Thanks, all, for your very useful responses. Will contact the
surgeons you have recommended.

....dan

Ragnar Suomi <ragnarsuomi[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<1knvpvk70i6nsognut563gj0sbkfit2fi5[at]4ax.com> ...
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I was never a fan of Nordan, I would rehash why. It's interesting
that one of the current nuts who post here is draggin Nordan's name
into the discussion. I think even less of him now.

Perhaps your beef with me is that I picked on Nordan in the past and
you have some affiliation with him?

My surgeon knows of Nordan and he implied that Nordan is good. That
might be true. Nordan's website didn't impress me at all, nor did his
video of him doing surgery.

On 29 Oct 2003 10:41:14 -0800, the_boydstons[at]hotmail.com (ycdbsoya)
wrote:

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In article <lq80qv4f2p7g9noiq40a58f65u54qa64ad[at]4ax.com> ,
Glenn Hagele - Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
<glenn.hageleSTOPSPAM[at]USAeyes.org> wrote:

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True, he doesn't advertise personally. He told me his practice is built
on word of mouth recommendations (that is how I found out about him). He
is, however, the Medical Director of TLC. His offices are in the same
building, but are not part of TLC. He must get business that way too.

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I did use the questions and I found them very helpful.

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We really don't do a lot of recruitment after we have a doctor
certified in a particular area. Manhattan is serviced by four CRSQA
Certified Refractive Surgeons, plus there are additional doctors in
the tri-state area who are CRSQA certified. Because this is enough to
serve the patients of that marketplace who desire a CRSQA certified
surgeon, we put our efforts at recruitment in markets where there is
not a CRSQA Certified Refractive Surgeon.

Although your doctor is not CRSQA certified, that does not mean your
doctor is not a quality surgeon. It just means that this particular
doctor has not sought and/or achieved our certification. This is why
we have our 50 Tough Questions For Your Doctor. This allows a patient
to know what to ask of ANY doctor and no need to rely on only CRSQA's
certification or the certification of other organizations, such as
ABES.

There are about 3,000 significantly active refractive surgeons in the
US with about 600 doing the majority of the surgery. CRSQA has fewer
than 100 fully certified surgeons. There are a lot of areas where a
CRSQA certified surgeon is not available and our time and effort is
better spent recruiting in those areas than in a market where there
are several certified doctors. We would gladly welcome a NYC doctor
who desires to become certified, but we are not actively recruiting in
NYC.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
http://www.USAeyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

I am not a doctor.

In article <ovuvpvolfhofffpujt0hetkme744tjicdn[at]4ax.com> ,
Glenn Hagele - Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
<glenn.hageleSTOPSPAM[at]USAeyes.org> wrote:

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Hey Glenn

why arent' there more CRSQA docs in NYC? Do you actively recruit
doctors you know are good to join?
My doc isn't CRSQA certified, although I did consider Soloway.

brycarlson[at]socal.rr.com (Bryce Carlson) wrote in message news:<14e1a0fe.0310282211.26940f1f[at]posting.google.com> ...
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Don't forget about Lee Nordan in Carlsbad. While not in "LA Proper"
it's close enough.

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And all but one is currently CRSQA affiliated. (Written with great
pride.)

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
http://www.USAeyes.org
http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

I am not a doctor.

Does Salz do LASIK?

On 29 Oct 2003 06:30:07 -0800, sandykeller01[at]netscape.net (Sandy)
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smalltalkdan[at]yahoo.com (Dan) wrote in message news:<6a625991.0310281854.7e79db86[at]posting.google.com> ...
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Dan,

Being very nearsighted with astigmatism puts you at higher risk of
problems.

I live very near you and have seen all but Caster. I have found Dr.
Salz to be a very caring doctor and very honest.

Here's an article from USA Today about one patient in our area:

http://www.gazettearchives.com/healt...4/000001d3.htm

smalltalkdan[at]yahoo.com (Dan) wrote in message news:<6a625991.0310281854.7e79db86[at]posting.google.com> ...
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The best refractive surgeons in the L.A. area (in no particular order)
are generally considered to be Dr. Andrew Caster, Dr. Kerry Assil, Dr.
Robert Maloney, Dr. James Salz, and Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler. You
would be in good hands with any of them.

Bryce Carlson