Ron Link (patient advocate)

Ron Link [cite web |url=http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=2439 |title=Shuttered Sight, Shattered Lives |accessdate=2008-05-19 |date=2003-02-20 |publisher=Fort Worth Weekly] is a former firefighter [ [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_68461.html Blurred results - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ] ] and actor [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2991419/resume IMDb Resume for Ron Link (IV) ] ] who founded Surgical Eyes [http://www.nj.com/healthfit/ledger/index.ssf?/news/ledger/stories/021102lasik.html here] [New site details downsides of laser eye surgery http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/19991012hlasik4.asp] in 1999 to help patients with complications from LASIK ("laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis") and other types of refractive eye surgery. [ [http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=2439 FWWeekly: Feature: Shuttered Sight, Shattered Lives ] ] Surgical Eyes was featured in media outlets worldwide [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E1DC1E3DF937A2575AC0A96F958260 PERSONAL HEALTH; Promise and Risks of Laser Eye Surgery - New York Times ] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20011006235215/www.kompas.com/health/news/051099/op.htm KOMPAS Cyber Media/Health Edition ] ] [ [http://www.irishhealth.com/index.html?level=4&id=4220 Laser eye surgery - pros and cons ] ] [ [http://web.abqtrib.com/archives/science00/090700_lasik.shtml Albuquerque Tribune Online: Science & Tech ] ] [http://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/business/casestudies/20040203-Technology.pdf.] [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/28/eveningnews/main210395.shtml Eyeing The Risks, Complications Cited For 2 Percent Of Laser Eye Surgery Patients - CBS News ] ] [ [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_11/b3824100.htm BW Online | March 17, 2003 | Why Settle for 20/20? ] ] [ [http://www.myseacoastjob.com/2004news/03182004/it/5974.htm Portsmouth Herald Local News: LASIK: Reward of clear vision not without risk ] ] [ [http://www.sptimes.com/News/100100/news_pf/Worldandnation/Seeing_LASIK_s_risks_.shtml Worldandnation: Seeing LASIK's risks clearly ] ] [ [http://archive.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/08/lasik/index1.html Salon Health & Body | The LASIK "miracle" ] ] heightening awareness of post-refractive surgery issues as well as possible solutions [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040410203725/www.surgicaleyes.org/missionstatement.htm Why We're Here - Complications from LASIK and other refractive surgeries" ] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040417181035/www.surgicaleyes.org/ODs.htm "SurgicalEyes.org: Center, Clinics and Optometrists" ] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040411065501/www.surgicaleyes.org/Clinics.htm "SurgicalEyes.org: Center, Clinics and Surgeons which treat Lasik complications" ] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040411191631/www.surgicaleyes.org/Accomplishments_May_1999_to_Now.htm Accomplishments May 1999 to Now" ] ] . Ron Link first spoke in front of the US FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel about the need to address LASIK complications on July 22, 1999 [ [http://google2.fda.gov/search?q=cache:md8LLBnXwOsJ:www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/99/transcpt/3528t1.rtf+ron+link+lasik&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&lr=&client=FDA&proxystylesheet=FDA&oe=ISO-8859-1 Participants ] ] and again on August 1, 2002. [ [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:Hhhwfi6lYZoJ:www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/02/transcripts/3883t1.rtf+%22ron+link%22+fda+dry+eye&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=17&gl=us&client=firefox-a 403 Forbidden ] ]

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