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Our 1st Collage Testimonial for ReStor IOL

April 22nd, 2011

We are fortunate to get many letters of praise from happy patients following their LASIK or Refractive Lens Surgery. Some are nice enough to allow us to do a brief video testimonial. Well here’s a first: Alice was so happy with the fact that she no [...]

 
 
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One Year after Gold Medal: Curt Tomasevicz Still Enjoying His New Vision!

April 7th, 2011

Curt Tomasevicz, a member of Team USA’s gold medal winning 4-man bobsled, Night Train, dropped us a note last week, thanking us for his LASIK results: “Life is so much easier without the discomfort and annoyance of contacts and glasses. I love being able to train [...]

 
 

What We Do With Your Glasses After LASIK

December 28th, 2010

I have posted in the past about what we at EyeCare 20/20 do with old glasses following LASIK and Refractive Cataract Surgery.  Basically, we set up collection boxes in our reception area for our patient to donate their old glasses.  We must collect over 10 large [...]

 
 

Harvest Vision Once Again: The Music Video

November 16th, 2010

I introduced Warren Barootajan back in August of this year.  Warren is a 63 year cabinet maker from upstate NY. His poor vision from cataracts have contributed to his inability to work. Without insurance he is unable to seek treatment. He has become frustrated with trying [...]

 
 

LASIK for the Gold Athlete Updates: Less then 2 Years Till London!!

August 24th, 2010

With the 2010 Winter Olympics but a recent memory, our LASIK for the Gold program has been very quiet of late.  Just to recap, this program provides free LASIK surgery to our Olympic athletes in an effort to afford them the best opportunity for Gold.  The [...]

 
 

Nora Kirk Loves Her New Vision Following ICL

May 28th, 2010

Dr. Sapna Parikh interviewing Nora Kirk for Fox 5 News. As I mentioned yesterday, Fox 5 was at EyeCare 20/20 this week for an upcoming story.  Nora Kirk was one of our patients who was interviewed.  Nora sent us an e-mail today about her experience: Hi [...]

 
 

Professional Hockey Ref Scott Cherrey Loving His LASIK 1 Year Later!

May 12th, 2010

I received a very nice letter from Professional Hockey Referee, Scott Cherrey. Its been 1 year since Scott took advantage of our LASIK the Refs program. I was lucky enough to see Scott during the season, after he reffed a Devils game. He was loving his [...]

 
 

US Hockey’s Molly Engstrom Talks about Her Olympic Experience & LASIK

March 18th, 2010

In response to our recent press release, we received an e-mail from Molly Engstrom, defenseman for the Silver Medal US Women's Hockey Team and a LASIK for the Gold Member.  I thought I would share it with you all: Hi Kerry and Dr. Silverman, What a great [...]

 
 

LASIK for the Gold’s Molly Engstrom and US Women’s Hockey Waiting for Olympic Games to Begin!

January 25th, 2010

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver are now less than 3 weeks away.  US Hockey Women’s team is primed and ready to go.  They have recently finished their 10 game exhibition series against Team Canada, who are the Gold Medal favorites.  According to the USA Hockey web [...]

 
 

Great Response to Vision Harvest “Free Cataract Surgery” Program

November 22nd, 2009

SInce Fox New York's coverage last week of our Vision Harvest program we have heard from many in need of cataract surgery.  These patients are without health insurance and have no means to pay for this vision restoring procedure.  Many of their stories are heart breaking.  [...]