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About the Presenter:
Steve Schallhorn is in private practice in San Diego, CA and the Chief Medical Director for Optical Express, UK. He retired from the Navy in February, 2007 as the Navy Bureau of Medicine refractive surgery Program Manager where he directed the center at the Naval Medical Center San Diego. He was the founder of the DoD refractive surgery program which now consists of over 20 centers providing mission-enhancing surgery to active duty personnel. Doctor Schallhorn has conducted studies on the safety and effectiveness of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and LASIK with a special emphasis on evaluating the quality of vision. He routinely receives consultation requests from governmental and civilian organizations around the world and was instrumental in the recent NASA approval of LASIK.
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