2nd News Release today: Gimbel Eye Centre-Calgary Doctor First In North America To Remove Cataract With
Laser
CALGARY,ALBERTA--Dr. Howard Gimbel is the first surgeon in North America to remove a cataract by laser using the regulatory approved device known as Dodick Laser
Photolysis. Using a laser to remove the lens is the latest development in the field of small-incision cataract and refractive lensectomy surgery.
Dr. Gimbel, Founder and Senior Medical Director, says ``It is tremendously exciting to perform the first photolysis procedure in North America. Twenty-five years ago it was my
privilege to pioneer in Canada the first small-incision cataract surgery, which greatly improved the experience and the outcomes of cataract surgery for patients. This new laser
procedure has the potential to revolutionize cataract surgery once again.'
Canadian doctor, Jack Dodick, MD, now living in New York but originally from Thunder Bay, ON, invented this exciting new laser technology. One of the benefits of the laser
technology is a dramatically smaller incision. The technology will also be used for refractive lensectomies, one of the vision correction options that is gaining popularity for people
with very high correction needs.
Most of the current vision correction procedures available today have been pioneered by Gimbel Eye Centre surgeons. Using small incision techniques, Dr. Gimbel has performed
more than 65,000 lens related surgeries, such as cataract, since 1974. In 1990 the first laser vision correction procedure in Canada was performed in Calgary by Gimbel Eye
Centre surgeon, Dr. John van Westenbrugge. Since that time, over 35,000 laser vision correction procedures have been performed at Gimbel Eye Centres across Canada.
Contact:
Gimbel Vision International Inc.
Karen Gimbel
Vice President, Public Affairs
(403) 202-3310
gimbelvision.com |
