Media Friendly Dr. Dan … Wicked!

Dr Dan is, what we call in the business, “Media Friendly”. In other words, he is a great communicator – one who can spontaneously deliver his message in exactly the right tone whether his audience comprises top ophthalmic surgeons at a world congress or avant-garde music lovers tuning in to BBC Radio6 ……

PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision Goes Global

PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision Goes Global Now here’s the biggest headline: “PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision Goes Global”. And behind it the news that Dr Dan’s invention was introduced at the ESCRS in Barcelona and has subsequently been fully launched at the ophthalmology congress in San Francisco. The London Vision Clinic pioneered the PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision technique which has led to so many of us ‘patients-of-a-certain-age’ happily binning our reading glasses.   Most of us spec-free patients give little consideration to…

The Biased Blogger

The Biased Blogger Let me introduce myself as an award-winning broadcaster, journalist, writer and former patient who is now – proudly – the LVC’s fly on the wall blogger. ‘Aa-haa’, I hear the cynics among you mutter. ‘She’ll be employed by the LVC. Her views on Laser Eye Surgery are hardly likely to be impartial’. Yes, you’re probably right. Obviously I only have a lay person’s knowledge of things ophthalmological but – after more than twenty years of journalistic experience…

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…