Dr. Eric R. Mandel is the only exclusive laser vision surgeon in New York named in America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, the most discriminating of the peer surveys, for eleven consecutive years.

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LASIK Surgeon Eric Mandel, M.D., is proud to have been selected as one of the Best Doctors in New York for 7 consecutive years by New York Magazine.

• Dr. Mandel is the only exclusive laser vision surgeon in New York named in America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, the most discriminating of the peer surveys, for ten consecutive years.
• Dr. Mandel was selected as one of the Best Doctors in New York by New York Magazine for 7 consecutive years.
• Dr. Mandel has been honored with the Patients' Choice Award from 2007-2010. Less than 5% of the nation's physicians were accorded this honor for "rave reviews across the board" from their patients.
• Mandel Vision® is an approved advanced teaching center for the training of a corneal fellow by the State University of New York.
• During April 2002, at a VISX® Wavescan meeting, LASIK surgeon Eric Mandel, of Manhattan, presented the first study in the world to prove that current applications of wavefront technology yield better results.
• Mandel Vision® was the first VISX® Center of Excellence in the New York metro area.
• As one of the foremost experts on LASIK laser eye surgery, Dr. Mandel was invited as a LASIK authority to be part of the "Breakfast with the Experts Roundtable Program" for the American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting in November 2001. This was an opportunity for LASIK surgeons around the world to personally ask New York LASIK surgeon Dr. Mandel their questions.
• As a part of the 2001 American Academy of Ophthalmology Symposia, the International Society of Refractive Surgery has honored Dr. Mandel by inviting him to speak as a noted expert on LASIK Surgery.
• Twice the recipient of the VISX® Star award, honoring him as one of the top doctors in New York and leading LASIK surgeons in the United States.
• Invited as a "noted expert" to speak about LASIK at the October 2000 meeting for the International Society of Refractive Surgery.

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October 2010-
Dr. Mandel has been asked to speak about the iLASIK system at the AMO Innovators Forum during the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in Chicago.

March 2010-
Consumer’s Research Council of America has named Dr. Mandel one of America’s Top Ophthalmologists 2010.

February 2010-
Dr. Mandel was again honored with the Patients’ Choice Award – less than 5% of the nation’s physicians were accorded this honor for “rave reviews across the board” from their patients.

July 2009-
Dr Mandel has been named one of the Best Doctors in America. The Best Doctors database is the world's premier effort to create a validated, peer-reviewed database of excellence in medicine.

January 2008-
Dr Mandel featured on the The Discovery Channel--A new show "We Can Rebuild Him" chose Dr Mandel to illustrate state of the art LASIK surgery.

November 2007-
NASA approves advanced LASIK for use on astronauts.
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October 2007-
AT&T internet selected Dr. Mandel to profile the laser vision correction experience of one of his patients before, during and after the procedure.

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October 2007-
TLC’s popular T.V. show, Ten Years Younger, has selected Dr. Mandel to perform LASIK surgery on two of their contestants.  The shows are scheduled to air in February 2008.

October 2007-
Ocular Surgery News
Interpreting Corneal Imaging Data Proves Challenging by Eric R. Mandel, MD

July 2007-
Dr. Mandel presented “Advanced Iris Registration” at the Aspen Advanced Refractive Surgery Congress.

June 2007-
For the 6th consecutive year, Dr. Mandel was chosen as one of the best laser vision correction surgeons in the New York Metro area by New York Magazine’s Best Doctors Issue.

2007-
Dr. Mandel has been selected as a consultant to the Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. to plan and develop a vision program for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

July 2006-
Dr. Mandel presented: “Optimized vs. Wavefront Ablations” at the Southeast Eye Annual Meeting.

July 2006-
Dr. Mandel presented “Debating Today’s Refractive Controversies , High Myopia – When Corneal vs. Lenticular Correction” at the Aspen Advanced Refractive Surgery Congress.

April 16, 2005 - Eyeworld Corporate Meetings
Dr. Mandel presented: The Fourier Factor - Top Ten Means to Optimize Results with the VISX® Fourier Upgrade.

October 2004 - American Academy of Ophthalmology
Dr. Mandel presented "Optimizing CustomVue® results" with the most advanced wavefront system, fourier analysis.

June 2004 - Ophthalmology Times
Dr. Mandel was interviewed on his wavefront research.

July 2003 - Crain's New York Business
Mandel Vision® is the only exclusive laser eye surgery center honored in Crain's New York Business "Who's Who in Healthcare".

April 2003- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, EyeWorld Symposium - Dr. Mandel was chosen as part of the faculty to teach more than 1000 LASIK doctors - Topic: "Achieving Optimum Wavefront-Driven Ablation Results Through Surgeon Controlled Variables."

April 2003 Scientific Session American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery - Dr. Mandel presented "Improving Today's Outcomes By Driving Ablations With Wavefront Refraction Data."

Spring 2003 VISX® Inc. Publication - Custom Corneal Treatments by Eric R. Mandel, M.D.

During April 2002, at a VISX® meeting, Dr. Mandel presented one of the first studies in the world to prove that current applications of wavefront technology yield better results.

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laser scanning system.

See the next great advance in LASIK for our Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York patients, the world's most precise alignment for laser vision correction, Iris Registration.

Dr. Mandel utilizes the world's only 3-dimensional eye tracking system and computerized centration system for refractive surgery.

Variable Spot Scanning:
Click here to see this exclusive VISX® laser technology can personalize your laser vision procedure, when pupil size may be a consideration. This is one of the key features to minimize the potential to develop glare and halo.

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