Management Team

We are proud to announce that LASIK MD is a year 2010 winner of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies program. This award is a testament to LASIK MD's dedication to excellence, state-of-the-art technology, and affordable pricing making laser vision correction available to all.

The LASIK MD Management Team brings decades of diverse experience and industry expertise as well as a history of success to form LASIK MD, Canada’s leading laser vision correction provider. These executives guide over 700 employees across Canada.

LASIK MD was founded in 2001 by Dr. Mark Cohen and Dr. Avi Wallerstein with initial clinics in Montreal and Toronto. Their vision and passion grew to have many laser centres across Canada. The Management Team works hand-in-hand with all employees to offer world-class quality care to all patients and to deliver the best possible vision results.

Here is the LASIK MD Management Team:

Dr. Mark J. Cohen, MD, CM, FRCSC
President, Co-Founder, National Medical Director

Dr. Avi Wallerstein, MD, FRCSC
Co-Founder, National Medical Director

Aaron Akerman
Chief Financial Officer

Darren Yaphe, MBA
Senior Vice-President of Marketing, Business Development and Patient Care

Alan Marshall, CA
Vice-President, Finance

Karim Sharobim
Vice-President, Legal Affairs

Chantal Mercier, MBA
Vice-President of Operations and Human Resources

Geneviève Pilon, BA, CHRP
Director of Operations

Melanie Spinelli, BA, CHRP
Director of Human Resources

Dr. Mounir Bashour, MD, CM, FRCSC, FACS, DABO, PhD
Director of Research

Dr. Christopher Jackman, MD, FRCSC
Director of Medical Affairs