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WNBC New York Channel 4 with Max Gomez

Barrie Soloway, M.D., F.A.C.S., Surgical Director of Vista Alliance Eye Care Associates and Co-Director of the New York Eye and Ear Vision Correction Center, appeared on WNBC New York in a news report given by Dr. Max Gomez on March 29, 2000. Earlier that day Dr. Soloway had performed the first Surgical Reversal of Presbyopia (SRP) procedure in the United States for the Phase I FDA investigational study.

Dr. Gomez interviewed Dr. Soloway before the surgery so that he could explain what exactly the theory is behind this amazing new procedure. "Instead of the lens getting hard (as it was previously thought) it gets too big.  The lens continues to grow in the eye and as it grows it crowds the muscles around the eye and it isn't able to change its shape in order to focus in."

During the SRP procedure Dr. Soloway implants four tiny plastic segments into the sclera (white part) of the patient's eye which give the muscles more room to flex the lens. Just minutes after the surgery Mary Erra, Dr. Soloway's patient, was shown sitting up in her hospital bed reading The New York Times.  "I was reading the newspaper and it was effortless," stated Ms. Erra.

If you would like more information on this exciting new surgery please call Vista Alliance toll-free at 1 888 NY LASIK

If you don't want to be dependent on glasses or contact lenses call Vista Alliance Eye Care Associates, The New York LASIK doctors toll free at 1-888-NYLASIK (1-888-695-2745) for more information on any of our Vision Correction procedures (LASIK, INtacs, ICL or SRP), to schedule a personal evaluation to help you determine the right prodecure for you, or to register for one of our classes or  seminars