Sharon Kleyne Hour

"The Basics of LASIK Surgery"

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Dr. Marguerite McDonald, MD, FACS (New York, NY), Corneal Specialist and Cataract & Refractive Eye Surgeon, discusses the basics of LASIK surgery, a procedure in which the need for glasses and contact lenses is eliminated or reduced. LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. For additional information, please visit www.ocli.net. Second guest, Jan Rowan (Sunderland, MA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Connecticut River Coordinator's Office, discusses the program's involvement in native and migratory fish and wildlife conservation. The Connecticut River Coordinator’s Office was established in 1967, to coordinate the cooperative, interagency, multi-state migratory fish restoration program in the Connecticut River basin. For additional information, please visit http://www.fws.gov/r5crc/.