NEWSROOM

Vista Eye Institute was founded, and later renamed Herzig Eye Institute

First site in Canada to investigate presbyopia

Built new operating room

Produced first ‘edumercial’

Established outpatient operating room for intraocular cataract surgeries

First centre in North America with WaveFront Technology for VISX Technology

Began performing Implantable Contact Lens procedure – also known as Intraocular Collamer Lens (ICL)

Developed first private ambulatory surgery centre for eye surgeries

First private centre in Ontario to provide advanced technology packages for cataract surgery patients

First private centre in Ontario to offer ICLs for severely myopic patients

First commercial Canadian site to deploy femtosecond laser for first commercial ‘blade free’ Custom LASIK procedure

Expanded surgical capacity and built another state-of-the-art operating room

First centre in Ontario to launch CK radio frequency ablation for treatment of presbyopia

First centre in North America to introduce LipiFlow® for evaporative dry eye disease

First TearScience® Centre of Excellence

Adds ReSTOR® multifocal intraocular lens

KAMRA Vision™ Introduced

Introduced ORA Intraoperative Abberometry

Launches Vision for Living™

First centre to offer Refractive Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery (ReLACS) with the Catalys® precision laser system

First centre in Canada to offer iDesign Advanced WaveScan Studio Aberrometer

Introduced the Presbyond Laser which combines Custom LASIK with a small amount of monovision to help treat those experiencing a loss of reading vision