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October 2024

Dr. Mark Cohen, CEO and Co-Founder of Vision Group, Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Québec Award Winner 
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February 2024

It’s official – Vision Group is a Great Place to Work®!    
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May 2023

Vision Group named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2023  
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April 2022

Health Authorities Turn To LASIK MD To Reduce Cataract Surgery Wait Times  
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March 2021

Quebec Superior Court rejects application to authorize class action against LASIK MD  
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October 2020

Dr. Avi Wallerstein announced as recipient of the 2020 Waring Medal.  
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July 2020

Some of our surgeons' work was just published in a recent edition of the Journal of Refractive Surgery.  
Learn more about their findings on ocular residual astigmatism (ORA) >

March 2020

LASIK MD named one of Canada's best managed companies for 2020  
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November 2019

LASIK MD doctors present research at 2019 Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day.  
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May 2018

LASIK MD named one of Canada's best managed companies for 2018.  
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March 2018

By 2050, half the world will be nearsighted.  
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October 2016

Laser Eye Surgery is a Life Changer for SickKids® Patient. Read more >

September 2016

La Caisse Finances LASIK MD's International Growth. Read more >

June 2016

A Mindset-Based Strategy Designed to Inspire. Read more >

May 2016

Crosslinking-Enhanced Hyperopic LASIK: No Regression Benefit at 6 Months.  
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April 2016

Laser PresbyVision™, offered exclusively by LASIK MD, has proven success in correcting presbyopia and reducing the need for reading glasses.  
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March 2016

In line with LASIK MD’s continued growth plans, Dr. Cohen and Dr. Wallerstein are pleased to announce that they have made a strategic investment in Vision Group Holdings (VGH). VGH, based in West Palm Beach Florida, oversees and manages the two leading Laser Vision Correction providers in the United States: The LASIK Vision Institute and TLC Laser Eye Centers. Together, these two brands comprise over 130 locations, 6 of which are in Canada.  
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March 2016

LASIK MD Named one of Canada's Best Managed Companies. Read more >

February 2016

LASIK MD’s Patient Videos Latest Element of Millennial Marketing Strategy! Read more >

May 2015

LASIK MD Donates Excimer Laser to The Hospital for Sick Children. Read more >

April 2015

« Chirurgie laser - Magasiner la perte de ses lunettes » - Affaires Plus (article written in French). Read more >

March 2015

Canada's Best Managed Companies 2014. Read more >

April 2014

Dr. Avi Wallerstein explains LASIK MD’s innovative approach to performing CXL combined with a T-PRK treatment—known as the Montreal Protocol—during an interview at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery symposium and congress. Read more >

March 2014

Marianopolis College graduates go on to achieve great things. Dr. Avi Wallerstein co-founded LASIK MD, which performs over half of all laser vision correction procedures in Canada. For him, Marianopolis was an excellent preparation for success at university and in the business world.  
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October 2013

LASIK MD: The Importance of Having a Vision - The Canadian Business Journal. Read more >

June 2013

Facebook pledge leads LASIK MD to donate over $2,200 to Operation Eyesight. Read more >

May 2013

CXL, topography-guided, customized ablation Tx for keratoconous and postLASIK. Read more >

February 2012

Victoria, BC newest home to LASIK MD and affordable, world-class laser vision correction. Read more >

November 2011

Affordable, world-class laser vision correction comes to Rochester, NY, as LASIK MD opens its 2nd US location. Read more >

October 2011

CXL: an Effective New Treatment For Keratoconus - Media Planet. Read more >

July 2011

Pointe-Claire, QC, newest home to LASIK MD and affordable, world-class laser vision correction. Read more >

May 2011

Surrey, newest home to LASIK MD and affordable, world-class laser vision correction. Read more >

February 2011

LASIK MD is named one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies for the fourth consecutive year. Read more >

December 2010

Nanaimo newest home to LASIK MD and affordable, world-class laser vision correction. Read more >