Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Jon G. Dishler has extensive professional qualifications that we estimate place him among the top LASIK and refractive surgeons in the United States.

For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Dishler has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly supplement his highly distinguished career.

Dr. Dishler 's qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 14 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK and PRK
• Over 26 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK)
• Performed over 60,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Principal Investigator for 10 FDA Studies for laser manufacturers such as Bausch Lomb, ReVision Optics, Meditech Carl Zeiss, and the Dishler Excimer Laser
• First laser vision surgeon to perform Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK) in Colorado
• First laser vision surgeon and only ophthalmologist in Colorado to develop an FDA approved Excimer Laser
• First LASIK surgeon to perform LASIK surgery in Colorado in 1995
• First LASIK surgeon to perform LASIK for farsightedness in Colorado
• First LASIK surgeon to perform 100% All Laser IntraLASIK in Colorado
• First laser vision surgeon to use the Zeiss M.E.L. 80 excimer laser in Colorado
• First laser vision surgeon in North America to use the Zeiss Visumax Femtosecond laser
• First laser vision surgeon in Colorado to perform the FLEX procedure Femtosecond Lenticular Extraction now known as SMILE eye surgery.

Premier Patient Care

• Only surgeon in Colorado to use and offer 2 “All-Laser” LASIK (bladeless) systems: IntraLase and VisuMax
• Use of Wavefront Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK
• Offers additional refractive surgery options to LASIK, including PRK, SMILE eye surgery, and  Conductive Keratoplasty (CK)
• All surgical procedures performed in a state certified ambulatory surgery center
• Management of complications of surgery for new patients who had problems from a LASIK or other vision correction procedure performed by another doctor
• Other eye surgeons, optometrists, opticians, employees of companies that specialize in refractive surgery instrumentation or their family members have had their LASIK and other refractive surgeries performed by Dr. Dishler: 
  • Kim Brownfield O.D, (since 2001) and Meagan Petraitis OD (since 2008) are on staff optometrists. Dr. Brownfield had LASIK performed by Dr. Dishler in 2001 ·
  • Dishler Laser Institute has a network of Affiliated Doctors that specialize in the care and management of refractive patients. Over a dozen referring doctors have had surgery performed by Dr. Dishler.
  • Patient Testimonials: To learn what his patients have to say about their laser eye surgery experience with Dr. Dishler please visit Patient Testimonials for Dr. Jon Dishler
  • Dr. Dishler regularly works with other eye doctors from the Denver area and other cities throughout Colorado, as well as nearby states such as Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas. 

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    Professional Credentials

• Faculty Appointments: 
  • Current:  Adjunct Professor, Illinois College of Optometry
  • Past: Clinical Instructor, University of Colorado, Department of Ophthalmology
• Hospital Staff Appointments
  • DTC Eye Surgery Center - Dishler Laser Institute, 8400 E Prentice Ave #1200, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  • Presbyterian/St. Luke's Hospital, 601 E 19th St, Denver, CO 80203
  • Littleton Hospital, 7720 S Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113
  • Swedish Medical Center, 501 E Hampden Ave, Littleton, CO 80122
  • Porter Adventist Hospital, 2525 S Downing, Denver, CO 80210
• Professional Society and Organizations (Membership and Affiliations)
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • American Medical Society
  • Colorado Medical Society
  • Colorado Ophthalmology Society
  • American College of Surgeons -Member and Fellow
  • Colorado Optometric Association -Allied member
  • American Academy of Surgeons, Fellow
  • Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO)
• Publications: 10 peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed scientific journal articles published. Recent articles written by Dr. Dishler include: 
  • Easier Patient Selection in Refractive Surgery; Jon G. Dishler MD, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today September 2008, pgs. 11-13
  • Presbyopic Intracorneal Inlay: Jon Dishler MD, FACS, Video Journal of Ophthalmology, First Quarter 2008, Media Mill Inc. 
  • MEL 80 Clinical Results Key to FDA Clearance for Myopia and Hyperopia; Jon Dishler MD, Visions USA; The Magazine from Carl Zeiss Meditec, Winter/Spring 2007, pgs. 20-22
  • Post-Lasik Dry Eye; Jon G. Dishler MD, FACS; Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today, May 2006, pgs. 93-94
  • All Laser LASIK: Is It What Patients Have Been Waiting For?  Jon G. Dishler, MD FACS , Refractive EyeCare for Ophthalmologists, January 2002, Volume 6, Number 1
• Lectures and Presentations: Over 20 lectures on research topics at major eye meetings
• Consulting Positions (for companies that develop lasers and other ophthalmic products)
  • Carl Zeiss Meditec
  • Revision Optics
  • Trains refractive surgeons in the use of VisuMax FS laser and MEL 80 excimer laser. 

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  Inventions and Patents

Dr. Dishler has several inventions in the field of ophthalmology to his credit, including:

• The Dishler Excimer Laser, FDA approved
• Excimer Beam Profiler
• Dishler LASIK Cannula
• Insertion System for Corneal Implants
• Surgical Visual Feedback and Eye Fixation Method and Apparatus