Western Laser Eye Associates is excited to welcome Dr. Deepak Khosla as the newest member of our eye care team. Dr. Khosla has a special interest in medical retina and general ophthalmology. He speaks a number of languages including Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Tamil and has a number of years of experience in ophthalmology. Urgent […]
Read MoreMost people who spend even a little time on the internet will have seen this photograph of the striped dress that has created a firestorm of debate about the true colors. This explanation from an article on the New York Times site is probably the most concise, however it is not completely understood even by eye specialists […]
Read MoreWe were fortunate to be just outside the mandatory evacuation zone during last week’s flood at our new location at 6427 Bowness Road NW in Bowness, in Calgary. Many in the city were not so lucky as the river spilled out onto streets and into houses and businesses last Friday: Aerial View of Flooding. While the waters […]
Read MoreWestern Laser Eye Associates is pleased to welcome Dr. M. Purba to our eye-care team alongside Dr. Anderson Penno, Dr. Boadi and experienced ophthalmic technicians. Dr. M. Purba brings years of optometry experience in the field of pre & post PRK and LASIK care as well as extensive experience in optometric eye health care to […]
Read MoreI am very excited to have raised over a thousand dollars for this great charity, Right to Play, by participating in the Guinness World Record soccer game attempt from October 5 though 7. Every dollar raised is matched three times by Right to Play partners with the overall goal of raising 25 thousand (which will […]
Read MoreSan Lucas, Toliman is nestled between three vocanic peaks next to Lake Attitlan Guatemala. I had the privilege to join a team from Minnesota for a week in November. One of the most important things I learned is to appreciate the infrastructure in place in developed places like the U.S. and Canada. All of the things […]
Read MoreDr. Anderson Penno is please to be joining an ophthalmology group that will be providing eye care to the people of San Lucas, Guatemala. The clinic at the San Lucas Mission has a long history in the community and is one of many projects supported by the San Lucas Mission to support the local community. More […]
Read MoreASCRS San Diego CA 2011 Dr. Richard Duffey and Dr. David Leaming reported on recent trends in refractive surgery in the US. They are well known among refractive surgeons for their updates on trends in laser vision correction surgeries. A copy of their presentation can be found here. They surveyed surgeons who are members of the American […]
Read MoreThis May is the second annual CNIB Vision Health Month. According the to CNIB every 12 minutes someone in Canada starts to lose their vision and more than 800,000 Canadians live with vision loss. The majority of vision loss is preventable. From regular eye examinations, to eating healthy foods, to spotting vision loss in your […]
Read MoreEyeWorld, the news magazine of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, recently has reported on a clinical study involving 130 eyes comparing LASIK to Epi-LASIK. This article can be found at http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=2692. Epi-LASIK is a laser vision correction surgery that uses a separator to push the surface epithelium layer aside to prepare the cornea […]
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