LASIK" provides patients with superior night vision quality