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As Medical Director of TLC North Jersey, Dr. Fox continues to stand apart as one of the most accomplished corneal and refractive surgeons in the Greater Metropolitan area. He has performed over 20,000 refractive surgical procedures since 1996 and continues to excel as a leader and authority in the field as a clinician, teacher and patient advocate.

Education/Training
Dr. Fox was a Merit Society Scholar and Honors graduate of Colgate University. He received his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Following a residency in Ophthalmology at Boston University Medical Center, Dr. Fox completed his training with a fellowship in Corneal and Refractive surgery at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American College of Surgeons and the New York Academy of Medicine.

Achievements
Dr. Fox is a clinical instructor in corneal transplantation surgery at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and is a frequent lecturer on topics in Refractive surgery at the national meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He was most recently invited to speak on topics in laser vision correction at the International Medical Advisory Board meeting of Optical Express in Glasgow Scotland. In addition to authoring several notable scientific papers on laser vision correction, he has designed instrumentation used during procedures to improve clinical outcomes. Dr. Fox has been a pioneer in the introduction of new technologies in vision correction to the metropolitan area including Intacs corneal implants for patients with keratoconus and ICL surgery (intra ocular contact lenses) for those individuals with prescriptions out of range for conventional laser surgery.

In addition to multiple citations in the print media including Elle and Town and Country Magazine, Dr. Fox has made frequent appearances on ABC television’s “The View” and “Good Morning America” and was most recently been featured on the CBS Evening News as a national expert in LASIK surgery. He has been selected as one of the areas best Refractive surgeons by New York Magazine and the Castle Connelly guide.

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Dr. Chin, a native of New Jersey, joined Westwood Ophthalmology Associates in 1995. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the New Jersey Medical School, he completed his training at New York University (where he currently teaches). Dr. Chin completed a fellowship in cataract and refractive surgery at the Gimbel Eye Centre in Calgary, Canada and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has published numerous scientific articles and lectured at scientific conferences on advance cataract surgery techniques and laser vision correction.

Dr. Harmer is a graduate of Pennsylvania College of Optometry and has been in private practice since 1975. He has been involved with the pre and post op care of refractive surgery patients since 1994. As the clinical director of TLC North Jersey, Dr. Harmer oversees all clinical aspects of laser vision correction at the Center and aids other network optometrists and ophthalmologists in the pre- and post-op management of laser vision correction patients. Dr. Harmer has served on TLC's clinical Advisory Board and lectures extensively on laser vision correction, as well as other ocular pathology.