May 4, 2021
Hear the story from the eye surgeon who performed the very first laser vision correction treatment on a human being in 1988. The miracle of LASIK - now the most popular elective surgical procedure worldwide - had humble beginnings in the laboratory with research that was highly controversial within the profession at that time. In this PX Talk, Dr. Marguerite McDonald shares her journey as a researcher and describes the excimer laser as well as another equally profound research project from her career to help save the sight and lives of infants from retinal blastoma.