Why Choose Michelson Laser Vision

If you are deciding where to have LASIK in Alabama, LASIK surgery with Dr. Michelson in Birmingham is really an easy choice. LASIK patients must have a combination of trust in their LASIK surgeon based on breadth and depth of cliinical experience as well as comfort in being able to have questions answered in terms that make sense. LASIK in Birmingham with Marc Michelson, M.D. is the choice of patients throughout Alabama.

Although many people would not expect to find a world class laser eye surgery practice amongst the retail shops, department stores, and trendy boutiques in a standard shopping mall, The Summit in Birmingham is not a standard shopping mall, and Michelson Laser Vision is not a standard LASIK Eye Surgery Center.

Marc A. Michelson, M.D. is the Birmingham Ophthalmologist and LASIK surgeon who pioneered laser eye surgery in Alabama. Dr. Michelson performed the first LASIK Eye Surgery in the State of Alabama and was a member of the Food and Drug Administration Team that conducted the Clinical Trials to prove the safety and efficacy of LASIK for United States patients. Dr. Michelson was only the fifth surgeon in the United States to be selected to receive an Excimer Laser and be appointed to the investigational team to validate this advanced laser technology for eliminating dependence on glasses or contact lenses.

During 1995 Dr. Michelson conducted the first clinical trials in the United States which led to the approval of the excimer laser by the FDA. As a result of his first hand experience with the life changing results brought to those who participated in these clinical trials, Dr. Michelson was committed to bring the joy of LASIK to a new and different level in Birmingham.