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Washington, DC — The Eye Doctors of Washington, a center for cataract and LASIK surgery in Tyson’s Corner, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC areas, has announced the launch of a new mobile website for improving the quality of its patient care services and facilitating doctor-patient communication. With the digital age now in full swing, the… Read More

As the saying goes…”It’s not the heat, its the humidity”.  If you have lived in the DC metro area for at least one summer I will bet  that saying rings true.    If you are gearing up for your first June, July, and August in Our Nation’s Capitol, you better just set your A/C at… Read More

Washington, DC — According to the latest statistics from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), over 150 million people in the United States rely on refractive eyewear to improve their vision, spending $15 billion annually on glasses and contact lenses. While glasses and contact lenses can provide clarity and function to a person’s life, the… Read More

By now you’ve probably heard of all-laser LASIK which dramatically improved the precision and safety we could offer our patients who wanted vision correct surgery. But have you heard about bladeless cataract surgery? The exciting all-laser technology used to correct the vision of our LASIK patients is now being used to increase the precision and… Read More

The same innovation used for all-laser LASIK is now revolutionizing cataract surgery Drs. Thomas E. Clinch, MD and Paul C. Kang, MD are the first eye surgeons in Washington, DC to perform cataract surgery with Alcon’s LenSx®, a bladeless, computer-controlled laser that ensures the highest-precision surgical incisions. The laser was launched this week at Palisades… Read More

The Washington Capitals are back and so is your chance to win free LASIK! If the CAPS score a goal during the last 2 minutes of the 2nd period, a randomly chosen Caps fan will win free LASIK from Eye Doctors of Washington. So far this season, two lucky fans have won free LASIK. Congratulations,… Read More

The Eye Doctors of Washington (EDOW) is announcing the successful completion of their 30,000th LASIK eye surgery procedure, which was performed at their new Tyson’s Corner location in Northern Virginia. With more than 40 years of vision correction and ophthalmology services in the area, the eye care specialists at EDOW says they are proud to… Read More

By Hylton Mayer, MD Glaucoma, a condition related to high pressure inside the eyes, can cause damage to the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain.  When the optic nerve is damaged, a person can lose vision, typically side (or peripheral) vision first, but a person could ultimately lose all vision in the affected eye or eyes. Glaucoma… Read More

…or hopefully you won’t. Where I come from, fireworks could be purchased on the side of the road for a few dollars. And there was nothing more fun than watching your older cousins have roman candle battles in the backyard! What were our parents thinking?! This July 4th, let’s do things a little differently. In… Read More

We are often asked the question by our prospective LASIK patients, “Why should we choose you over the other guys?” It’s a good question, and what follow are some good answers. Eye Doctors of Washington isn’t just a LASIK Center. Eye Doctors of Washington boasts optometrists equipped to fit you with the best glasses or… Read More