How LASIK MD’s Innovation Is Helping Improve Eye Surgery Outcomes Worldwide
Written by Dr. Avi Wallerstein
When most people think about vision correction surgery, like LASIK or cataract surgery, they picture lasers, precision instruments, and clearer vision. What often gets overlooked is one of the most powerful tools used in modern eye surgery: data.
Behind every successful LASIK or lens replacement surgery, eye surgeons rely on detailed before and after surgery information, to evaluate how well each procedure works and how they can improve. Making sense of this data used to be a manual, complex, and time-consuming process, until two researchers in Canada decided to change that.
The Birth of mEYEstro Software
Dr. Avi Wallerstein and Dr. Mathieu Gauvin, from LASIK MD, both faculty at McGill University, developed mEYEstro. mEYEstro is an automated software tool that helps surgeons analyze big data results from vision correction procedures like LASIK, PRK, implantable contact lens (ICL), refractive lens exchange (RLE), and lens exchange with cataract surgery (IOL).
Rather than relying on spreadsheets or manual calculations, mEYEstro creates clear, standardized charts that show how thousands of patients are doing after surgery in an evidence-based way. Surgeons can quickly spot patterns, compare treatment techniques, and better understand what works best. The results are then used to modify data entry and choice of lenses (nomogram) to further improve outcomes on an ongoing basis. The data science behind it may be sophisticated, but the goal is simple: help patients see better. Since surgical decisions now become grounded in reliable evidence, with more informed decisions, this leads to better outcomes and greater confidence in achieving stronger visual results.
With Tools like mEYEstro, Surgeons Always Improve
Surgeons can monitor and refine their techniques based on real-world data, compare technologies and methods to find the most effective option, customize treatments to reflect the patient’s unique vision profile, and clearly understand and explain what kind of results can realistically be expected. The software helps ensure that decisions are based on evidence and not just experience or guesswork. It also supports transparency. Some clinics now use mEYEstro data to discuss real patient outcomes during consultations. That means patients can have more informed conversations about what their specific surgery might achieve, based on people just like them.
Why This Matters to Patients
For patients considering vision correction surgery, this type of innovation offers real benefits, even if you never see it (pun intended! 😊). Choosing a clinic is a big decision. While experience and technology matter, so does a commitment to ongoing improvement. Using this kind of tool is part of a culture where surgeons don’t just do the work but they study it, refine it, grow from it and continually improve their patients’ results.
mEYEstro Technology Helps Patients See Better Worldwide
While the software was originally created for use in their own clinics, the doctors decided to make it available for free, to eye surgeons worldwide, to benefit everyone. It’s now used in over 25 countries. The software results have been published in BMC Ophthalmology, a respected peer-reviewed medical journal and featured in the ophthalmic press as a standard for reporting and sharing outcomes.
It’s a reminder that meaningful innovation in medicine isn’t always about a new device or a new treatment. Sometimes, it's about giving doctors better tools to learn, adapt, and continually improve, for the benefit of every patient they care for.
To learn more and to visit Dr. Wallerstein’s and Dr. Gauvin’s research website, visit: refractivesurgery.ca