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How
do we estimate that most LASIK surgeons and cataract surgeons
in our LASIK Directory have professional qualifications that
place them among the top 1% when compared to other refractive
surgeons in the United States?
We
believe that professional credentials and accomplishments
of eye surgeons best demonstrate their qualifications because
such standards are measured by and then compared among their
peers. Our estimates are based on the following professional
accomplishments: being the first to perform a refractive procedure
in the United States or a particular state, the number of
FDA studies participated in as an investigator, faculty appointments
at the department of ophthalmology of a medical school, number
of professional lectures and publications authored (a combination
of 50 published articles, text book chapters, textbooks and
lectures), honors and awards, editorial and reviewer positions,
and other special accomplishments such as inventions and patents.
Of
the other LASIK surgeons listed in the Trusted LASIK Surgeons
Directory, most have professional credentials that we estimate
5% of all refractive surgeons in the United States would have
and the remaining few would place among the top 10%.
In
most of instances, these refractive surgeons may not have
a faculty appointment in an ophthalmology department at a
university (since they may live in a smaller city), have not
conducted a major FDA study as an investigator, or have not
lectured and published extensively (a combination of at least
50 published articles, textbooks chapters, textbooks, and
lectures).
These
LASIK surgeons are still highly accomplished, since they will
have made contributions to the field of refractive surgery
through their research and other criteria used by Trusted
LASIK Surgeons to qualify them for inclusion in our directory.
Consequently,
these LASIK Surgeons would have professional credentials that
set them above the vast majority of other LASIK surgeons in
the United States.
The
screening process and standards used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons,
can be found at:
How
Are Lasik Eye Surgeons Qualified at TLS
To find a refractive specialist who has qualified
to be listed at Trusted LASIK surgeons in another area, please
visit:
Find a Trusted LASIK
Eye Surgeon
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