Dr. Raymond Stein was pleased to be a keynote speaker at the 2018 Precision Ophthalmology “Optimizing the Refractive Status of the Eye” meeting at Columbia University in New York City. Held November 30, the meeting gathered ophthalmologists, optometrists and eye care professionals from around North America to discuss the current state of cataract surgery, refractive surgery, dry eye and corneal disease treatments and share information about advances in the field.
In his first talk, Dr. Stein reflected on some of the lessons he has learned in 10 years of performing topography-guided PRK and corneal crosslinking for the treatment of keratoconus. Dr. Stein and his colleagues at Bochner Eye Institute are some of the first doctors in Canada to use this approach to treat the progressive thinning and bulging of the cornea. To date Dr. Stein has performed over 5,000 of these procedures with excellent results. 
Later, Dr. Stein spoke about using a corneal laser to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), or the deterioration of the portion of the retina responsible for central vision. Bochner Eye Institute is the first practice in North America to use a laser to modify the cornea and improve distance and near vision in patients with AMD. A study conducted by the Bochner team showed that patients who had the laser procedure experienced improvements in both distance and near vision three years after treatment.
Dr. Stein was invited to speak at the Precision Ophthalmology meeting by Dr. Stephen Trokel, a renowned ophthalmologist and a pioneer in refractive surgery. Dr. Trokel developed the excimer laser for vision correction and performed the first human excimer laser surgery in 1987. He also trained Dr. Stein in refractive surgery in 1991.
Earlier in 2018, Dr. Stein spoke at the World Ophthalmology Congress of the International Council of Ophthalmology in Barcelona as well as the Canadian Ophthalmological Society’s annual meeting, which took place in Toronto.
Contact Dr. Stein at Bochner Eye Institute
Dr. Raymond Stein is a board-certified ophthalmologist and the medical director at Bochner Eye Institute. For more information about the work Dr. Stein and the Bochner team are doing with macular degeneration, keratoconus and refractive surgery, please feel free to call 416-960-2020 or email us today.
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