The Laser Vision Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading institution in the Bay Area for refractive surgery such as LASIK and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK). The center's mission is to provide the highest standard of surgical care using the latest techniques, to advance the field of refractive surgery through research, and to provide patients with detailed, individualized, and unbiased recommendations regarding the best available surgical and non-surgical vision correction treatment options.
UCSF surgeons were among the first U.S. surgeons to perform PRK and LASIK surgery under FDA-sponsored clinical trial protocols. Since then, UCSF surgeons have safely and successfully treated thousands of patients, enabling them to reduce or eliminate their need for glasses or contact lenses. The UCSF attending surgeons who perform refractive surgery are board-certified, fellowship-trained ophthalmologists. Collectively, these faculty physicians have authored over one hundred publications in corneal and refractive surgery and have lectured both nationally and internationally.
To schedule a consultation with one of the surgeons at UCSF Laser Vision Center or to book an appointment for an upcoming free seminar, call (415) 476-5698.
More About UCSF Laser Vision Center
UCSF surgeons are experienced in using the full range of leading-edge laser and non-laser options to correct even the most difficult refractive conditions. Treatments include:
- Wavefront, custom LASIK
- Bladeless, all-laser LASIK
- Lens implant technology to reduce the need for reading glasses
- Management of problems after previous LASIK surgery
- Correction of complex refractive conditions
LASIK, the procedure most commonly used to treat refractive eye conditions, involves the use of an excimer laser to delicately sculpt the cornea to produce improved focus. This type of treatment is a short outpatient procedure that generally takes less than 30 minutes.
More About the Surgeons at UCSF Laser Vision Center
David G. Hwang, MD, FACS, Director of the UCSF Laser Vision Center, is also Medical Director for the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology and Professor and Director of the UCSF Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service. Dr. Hwang earned his bachelor's and medical degrees from UCSF, and thereafter completed two years of internal medicine training and three years of ophthalmology residency, both at UCSF. He then obtained concurrent fellowship training both in cornea and refractive surgery and in uveitis at the Doheny Eye Institute. While there he also served as a co-investigator in one of the first U.S. FDA clinical trials of the excimer laser. Dr. Hwang has led a number of FDA-monitored clinical trials at UCSF for LASIK and other refractive procedures and has authored a number of textbooks and scientific articles in the field of cornea and refractive surgery. He maintains an active clinical practice focusing on cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery.
Stephen D. McLeod, MD, is the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and a professor of clinical ophthalmology. Dr. McLeod received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at the University of Illinois in Chicago and fellowship training in cornea and refractive surgery and ocular disease at the University of Southern California's Doheny Eye Institute. Dr. McLeod serves as a consultant to the FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel and to the editorial board of Archives of Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association's journal for ophthalmology research.
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