Dr. Aker participates at Cataract Symposium
Dr. Alan B. Aker participated in a presentation on new MICS (micro incisional laser cataract surgery) technology at the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium. The presentation in San Diego, CA. introduced a new platform from Bausch & Lomb enabling laser cataract surgery to be achieved through the smallest possible incision. This safe,…
Read MoreEye Support Formulas Now Available!
PHYSICIAN RESEARCHED |PHYSICIAN DEVELOPED Aker Kasten Eye Center is now providing eye formulas to assist in supplementing necessary nutrients for good eye health: Dry Eye Formula provides the essential nutrients to help lubricate the eye.Clinical studies have demonstrated that certain fatty acids may improve dry eye symptoms.These fatty acids aren’t produced…
Read MoreCrystalens Anniversary Celebration at ASCRS
Dr. Alan B. Aker and staff celebrate the Crystalens Anniversary with Pat Summerall and Dr. Stuart Cumming, inventor of the Crystalens.
Read MoreA New Lens for the Future of Cataract Surgery
In October 2009, Bausch + Lomb received approval for the newest addition to its line of accommodating intraocular lenses (IOLs), the aspheric optic Crystalens AO. Click here to read more.
Read MoreFrom Inventor to Patient:
Cover Story, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe, July/August 2009My near vision gradually improved during the first 12 months after implantation. At age 72, I was a 3.00 D hyperope wearing soft contact lenses and using 2.50 D reading glasses. I had early cataracts; my BCVA was 20/25 in each eye with the contacts, blurring…
Read More“Return to Youthful Vision” The New Crystalens HD™
As Featured in Boca Life Magazine MY EYESIGHT JUST ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE. ONCE I TURNED 40, I COULDN’T READ THE NEWSPAPER ANYMORE WITHOUT GLASSES. AND NOW I’M EVEN GETTING CATARACTS! ISN’T THERE A WAY I CAN SEE LIKE I USED TO? Dr. Stuart Cumming, the inventor of the Crystalens, chose Dr. Aker…
Read MoreAker Kasten Donates Screening Van to Caridad Clinic
Caridad Center Expands Focus Sun-Sentinel, June 14, 2008 By Khari Johnson, Staff Writer WEST BOYNTON When Jose Baidal noticed his vision worsening, he knew he needed help. He didn’t know where to go until he found the Caridad Center, where health care is provided to the underserved, including many immigrants. “I went there because they…
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Read MoreLonger, Thicker, Fuller Eyelashes
with REVITALASH Eyelash Conditioner Many are raving about this amazing product! Here is how it started… It all began because a doctor wanted to give his wife a very special gift… After going through intensive chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer, Gayle Brinkenhoff was left with damaged eyelashes, fragile, sparse and thin. Her husband, Michael Brinkenhoff,…
Read MoreVision of Goodwill
By ELLIE LINGNER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer A thick white cataract had covered the pupil of Cynthia Rearie’s right eye for more than a decade on the day she met Alan Aker. Aker and his wife, Ann, both ophthalmologists in Boca Raton, were attending a bat mitzvah last year at the Palm Beach Gardens…
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