The Mentor’s Mentor A “mentor” according to dictionary.com is a “wise and trusted counsellor or teacher” and “an influential senior sponsor or supporter”. One can easily understand how Dr Dan Reinstein would tick the right “mentor” boxes for young up-and-coming ophthalmologists and would-be eye surgeons. He’s brilliant, charismatic, driven, hard working, successful and amazingly talented. In turn, I imagine that he would lend his support to anyone with a special flare starting out on a career in eye health. To…
Laser Eye Surgery News
The Truth Is Out There
The Truth Is Out There! One of the main things that has struck me since being associated with the London Vision Clinic and writing this blog is the amount of misinformation that still exists about Laser Eye Surgery. Among the major fallacies would have to be that the need for reading glasses (aging eyes or presbyopia) cannot be corrected successfully by the laser. Alongside this is a disproportionate fear which prevents so many people from considering Laser Eye Surgery and…
The Annual 4th Of July Barbecue For Patients
The Annual 4th Of July Barbecue For Patients In Spain (my home since 1989) I am a member of a classic car club. Before you get the wrong idea, let me make it quite clear that my set of wheels, despite undoubtedly qualifying as “classic”, are not exactly glamorous. That said, I’ve grown rather fond of “Dolly”, the Triumph Dolomite in its rather unflattering mustard shade (officially known as “Inca Gold”). I especially like the fact that many people of…
The Right Hand Man
The Right Hand Man Correct at the time of writing in 2009. Zach no longer works at the clinic. Eyes are like finger prints – not, of course, because we have them sprouting ET-like on the end of a single digit – but because they are unique. The odds on finding two people with the exact same prescription are quite rare; but when you add into the equation the structure and shape of the eye – its curvature and corneal…
Movers And Shakers And Flying Lasers
Movers And Shakers And Flying Lasers A pile of neatly stacked bright blue crates met me in the hall as I opened the front door to the London Vision Clinic at 8 Devonshire Place …maybe for the last time. Nothing brought home “the move” quite like those blue crates waiting to be filled with office papers and other paraphernalia of the clinic’s life. For instance, one of the crates might well become the temporary home of the carefully wrapped emblematic…
The Long And Winding Road To Harley Street
o why did the London Vision Clinic need to move from their cosy Devonshire Place home of the last six years?
The answer lies in the word “cosy”. The clinic’s premises had become just too snug a fit for the business which has tripled in size since March 2003….
Chasing Pavements
May 23rd 2009 was the expected day for the launch of the London Vision Clinic’s new and fabulous website – and, co-incidentally, the official birthday of this blog. It was also the day that I moved into my London base (after living outside the UK for more than thirty years); and – much more significantly – that warm and sunny Bank Holiday was to have been D Day for the London Vision Clinic’s move from their Devonshire Place home into new premises at 138 Harley Street….
Tim Archer
Tim Archer: Laser Eye Surgery Research Manager Very few Laser Eye Surgery clinics have staff devoted to laser eye surgery and analysis. But for us, research is vital in ensuring our patients get the very best treatment possible. Our Research Manager and Programmer, Dr Tim Archer, joined the London Vision Clinic in 2003 to research, analyse, and publish the Clinic’s pioneering work in refractive surgery. Most clinics only review a proportion of their surgical outcomes, but Tim works with our…
Marine Gobbe
Old employee: Marine Gobbe, Research Optometrist Marine no longer works at the clinic today. Maintaining the best Laser Eye Surgery results in the world means recruiting the most expert and dedicated staff possible. In her role as Research Optometrist, Marine Gobbe exemplifies the high calibre of people working at the London Vision Clinic. As part of our Laser Eye Surgery team, Marine works with Research Manager Tim Archer both to analyse the results of every surgery, and to research new…
About London Vision Clinic
Common Questions About London Vision Clinic Why Do Different Laser Eye Surgery Clinics Charge Such Different Prices? Prospective patients often ask us why there is such a large difference between prices at one clinic to another. A clinic’s advertised fees will reflect: A different standard of care A reliance on up selling The clinic’s investments in technology (older or more up-to-date equipment) The clinic’s investments in people (low staff costs versus higher staff costs) The range of prescription a surgeon…
