| February 2010 |
| PRESS RELEASE - STAAR Surgical congratulates U.S. Bobsled Pilot Steve Holcomb |
In 2008, Hocomb, who was extremely nearsighted and suffered from the degenerative eye condition keratoconus, had a STAAR Visian ICL implanted in each eye to correct the nearsightedness. Immediately, his vision improved from a reported 20/5000 to 20/20, and he was able to resume his quest for Olympic gold.
You can read the full article here |
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| December 2009 |
| Domus magazine |
We were proud to find out that our new dedicated eye hospital on the outskirts of East Grinstead was featured in this highly respected Italian magazine, Domus - the world's most influential architectural and design journal.
In the article Jay Merrick celebrates the design by describing how "the building expresses the rural vernacular so powerfully in outline and plan that it flips into an otherness."
You can read the full article here |
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| 2nd November 2009 |
| Another laser eye surgeon treated at CFS! |
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| Norwegian laser eye surgeon Dr. Trond Thilesen, flew all the way from Norway last week to undergo IntraLASIK treatment at Centre for Sight.
Dr. Trond Thilesen, Co-owner and Managing Director of All Bright & Clear Synskirurgi, Norway, flewback the next day to enjoy his new vision and get straight back to performing laser eye surgery himself using similar technology!
...read more |
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| 8th September 2009 |
| Sheraz Daya awarded the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology |
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| Our Medical Director and Founder, Mr Sheraz Daya, has just been awarded the Senior Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology for his contribution to ophthalmology and the academy. This is a particularly distinctive and sought accolade and we would like to congratulate him on the achievement. |
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| 25th July 2009 |
| Hazelden shortlisted for the Design & Sustainability Awards 2009, West Sussex |
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| We are very proud of our new dedicated state-of-the-art eye hospital, which has been shortlisted for the West Sussex, Design & Sustainability Awards for 2009. We will have to wait until September to find out if we have won! |
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| 7th July 2009 |
| Furniture going in! |
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| Following a few hiccups typical of a build of this scale, we are finally starting to move into our new hospital. The maze of consulting and diagnostic rooms, and two state-of-the-art theatres have really impressed all of our staff and we are looking forward to showing it to the public. The interior is light and airy, with beautiful bespoke wooden furniture softening the highly specialised technology we are renowned for. |
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| 18th May 2009 |
| "Business Design" features Q&A with Toh Shimazaki |
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Yuli Toh of top London based architect firm, Toh Shimazaki was featured this month in leading architect magazine "Building Design".
Toh Shimazaki who have taken on the challenge of building our new state-of-the-art hospital are quizzed on how they find space for architectural expression in healthcare projects.
"We started out making new of refurbished public spaces at existing hospitals. But we now have the new-build Centre for Sight in East Grinstead under construction, where we're also designing for treatment and clinical programmes. The building will host private clinics previously held at the Queen Victoria Hospital, which is renowned for reconstructive surgery..." |
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...read the full article |
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| 14th November 2008 |
| Medical Director featured in "Optometry Today" |
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Centre for Sight Medical Director, Sheraz Daya, was featured this month in the leading Optometric publication, "Optometry Today":
"As one of the first ophthalmologists in the UK to perform LASIK surgery in 1995, Sheraz Daya has been at the forefront of the technological advancement in laser eye surgery over the past decade.
The consultant ophthalmic surgeon, who is director and consultant of the Corneo Plastic Unit and Eyebank, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead won an NHS award this year for Leadership for Improvement for turning his eye unit into one of the best in the UK...
...read the full article |
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| 22nd September 2008 |
| 'Topping-Off'ceremony |
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Today a 'topping-off' ceremony was held to celebrate the roof of our dedicated new state-of-the-art ophthalmic hospital being covered. The ceremony was attended by our staff, Takero Shimazaki and Tomoyo Arimoto from the award winning, London based architect firm, Toh Shimazaki, who are responsible for the design, David Hobson from the building contractors, J C Lilywhites, and many of those who have been working on the build to date.
Mr Hobson explained how the ceremony had evolved from one performed in Pagan times and was intended to help protect the building and its occupants from harm. He also took the opportunity to thank everyone who had been working so hard on the project.
Two young oak trees were presented to Sheraz Daya, Medical Director of Centre for Sight and the Corneoplastic Unit at the Queen Victoria Hospital, and his wife and fellow ophthalmic consultant, Marcela Espinosa-Lagana. Mr Daya promised to plant the trees within the extensive grounds of the hospital and looked forward to seeing them grow along with the facility !
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| 11th September 2008 |
| CRYSTALENS - Phenomenal Outcomes presented internationally |
Medical Director, Sheraz Daya MD, will be presenting our outcomes of CrystaLens at the annual congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Berlin next week!
Point of interest: Centre for Sight outcomes have surpassed those of the International Registry as well as those of US surgeons with 75% of patients completely free of glasses (both distance and near) and 80% never requiring the use of readers!
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| 10th September 2008 |
| Toh Shimazaki present recent projects |
We are honoured our state-of-the-art new hospital is to headline a presentation evening to be held this evening at the prestigious Daiwa Anglo--Japanese Foundation by our award winning architects, Toh Shimazaki.
If you would like to read more about what they have to say about the project click here>
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| 18th August 2008 |
New Look, Same "Vision & Mission"
- exceptional eye care |
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To keep in line with our reputation for being a UK leader in in eye surgery including laser eye surgery and for providing outstanding patient care through well organized teams and advanced technology, we are proud to announce the launch of our exciting new corporate image.
We have always positioned ourselves at the top of the market in terms of expertise, experience and leadership and we believe our new look and logo reflects this well.
We thank Caulder Moore for their work in developing our new image and logo and also particular thanks to DJM Web Design for their creation of our wonderful new website - we hope you enjoy it. |
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