Ophthalmologist Thomas S. Boland, MD, of Pennsylvania's Northeastern Eye Institute, has performed the organization's first iCataract procedure, according to a news release.
Dr. Boland performed the procedure on Sept. 20. iCataract is a process that allows surgeons to use iEK software with femtosecond laser technology (IntraLase FS60 and iFS platform) to perform laser cataract surgery incisions.
"The new iCataract technology sets a new precedent for cataract surgery. It offers a higher level of safety and precision that our patients are looking for, and we can now give it to them with the same trusted technology that we have been using in LASIK for over a decade," said Dr. Boland, in the release.
Dr. Boland received his MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington D.C. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Georgetown Medical Center, an ophthalmology residency at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and a fellowship in corneal and refractive surgery at University Ophthalmic Consultants of Washington, DC.
Northeastern Eye Institute was established in 1984. It has 19 offices throughout northeastern Pennsylvania.
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