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Picking a Surgeon Now you have to decide on whom you want to do your surgery! How do you choose! Well, the one thing you don’t do is listen to ads and commercials. We’ve all been bitten by slick advertising agencies promoting goods that don’t stand up to the ads. Medical advertising is no different. Agencies are paid to make the procedures and the surgeons look good. By educating yourself on the procedure, as we have done at this site you’re half way there! Now, you must educate yourself on your intended surgeon. If you don’t want to do the "homework" yourself, you can cheat a little by using certifications of the recognized national societies such as the American Medical Association and the American Board of Ophthalmology. If your surgeon is Board Certified, he has been trained, tested and certified. If your surgeon has these qualifications and you like and trust him, you’re set. If your surgeon does not have these certifications, then you must find out for yourself what his qualifications are! Ask for specific training documents! Ask for a Curriculum vitae which shows all training since medical school! Ask how much experience he has with corneal surgeries and more important complications of corneal surgeries! After all, refractive surgery for nearsightedness and farsightedness is-ssss corneal surgery. Doing a thousand cataract surgeries or RK’s doesn't necessarily make a good Excimer Laser PRK surgeon or LASIK surgeon! The only way you’re going to know is if you ask! Well, I’ve helped out as much as I can. If you educate yourself on the procedure and your surgeon, you will have done all you possibly can do to assure yourself of the best outcome possible for you. |