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Vision Correction via LASIK - comprehensive information for laser vision correction with Internet links to best sites on related topics.
What are PRK and LASIK? - excellent technical information and an international specialist directory.
Beyond Discovery - history of vision correction laser surgery.
Eye News Online
Eyesearch.com
EyeWorld
Eyeville
Introduction to LASIK - step by step explanation of vision correction laser surgery.
LASIK Surgery Forum - discussions of pros and cons of LASIK surgery.
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance - eye surgeons certification site.
Internet Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology Website Directory
Boston Retinal Implant Project - site outlining the development of a silicon chip eye implant to restore vision in Retinitis Pigmentosa and Macular Degeneration.
Review of Ophthalmology
Vision Correction Website - information source and a nationwide laser refractive surgery specialist directory.
World Wide Eye

Associations - go to top

American Academy of Ophthalmology - information about eye diseases, conditions and refractive surgery.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery - 'eye care info' provides good information on cataract and refractive surgery and 'find a member' provides a specialist directory by zip code.
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - 'patient information' provides good information about causes for Reconstructive surgery and a specialist (member) directory by state.
Glaucoma Foundation, The - provides good information on glaucoma.
American Council For The Blind - excellent resources for the visually impaired.
National Industry For The Blind - catalog provides products for visually impaired and 'what is blindness' explains different visual impairments.
Guide Dog Foundations For The Blind - information about guide dogs for the blind.
International Society of Refractive Surgery - provides information about refractive surgery and a specialist directory.
Macular Degeneration Foundation, Inc. - information about eye ailments and macular degeneration.
National Keratoconus Foundation - information site about keratoconus.
Vision Council of America/Better Vision Institute (VICA/BVI) - 'consumers' section has good advice about eye protection in various situations.
The American Academy of Optometry
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS)
American Board of Ophthalmology
American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Canadian Association of Optometrists
Canadian Ophthalmological Society
Glaucoma Research Foundation
International Glaucoma Foundation
International Society for Eye Research
Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
National Organization of Physicians Who Care
Prevent Blindness America
PRK Today Eye Site

Resources - go to top

Black Hills regional Eye Institute - South Dakota's eye institute with an expensive eye disease library.
Department of Ophthalmology at University of Melbourne
Duke University Eye Center - leading Southern eye center with good eye diseases information center.
LSU Eye Center
National Eye Institute
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
NASA Vision Group
UC Berkeley Computer Graphics OPTICAL project
University Of Michigan -Kellog's Eye Center - leading Midwestern center for eye diseases.
University Of Southern California - Deheny Eye Institute - leading Pacific Coast center for eye diseases.
University Of Texas Southwestern medical Center Ophthalmology Department - leading Southwestern center for eye diseases.
UCSD Shiley Eye Center
University of Iowa, Dept. of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute - leading Eastern center for eye diseases at John's Hopkins Medical School with 'eye symptoms' information source.
Yale Vision Research Center
Vision Industry Council Of America