LASIK Expert Dr. James Salz Interviewed on National Public Radio, Answered Questions from Listeners on Laser Eye Surgery

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 24, 2006 -- LASIK expert Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) was interviewed by National Public Radio (NPR) segment entitled "Dr. Slava Fyodorov's 'Beautiful Eyes'," a Russian doctor who invented the radial keratotomy procedure, which was the precursor to laser vision eye surgery. In the segment Dr. Salz describes the laser vision radial keratotomy surgery. Later, Dr. Salz answered emails sent to NPR from its listeners about both radial keratotomy eye and laser eye surgery procedures which were posted in the "Your Health" section of the NPR website.

In his answers, Dr. James Salz indicated that people who had radial keratotomy were often good candidates for PRK (photorefractive keratotomy), compared the differences between PRK and LASIK, what at what age LASIK should typically be done, as well as other questions concerning the safety of the procedures.

To read a transcript or listen to the radio segment broadcast on NPR, please click on the following link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6249164

To read the questions answered by Dr. Salz and another LASIK surgeon emailed by listeners of NPR, please click on the following link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6305599

About Laser Eye Associates, Inc.
Laser Eye Associates of Los Angeles, Inc. ("Laser Eye Associates") is an association consisting of about 30 LASIK and laser eye surgeons in the Beverly Hills/Los Angeles area. Laser Eye Associates is one of the few laser vision centers in the world with three different FDA approved excimer laser systems (Alcon, Visx and Alegretto): a femtosecond laser (Intralase) for creating the LASIK flap without a blade; (2) a Holmium laser system for treating low degrees of hyperopia; and (3) the only FDA approved procedure for treating presbyopia (the condition which requires reading glasses after age 40 the Refractec Conductive Keratoplasty (CK) instrument. Dr. James J. Salz is currently President of Laser Eye Associates and a shareholder of the company.

About Laser Vision Medical Associates
Laser Vision Medical Associates, Inc. (Laser Vision Medical Associates) (www.drsalz.com) is the refractive surgery medical private practice of Dr. James J. Salz, M.D. and is services patients in the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and Orange County regions of Southern California. Dr. James Salz, M.D. is the President and primary physician who performs laser vision surgery for the company. Dr. Salz has been researching and publishing studies as well as performing refractive surgery, including LASIK, for over 20 years. Dr. Salz is Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California and Co-Director of Refractive Surgery Research at the Discovery Fund for Eye Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He has been the principal investigator for several major studies, including eight FDA excimer laser studies, STAAR Surgical Implantable Contact Lens for Hyperopia FDA clinical trial. Dr. James Salz has been a paid consultant to Visx, and Alcon. Dr. James Salz is an expert of special interest in all aspects of refractive surgery, including LASIK, PRK, and Phakic implants. Dr. James Salz is also an expert in cataract surgery and lens implantation as well as medical legal matters and device and method patents related to ophthalmology.

Dr. James Salz has an extensive listing of publications he has written or edited (www.drsalz.com/publicat.html), and spoken at hundreds of meetings concerning LASIK and other laser eye surgery procedures in the United States and abroad. For more information about Dr. Salz and LASIK and other laser eye surgery procedures, please visit www.drsalz.com. For information about Dr. James Salz’s unique qualifications for LASIK , please see www.drsalz.com/whychoose. Laser Vision Medical Associates performs its LASIK and laser eye surgery procedures at Laser Eye Associates.

SOURCE: Laser Vision Medical Associates
Laser Vision Medical Associates
Attn: Dr. James Salz
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
at Mark Goodson Building
444 S. San Vicente Blvd, Suite 703
Los Angeles, CA. 90048

Contact: Donna Jones
Phone: (323) 653-3800

Website: www.drsalz.com

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