Publication Exclusive: Twenty years after LASIK and still seeing great

John Doane is a pioneer in refractive surgery who got into the field in its early days in the U.S., having done residency research with Dan Durrie and a fellowship with Steve Slade. He evaluated some of the early FDA LASIK data, and this set him on a career path to refractive surgery.After observing Luis Ruiz perform in Colombia and becoming contact lens intolerant (for many, the last straw before having refractive surgery), he assisted Steve Slade, who no doubt needed his help, on his LASIK in 1996. John made the astute decision to not have monovision at age 31. It should be noted that very few patients will benefit from monovision if they are not yet presbyopic. He has no regrets to this day at age 51 — still with no reading glasses and 20/12.5 distance vision.