Dr. Michael T. Furlong, M.D.

, a former LASIK patient himself, has

enjoyed his newfound vision so much that he has dedicated his practice to the magic of advanced vision correction procedures. His greatest pleasure is listening to his patients describe the excitement of waking up the morning after their surgery and being able to see clearly without glasses or contact lenses for the first time in years.

• Dr. Furlong meets and works with each patient personally.  His personable approach allows you to ask the right questions and his honest answers allow you to make the right decision about your eyes.

• A graduate of Stanford University, Dr. Furlong received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1988.

• He earned his M.D. from the University of Hawaii in 1992, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He was elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and earned both the B. Kent Bennett and the V. Edward Franchville awards for outstanding medical student in the field of ophthalmology. He completed his internship at the University of Hawaii in internal medicine and surgery.

• Following medical school, Dr. Furlong 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.

• Dr. Furlong elected to further his formal education with a one-year refractive surgery fellowship at Canada's prestigious eye institute, the Gimbel Eye Center. During this additional full year of formal LASIK training, Dr. Furlong studied under Dr. Howard Gimbel, one of the world's leading authorities on refractive 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 also co-authored several articles and book chapters on refractive surgery.

• After a year in private practice in Arizona, where he specialized in small incision cataract and laser refractive surgeries, Dr. Furlong came back to the Bay Area in 1998 and established Furlong Vision Correction. He has performed more than 20,000 LASIK procedures to date.

• Dr. Furlong, a refractive surgeon specialist, continues to teach others about the latest vision surgery advances by offering regular continuing education courses to other medical professionals in the Bay Area