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If you are looking for a surgeon to perform LASIK surgery in California, then you are looking for an ophthalmologist--a physician that specializes in disease and disorders of the eye. There are a lot of areas in which ophthalmologists specialize, including eye trauma, ocular oncology, pediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, and oculoplastics. If you want LASIK surgery, then you are looking for an ophthalmologist that specializes in refractive surgery. Refractive surgery seeks to improve what is known as the "refractive state" of the eye in order to reduce or eliminate the patient's need for contact lenses or glasses. The most common type of refractive surgery today is LASIK surgery. In LASIK surgery, surgeons use lasers to re-shape the cornea of the eye in order to treat myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Finding California LASIK Surgeons
If you live in California and are researching LASIK surgeons, your first step should be to check with the California Medical Board. You want to make sure that any surgeon you are interested in has a valid California license to practice medicine. Also investigate if the surgeon has any complaints against him or is under review for any reason. You should also find out if your surgeon is board-certified. Physicians who are board-certified have passed a series of tests given by the boards of their particular specialties. All of the surgeons at Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley are board-certified and specialists in LASIK surgery. If you are located in the Bay Area, feel free to visit one of the Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley surgery centers to speak with a surgeon about your LASIK surgery options.
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