Michael Furlong

Dr. Michael T. Furlong established Furlong Vision Correction in 1998 and has performed more than 25,000 bladeless and microkeratome Custom Wavefront LASIK, PRK and small-incision cataract and refractive lens exchange procedures to date. Dr. Furlong is also among the first doctors in the nation to perform CK, a non-laser vision treatment designed to treat presbyopia, or “aging eyes.”

He also treats glaucoma, growths in and around the eye (moles, warts, stys, cysts, tags), minor eye injuries, abrasions, infections or allergies, dry or watery eyes, flashes and floaters, macular degeneration and eye problems related to diabetes.
 

Furlong Vision Correction employs the highest level of technology available, including the NASA approved combination of the VISX Advanced CustomVue wavefront-guided laser and the IntraLase Femtosecond (FS).

As a former LASIK patient, Dr. Furlong knows the time and attention it takes to make the right choice for eye surgery. He meets and works with each patient personally during the entire vision correction process. His personable approach allows you to ask the right questions, and his honest answers allow you to make the right decision for your eyes.

Whether you’re a candidate for LASIK or cataract surgery, Dr. Furlong’s fellowship training and surgical expertise, combined with the latest FDA-approved equipment, a state-of-the-art facility and the TLC Lifetime Commitment, provide each patient with the assurance of the best possible result.

A graduate of Stanford University, Dr. Furlong earned his M.D. at the University of Hawaii. Following medical school, he completed a 3-year residency in the ophthalmology program at the University of Utah Moran Eye Center, one of the most competitive surgical training programs in the country. He then elected to further his formal education with a prestigious one-year refractive surgery and corneal fellowship, studying under Dr. Howard Gimbel, a leading authority on refractive surgery and a pioneer in cataract surgery.

Following this specialized training year, he traveled to Bangkok, Thailand and China to train foreign ophthalmologists in the most current refractive surgery techniques. He has co-authored several articles and book chapters on refractive surgery and has presented his research at national ophthalmology conferences. Dr Furlong has served as President, Vice President and Secretary of the Peninsula Eye Society - 250 members of distinguished ophthalmologists from around the San Francisco Bay area.

Dr. Furlong has received many awards for his outstanding performance in refractive surgery, including being chosen as one of the Top 5 Surgeons out of 920 LVCI refractive surgeons nationwide and one of LVCI’s Top 50 Practices in the US. He has also been voted Top Doctor each year since 2000 by his peers, was voted best LASIK doctor in Siliconm Valley by Mercury News readers and serves as the Official Laser Eye Surgeon to the San Jose Earthquakes.

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