Laser Vision Correction at TLC Laser Eye Centers
TLC Laser Eye Centers of Toronto offer conventional, Custom, and Bladeless LASIK. Conventional LASIK is the most common type of laser vision correction and has proven to be extremely effective for the correction of conventional vision errors.
CustomLASIK utilizes wavefront-guided technology and is selected by many patients to correct their vision. The curvature of the eye is unique for each patient and is like an eye fingerprint. During CustomLASIK, a precise measure of the eye fingerprint is made, and an individualized laser beam is created to correct each eye.
TLC Toronto is one of the few centers in Ontario to offer Bladeless LASIK, in which a computer-guided laser is used to create the corneal flap. Bladeless LASIK eliminates the handheld microkeratome, for a 100 percent blade-free LASIK experience. Drs. Jeffery Machat, Nick Nianiaris, and Dean Smith, and the TLC Laser Eye Center staff meticulously evaluate each patient to determine the best option for laser vision correction surgery.
To determine if you are a candidate to eliminate your dependence on glasses or contact lenses, contact TLC Laser Eye Centers - Toronto at (888) 225-5852 to schedule a free LASIK evaluation or book online at www.LASIK.com.
More About the Physicians at TLC Laser Eye Centers
Jeffery J. Machat, MD, is a highly experienced, board-certified ophthalmologist who has performed more than 44,000 excimer laser procedures, including more than 38,000 LASIK procedures and more than 6,000 PRK procedures throughout the last 12 years. He has also performed more than 8,000 Custom LASIK procedures.
Dr. Machat was the first surgeon to perform Custom LASIK in Canada. He was also the first surgeon to perform bladeless LASIK using the Intralase in Canada. He has treated hundreds of fellow eye doctors, athletes, race car drivers and Fortune 500 CEOs; he has even performed vision correction surgery on several members of his own family.
Dr. Machat received his medical degree in 1986 from the University of Toronto. He sub-specialized in refractive surgery and has had a completely dedicated excimer laser practice for more than a decade, training in Germany and Italy for PRK in 1990 and in South America in 1994 for LASIK.
Dr. Machat has been a consultant to several manufacturers for both LASIK microkeratome and excimer laser technology. He has performed surgery with more than 15 different types of excimer lasers from seven manufacturers including Summit, Visx, Bausch & Lomb Technolas, LaserSight, Nidek, Autonomous LADARVision and the WaveLight Allegretto and a multitude of microkeratomes used to create LASIK flaps.
Dr. Machat has lectured internationally in more than 20 countries over the past decade and has been a member of many international refractive societies including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the International Refractive Surgery Society, and the European Refractive Surgery Society. He has lectured in Madrid at the European Congress of Ophthalmology, in Brazil at the South American Society of Refractive Surgery, at Videorefractiva in Italy and as far away as Australia, China and Korea. He has trained well over a thousand eye doctors in LASIK techniques.
Nick Nianiaris, MD, is an experienced ophthalmologist who has performed more than 20,000 PRK and LASIK procedures. As a leading authority in laser vision procedures, he has corrected the vision of eye doctors and surgeons, pilots, professional athletes, police and firefighting recruits, and patients from all vocations and backgrounds. Dr. Nianiaris has experience with, and continues to use, some of the most advanced lasers in the world. These include the VISX, Bausch & Lomb Technolas, Lasersight, WaveLight Allegretto and Autonomous LADARvision lasers.
Dr. Nianiaris earned his medical degree in 1988 from the University of Toronto. He completed ophthalmology residency training at the University of Toronto and completed a Fellowship in Ophthalmic Research (including excimer laser studies) at Mt. Sinai Hospital. He is ophthalmology certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Nianiaris is a distinguished member of a number of professional medical societies including the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the Canadian Ophthalmologic Society, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Ontario Medical Association, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Dean Smith, MD, has performed more than 15,000 PRK, LASIK, lensectomy, astigmatic keratotomy, implantable contact lenses and Epi-LASIK surgeries. Dr. Smith has performed surgery with six different excimer laser platforms, including custom ablation, and a variety of microkeratomes used to create LASIK flaps.
Dr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Toronto. He pursued a three-year ophthalmology residency, after which he opened a private practice in Mississauga.
Dr. Smith is a member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the American Society of Refractive Surgeons.
In 1995, he was named Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Mississauga Hospital, serving on the Outpatient Committee and the Laser Safety Committee. Dr. Smith served as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Trillium Health Centre (formerly Queensway General and Mississauga Hospital). He currently serves as Associate Director at TLC Laser Vision Centers in Waterloo, Ontario.
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