Lasik in Manhattan. (necro)

[Connoisseur]

I know there have been a few threads on this (but none recently). I'm definitely getting lasik in the beginning of January. I've done quite a bit of research and went on a couple of consultations and so far i've narrowed it down between Dr. Ken Moadel and Dr. Niksarli (of Manhattan Lasik). I have a couple of personal references who rave about Moadel. After seeing both docs, they seem equally qualified but Niksarli is significanlty cheaper. Has anyone had experiences with either one of these doctors? If so, good or bad?

Although money is certainly important, quality is by far my top concern. If one of the doctors has any negative reviews, i'd go for the latter. If quality is equal for both doctors i'd certainly go with the cheaper alternative. Any thoughts?

 

[Legendary]

Lots of good reviews for Niksarli here: http://newyork.citysearch.com/review/41873798

 

[Connoisseur]

Lots of good reviews for Niksarli here: http://newyork.citysearch.com/review/41873798

yeah I looked that up. I guess was just trying to get a firsthand account.... from people on the internet

 

[bobdole369]

shudders. Good luck with this and be sure to post all about it!

 

[gotsmack]

I was looking into it and came up with these 2.

http://www.belmonteyecenter.com/


http://www.parkavenuelaser.com/
This guy's website comes off as a web version of junk mail, but he seems legit. He does LasEk which seems better? I think I might go with him.

How did you come up with your two?

There is also Contact Lens Implants, but the risk of rental detachment scares me.

 

[darkswordsman17]

My first reaction:

Hi everybody, I'm Dr. Nik...

 

[Connoisseur]

I was looking into it and came up with these 2.

http://www.belmonteyecenter.com/


http://www.parkavenuelaser.com/
This guy's website comes off as a web version of junk mail, but he seems legit. He does LasEk which seems better? I think I might go with him.

How did you come up with your two?

There is also Contact Lens Implants, but the risk of rental detachment scares me.

Moadel came highly recommended from a co-worker and his girlfriend. He operated on Bernie Williams (implying that if an athlete who relies on his vision trusted Moadel, so should we) as well as a couple of other athletes. Some other vision websites list him and the Manhattan Lasik center as top docs. I found out about Niksarli from Allaboutvision.com as a top NY doc. As another poster mentioned, he also seems to have a lot of positive reviews online. Went to his office and he seemed extremely competent and his office LOOKED great for what that's worth. He seemed completely legit and extremely knowledegable. Experience wise, they're both tops.

Frankly, it's a $1500 difference in cost between the two (which isn't chump change). Given that, i'm leaning towards the latter.

 

[wwswimming]

Any thoughts?

If you want to check out the doctors you named, go to Manhattan Superior Court and enter their names in the database as Defendants, in the Civil Records section. This will bring up their medical malpractice cases. The first page of each complaint will have the name of the attorney who represented them, including his/her contact info. Those attorneys and the patients they represent will be able to tell you more than any advertisement or doctor supported medium (such as Craigslist or WebMD).

I have met or emailed with more than 15 people who are wholely or partially disabled because of a bad outcome from refractive surgery.

They and each of the hundreds of people whom I have spoken with about refractive surgery in the last 10 years all report the same thing -
* their surgeon lied in order to sell them refractive surgery
* they were free from vision problems until the time of their refractive surgery
* in most cases, they are living with constant eye pain in addition to refractive error, post-surgery.

to put a name on some of these people -

1/ Tina, an Intel engineer who was on medical leave for vision problems which onset after her LASIK surgery, last time I spoke with her.
2/ Myself, career design engineer, currently living with constant eye pain which onset at the time of LASIK eye surgery.
3/ Donna, received a President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Customer's Service from a shipping company - last day at work, the Thursday after her LASIK surgery; currently on disability.
4/ Roger D. - research psychologist forced to retire early & moved to Florida for the humidity, currently a web designer specialising in Joomla.
5/ Mike M. - Anaesthesiologist in Florida, forced to retire early after LASIK eye surgery.
6/ Kashmira - schoolteacher in Florida who stopped teaching because of a bad outcome from LASIK eye surgery.
7/ Judy C. - mother in Beverly Hills whose surgery, performed by Extreme Makeover LASIK surgeon Robert Maloney, left her with a metal sliver embedded in her cornea. Maloney has followed a legal tactic of stretching her med mal lawsuit out for several years - the result being that she is not able to speak publicly about what happened to her eyes.
8/ Dominic M. - a computer programmer in Philadelphia; unable to work as a COBOL programmer because of vision problems which onset at the time of his LASIK surgery.
9/ Gary V., a microelectronics technician at Raytheon, forced to retire after a bad outcome from PRK left him unable to see well enough to work on fine-pitch devices.
10/ Cameron H., administrator at San Diego State - an RK patient; forced to retire early due to diminished vision.

My CG (computer graphics) time was about 10 hours a day until I had LASIK. Now, it's 3 hours a day - on a really GOOD day. The limitation is my capacity to use tools like Maya & Flash while working with eye pain.

The websites listed below were all created by some of these injured patients. they are trying to tell you something; most of them are not selling anything. 1 or 2 of them are optometrists who have turned the treatment of patients with bad outcomes from refractive surgery into a specialty.

http://www.LASIK-Flap.com

http://www.theLASIKReport.com

http://www.tlcbigskylasercenter.com

http://www.lasermyeye.org

http://www.lasikfraud.com

http://www.doctormyeye.com

http://www.lasikreality.com

http://www.flawedlasik.com

http://www.lasikSOS.com

http://www.lifeafterlasik.com

http://www.lasikmemorial.com

http://www.geocities.com/pifanon

http://www.mylasikstory.com

http://www.home.comcast.net/~joewills/LASIKSTORYKEITH.html

http://www.www.kathygriffin.net/lasik.php

http://www.www.lasikdisaster.com

http://www.www.visionsurgeryrehab.org

http://www.LASIKComplications.com

http://www.LASIKdecision.com

 

[Connoisseur]

FYI, I got lasik on January 5th with Dr. Moadel. So far i'm loving it. Besides the light glare issue that's SUPPOSED to go away in a month or two, i have no complaints about it. I'll keep people updated if anyone cares.

The surgery itself was pretty scary and definitely a little more painful than they painted it to be. It was also hell for the first 5 hours after the surgery.

 

[HunterForrest]

Hey, just curious if the light glare has gone away? I am also considering lasik and have had a consultation at dr niksarli's practice. They said I was a perfect candidate, not surprised there.... Just found some information concerning a malpractice lawsuit against him, now I'm having second thoughts... So do you still like the results of your surgery?

 

[Red Squirrel]

If date is not set, I would try to get it done in summer as it's not going to be dark when going to/from work. You are advised to avoid driving at night for a few months because of the halos.

I got it done a few years back, best thing I ever did. So nice not needing glasses. I find I still get the halos though, but not that bad, and it's bearable. Those stupid blue HID lights murder me though, but they did before anyway. Seriously, those need to be illegal. Like, shining a laser an an aircraft illegal.