Police Officer LASIK Experience

“As a police officer my vision has to be sharp and clear. Working nights, I found around 3:00 AM I was having difficulty seeing into a car during a traffic stop with my contact lenses. That made me uncomfortable. I asked some of the officers I work with if they knew anyone who had LASIK. A few of them did, and they all had it with the same doctor, Dr. Confino. They were happy so I called to find out more. I booked a consultation, had to keep my lenses out for few days before, and went to see if I qualified to have my vision fixed. After a very thorough exam and sitting with both Dr. Confino and his team, I was told I could have LASIK and would be back to work the next day. I booked it for the following week. I was also told, because I am a first responder, that entitled me to a $1000 discount, I didn’t even ask, they offered. I had my LASIK and the next day I went for my post-op checkup and they told me I was 20/15! I am really happy with my new vision and think Dr. Confino and his team at The Eye Care & Surgery Center are amazing. My wife has already booked her exam to see if she can have it too.”-Chris

If you or some you know is tired of the hassle of glasses or contact lenses for seeing at distance and would like to find out if LASIK might be a good vision correction option, please call The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit The Eye Care & Surgery Center, Google or facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter to schedule an appointment.

The Eye Care & Surgery Center is located at 592 Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout central and northern New Jersey.

Google Artificial Intelligence Can Help Diabetic Eye Exams

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) more than 29 million people in the U.S. have diabetes and are therefore at risk for diabetic retinopathy and its associated vision loss and potential blinding complications. All diabetics should have regular eye exams with thorough retina exams. The task of diabetic eye exams is enormous and soon will be assisted by Google Artificial Intelligence disease detecting software. Researchers, reporting in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology showed that by using Google software to analyze images and then having retina specialists provide input to refine the algorithms,  it allowed the computer software disease detection software to become roughly as effective at the retina specialists. This technique of using machine learning “neural networks” to refine disease detection is hopefully able to bring even more effective early detection and diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy to those at risk.

If you or someone you know has diabetes please be sure to have regular eye exams as early detection, diagnosis and treatment are the keys to preventing vision loss from diabetes. Schedule a diabetic eye exam at The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit The Eye Care & Surgery Center, Google or facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter to schedule an appointment.

The Eye Care & Surgery Center is located at 592 Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout central and northern New Jersey.