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When co-managing cataract surgery, please always send the 72-hour refraction right away to streamline planning for the second eye. This data is critical in planning.

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The Refractive Surgery Alliance

The Refractive Surgery Alliance Society (RSA) is a unique group in the world of ophthalmology and refractive surgery. Founded by Guy Kezirian, MD, MBA, FACS, the mission of the Refractive Surgery Alliance is to bring the benefits of Refractive Surgery to more people by creating an alliance of highly qualified, ethical refractive surgeons, along with their collaborative care and executive support teams, to help promote refractive surgery through education, research, management, and patient care.

Learn more information at www.refractivealliance.com.

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California DMV Vision Requirements

There are many factors to consider when it comes to safe driving. While it’s critical for drivers to understand the rules of the road, defensive driving measures, and how to safely drive when roads are slippery, it’s also important to have good vision! In fact, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (CA DMV) requires drivers to meet specific vision requirements in order to pass their...

Q3 2020 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

DLV Vision and ADV Vision are continuing to see patients and changing the lives of others, one laser eye procedure at a time. Standard operating capacity and regular hours are continuing to run, along with the implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols. We have also continued to provide our CE webinars to better engage and educate with our fellow optometrists. We hope you stay well and safe...

Q2 2020 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is excited to announce our Q2 2020 edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. Exciting news for all healthcare providers in the following counties: Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles. Each county’s health department below has cited that healthcare officials, including Optometry, can reopen following safety guidelines outlined by state and local health officials. FileView...

Q1 2020 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is excited to announce our Q1 2020 edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide our network of referring Optometrists an overview of what is currently going on within the industry including upcoming events, Dougherty Laser Vision’s news, and practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and...

Q3 2019 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is excited to announce our Q3 edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide our network of referring Optometrists an overview of what is currently going on within the industry including upcoming events, Dougherty Laser Vision’s news, and practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and relevant to...

DLV Now Offering Alcon AcrySof PanOptix and PanOptix Toric trifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implants

DLV Vision is excited to announce that we are now offering your patients the Alcon AcrySof PanOptix and PanOptix Toric trifocal intraocular lens (IOL) implants, which were approved by the FDA on August 27, 2019.  The PanOptix IOL’s have already been in use for over four years in more than 70 countries.  DLV Vision will continue to utilize Softec HD with blended monovision as our primary...

Q2 2019 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is very excited to announce the next edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide you, our network of referring Optometrists, an overview of what is currently going on within the industry, Dougherty Laser Vision and more importantly, practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and relevant to...

Welcome New Glaucoma Specialist Dr. Solish

ADV Vision is excited to bring greater expertise in Glaucoma care to the Central Coast. We are pleased to announce the addition of Fellowship Trained Glaucoma Specialist, Alfred Solish, M.D.! Dr. Solish was an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received degrees in Electrical Engineering and Political Science. He obtained his master’s degree in Computer and...

Q1 2019 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is very excited to announce the next edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide you, our network of referring Optometrists, an overview of what is currently going on within the industry, Dougherty Laser Vision and more importantly, practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and relevant to...

New Year Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is very excited to announce the next edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide you, our network of referring Optometrists, an overview of what is currently going on within the industry, Dougherty Laser Vision, and more importantly, practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and relevant to...

Dr. Bala’s First Day!

Today was Dr. Asha Balakrishnan’s first day in our new Simi Valley office. We couldn’t be happier to have her as part of our ever-growing family of surgeons. “I had the privilege to see one of Dr. Bala’s surgical outcomes from her old office and am very impressed with her skills. The patient was aphakic with a torn Iris and she had performed a scleral fixated IOL procedure and iris...

DLV Opens New Office in Simi Valley, CA

Dear Affiliate Doctors, We are so grateful to all of you for your support and collaborative efforts in achieving a successful year! As we approach the end of 2018, we anticipate a strong close to an incredible year. We are thrilled to announce that effective January 2nd, 2019 DLVVision will open our 6th office location in Simi Valley, California. DLV Vision is excited to offer a broad scope of...

Dr. Asha Blakrishnan’s First Day is Today

The Dougherty Laser Vision family is excited to welcome Dr. Asha Blakrishnan on her first day! Dr. Blakrishnan is an experienced cataract, cornea, and refractive surgeon and a board-certified ophthalmologist. She is now accepting patients and excited to join our growing team! She joins DLV after having served as the Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery service and an Associate Professor...

Ophthalmological Surgeon, Asha Balakrishnan, M.D. Joins DLV Vision

Dear Affiliate Doctor, DLV Vision is excited to announce the addition of Fellowship-trained Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgeon, Asha Balakrishnan, M.D.!! Dr. Bala attended Harvard University, where she earned her B.S. in chemistry.  She completed her medical school education at the Washington University in St. Louis and she pursued her Ophthalmology residency at the renowned University of...

DLV Opens New Office in Encino, CA

Dear Affiliate Doctors, We are so grateful to all of you for your support and collaborative efforts in achieving a successful year so far. As we approach the end of 2018, we anticipate a strong close to an incredible year. We are thrilled to announce that effective November 1st, 2018, DLV Vision will open our 5th office location in Encino, California. DLV Vision is excited to offer a broad scope...

Q2 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is very excited to announce the next edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide you, our network of referring Optometrists, an overview of what is currently going on within the industry, Dougherty Laser Vision and more importantly, practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and relevant to...

Q1 Doctor Affiliate Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is very excited to announce the next edition of our Affiliate Newsletter. This newsletter is an effort to provide you, our network of referring Optometrists, an overview of what is currently going on within the industry, Dougherty Laser Vision and more importantly, practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content that is valuable and relevant to...

Refractive outcomes and safety of the implantable collamer lens in young low-to-moderate myopes

Doctor Paul J. Dougherty recently published an article on the refractive outcomes and safety of the implantable collamer lens in young low-to-moderate myopes in The Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. View the video abstract below or view the full article here: https://www.dovepress.com/refractive-outcomes-and-safety-of-the-implantable-collamer-lens-in-you-peer-reviewed-article-OPTH...

Affiliate Doctor Newsletter

Dougherty Laser Vision is very excited to announce the first edition of our Affiliate Newsletter, which will be, released quarterly. This newsletter is in effort to provide you, our network of referring Optometrists, an overview of what is currently going on within the industry, Dougherty Laser Vision and more importantly, practice management information. Our promise to you is to provide content...

For Immediate Release: DLV Implants First FDA Approved Tecnis Symfony Intraocular Lens

September 9, 2016   Dougherty Laser Vision 4353 Park Terrace Drive Suite 150 Westlake Village, CA 91361 (805) 422-7939 info@doughertylaservision.com DoughertyLaserVision.com   Dear Affiliate Doctor, Yesterday, Dougherty Laser Vision implanted the first FDA Approved Tecnis Symfony® Intraocular Lens, in the Tri-County region! Approval includes a TORIC and Non-TORIC version of Symfony IOL...

New Patient Referral Hotline

September 8, 2016 Dougherty Laser Vision 4353 Park Terrace Drive Suite 150 Westlake Village, CA 91361 805-422-7939 Dear Affiliate Doctor, We are excited to announce a new Dougherty Laser Vision PATIENT REFERRAL HOTLINE for our network of referring Doctors. This direct line will serve as an immediate source of information and direct line to one of our trained on call team members. We know your...

PRESS RELEASE – FDA APPROVAL OF RAINDROP PRESBYOPIC CORNEAL INLAY

June 30, 2016 Dougherty Laser Vision (805)953-7052 info@doughertylaservision.com Dougherty Laser Vision ANNOUNCES FDA APPROVAL OF RAINDROP PRESBYOPIC CORNEAL INLAY Dear Affiliate Doctors, Dougherty Laser Vision is excited to announce the FDA approval of the Raindrop Presbyopic Corneal Inlay. The Raindrop Near Vision Inlay is a device implanted in the cornea of the non-dominant eye to improve...

New LessDrops Offered At Dougherty Laser Vision

Fewer Bottles, Fewer Applications – and Fewer Dollars! In 2015, we are launching a portfolio of proprietary combination eye drops. This new campaign, which is branded LessDrops™, has the promise of requiring up to 50% fewer drops to be administered by patients and may provide a significant cost savings of up to 75% compared to current traditional post-surgery eye drop treatments. Our initial...

Optometrist Business Article Of The Week

Managing Employee Digital Distractions Multi media alerts, messages, texts, phone calls, e-mails are constantly bombarding working professionals and interrupting daily workflows. How can we manage our employees and ourselves to concentrate, stay focused on the task at hand?  Optimizing employee and self-efficiency has never been more difficult with large diversity of digital engagers that...

Dougherty Laser Vision Opens in San Luis Obispo

Dougherty Laser Vision is Excited to Announce our EXPANSION to the Central Coast! Get Ready for the Dougherty Laser Vision Difference! • Topography Guided LASIK (only available at Dougherty Laser Vision from Ventura County to Monterey County) • LASIK with Femtosecond Technology (Ziemer ZS All Laser LASIK, lntacs, and Lens Incision) • Implantable Contact Lens (ICL) Co-Management • Keratoconus...

Dropless Cataract Surgery

If you’re in the Ventura County or Los Angeles region, join us at Dougherty for the safest cataract surgery yet! Dougherty Laser Vision is now offering Dropless Cataract Surgery to all of our patients in Camarillo, Westlake Village, Beverly Hills and surrounding areas. Dropless Cataract Surgery lowers both the cost and the risk of infection of normal cataract surgery. Dropless Cataract Surgery...

Keratitis. What Is It, What Are The Risks, What Are Your Options…

Keratitis is the inflammation of the cornea and can result in partial or total loss of vision, this can result from infectious agents (bacteria, fungi, amebae and viruses) or from noninfectious causes (eye trauma, chemical exposure and ultraviolet exposure). If you wear contact lens, you may be unaware that there is a major risk factor for microbial keratitis. There have been outbreaks of...

Dr. Dougherty Helps Persuade FDA Panel to Support Toric ICL Approval

Patients with moderate to severe nearsightedness plus astigmatism should soon be able to benefit from this amazing lens implant Dr. Dougherty recently gave a presentation to the FDA Medical Devices Advisory Committee that prompted a recommendation to approve STAAR Surgical’s Visian® Toric Implantable Collamer® Lens (TICL™) – the first lens implant designed to treat nearsightedness and...

Dougherty First in Southern California to Offer CATz Topography-Guided LASIK

LASIK patients have a new, far superior option that can even improve night vision and fix prior surgery Dr. Dougherty recently performed the first topography-guided LASIK in Southern California following FDA approval of the procedure, which is far more precise than even the most advanced wavefront-guided LASIK. The new topography-guided technology – known as Customized Aspheric Treatment Zone...

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Light Adjustable Lens – What You Need To Know
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OD Press Release June, 2016
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Softtec HD Brochure
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AAO – Matossian Article
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Newsom ASCRS 2012 Blended Vision
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Spontaneous Near Vision
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OD iStent Reminder
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Comparison of the Toric Implantable Collamer Lens and Custom Ablation LASIK for Myopic Astigmatism
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Refractive Outcomes of the Implantable Collamer Lens for Low to Moderate Myopia
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Topographically Guided Laser in Situ Keratomileusis for Myopia Using a Customized Aspherical Treatment Zone
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Toric ICL & Photorefractive Keratectomy
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COVID-19 Update
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External Articles

Clinical Outcomes of a New Extended Range of Vision Intraocular Lens
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Topography Guide LASIK for Myopia using a Customized Aspherical Treatment Zone
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Randomized Comparison of Visian Toric ICL and Conventional PRK for Moderate to High Myopic Astigmatism
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Comparison of the Toric Implantable Collamer Lens and Custom Ablation LASIK for Myopic Astigmatism
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Safety of Cataract Surgery Improves in High Myopes
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Topography- Guided Custom Ablation for Irregular Corneal Astigmatism Using NIDEK NAVEX Laser System
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Dropless Cataract Surgery

TriMoxiVanc Dropless Patient Handout
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TriMoxiVanc Data 2013
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TriMoxiVanc.IOP.2013
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MARCH 29th, 2015 Continuing Education Event Lectures

Optometric CE Neuro-op Outline
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Common Posterior Segment Disease
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