For Patients and Physicians
For Patients and Physicians
Brian S
Boxer Wachler
MD
Boxer Wachler Vision Institute
Beverly Hills,
California,
USA
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Mastery of Holcomb C3-R
®
Crosslinking for Keratoconus and Other Disorders: For Patients and Physicians
First Edition: 2013
9789350903278
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fm5Dedicated to
All patients around the world with Keratoconus. Technology is available to give you peace of mind about your future. There is hope and you do not have to live with the worry about needing a cornea transplant in the future.
fm6Preface
This book covers many aspects of Holcomb C3-R® for Keratoconus and other conditions that cause the cornea to be weakened. It also discusses how this technology can help to treat difficult corneal infections, autoimmune diseases that affect the cornea, and help to reduce vision fluctuations in patients following radial keratotomy.
The aim of this book is for patients and physicians with the goal to promote education and provide much-needed hope for patients suffering from Keratoconus, since too many of them are told by their doctors, “Your only option is hard contacts or a cornea transplant”. Modern Keratoconus treatments such as Holcomb C3-R® and Intacs® have been available for over 10 years now that can improve patients' lives and allow them to lead a full life once again and not worry about needing a cornea transplant.
Brian S Boxer Wachler MD
fm7Acknowledgments
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I thank my wife and children for their unwavering support of my career to better the lives of thousands of patients with Keratoconus.
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I have the highest gratitude to my amazing staff at the Boxer Wachler Vision Institute in Beverly Hills, California, USA, who are essential for us to accomplish what we do.
Brian S Boxer Wachler MD is a leading Keratoconus treatment expert. He is considered by many “The Keratoconus Guru”. He was the first in the United States to report the results of Intacs® for Keratoconus in 1999. For over 14 years, he has performed many thousands of Keratoconus procedures on patients from all over the world. He published one of the largest studies on Intacs® treatment for Keratoconus. Due to his pioneering work, Intacs® is now recognized as a treatment for Keratoconus.
He received the 2010 Jules Stein Living Tribute Award for inventing C3-R® and performing it on US Olympic Bobsled Driver Steven Holcomb, that helped restore his vision enabling him to win the Gold Medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver—this was the first Gold Medal for the United States in bobsled in 62 years. “Holcomb C3-R®” was renamed in Steven's honor on The Doctors television show in 2010 because of the worldwide recognition that Steven brought to the procedure.
Dr Brian is dedicated to his career and helping Keratoconus patients and he is also a dedicated family man and spends as much time outside the office with his wife Selina raising his fraternal twin daughters.
He was the first doctor in the world (except for Germany) to perform corneal collagen crosslinking and in 2003 he invented the 1-day recovery, noninvasive Holcomb C3-R® Crosslinking System.
He has the longest corneal crosslinking track record of any doctor in the United States, Canada, Asia, Latin America and Europe (except for Germany).
He served on the medical advisory board for a nonprofit Keratoconus organization. He was presented with a Gold Medal for his scientific contributions for the reduction of glare and halo risk in vision correction surgery. He has received numerous honors and awards over the years. He lectures, teaches and publishes extensively on modern Keratoconus treatments to help improve the lives of those with this condition. He works with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clinical trials for investigating new procedures, equipment, and protocols.
He is regarded as one of the top leaders in the subspecialty of Keratoconus Vision Improvement. His role as the “doctor's doctor” has been earned through his unwavering integrity and broad expertise. He is often consulted either by other eye surgeons, who need assistance with challenging patients or by patients who need repairs.
He was the Director of the UCLA Laser Refractive Center at the Jules Stein Eye Institute for many years. He is also on staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
As well as being Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, he is Chief Editor of the popular book, Modern Management of Keratoconus. He is the author of the LASIK Consumer Report, one of the most detailed and widely consulted consumer publications in the field. He has pioneered surgical techniques and guidelines that have become industry standard. He also has been extensively interviewed on TV, radio, and in magazines and newspapers—he is considered “America's TV Eye Doctor” by the media. Further information is available on his practice website www.KeratoconusInserts.com or calling his Beverly Hills office at 310-860-1900.