The American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) established an initiative called the Eye Surgery Education Council, which is a professional society of ophthalmologists that are dedicated to raising the skills and standards of eye surgeions who operate on the anterior portion of the eye. The intention is to raise standards through clinical education as well as working with patients, the medical community and governments to promote the delivery of quality eye care.

The Eye Surgery Education Council, often referred to as the LASIK Institute, was launched in June of 2002 at the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s Annual Symposium and Congress. Early in 2003 the Eye Surgery Education Council came under the administration of the ASCRS Foundation, which is a 501©(3) organization whose mission includes public education, support of charitable eye care programs in third world countries as well as ophthalmic research.

The main goals of the Eye Surgery Education Council are to increase doctor-patient communication about eye surgery and eye health, as well as to provide patients with accessible and accurate information about laser eye surgery.

You can access a wealth of information about treatment for various eye conditions as well as ways to care for eyes and promote eye health at the Eye Surgery Education Council’s website. Whether you wish to know more about glaucoma, or children’s eye health, the website will assist you in you search for information.

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