Muscat Eye Laser Center

23 May 2011, Muscat: Muscat Eye Laser Center, the Sultanate’s leading corrective eye services provider, has beefed up its frontline staff with the recent appointment of a new ‘Head of Patients Counsellor’. Mr. Mohammad Moslimani, an optometrist by training and experience, is the latest addition to the Center’s team of top-flight specialists headed by Dr. Maria Clara Arbelaez, a highly regarded corneal transplant and refractive surgeon. As Head of Patients Counsellor, Mr. Moslimani’s principal remit is to field queries from patients and visitors, and address their desires and concerns with regard to specific eye care issues. Young, dynamic and genial, Mr. Moslimani is eminently up to the task given his long experience as an optician and optometrist. Over the past decade, he has served at a number of reputable eye care clinics and optical outlets across the Gulf and Middle East region. “As a qualified optometrist, Mr. Moslimani brings to the table an intimate knowledge of ...

7 May 2011, Muscat: Muscat Eye Laser Center’s (MELC) credentials as a world-class provider of corrective eye care services now come reinforced by a stamp of approval from the globally recognised International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO). Recently, the Sultanate’s leading eye-care services clinic was conferred the much-coveted ISO 9001-:2008 certification in a further demonstration of its unparalleled commitment to its patients. It builds on an earlier recognition, the ISO 9001:2000 certification, bestowed on the Center three years ago. The latest certification attests to the Center’s stringent adherence to a quality management system that ensures the delivery of consistently superior eye-care services to the exacting standards demanded of ISO certified institutions. It follows an extensive evaluation of the clinic’s operating processes and management systems by a team of independent auditors who found the Center eminently deserving of an ISO certification. The...

The Annual American Academy of Cataract and Refractive Surgeon’s (ASCRS) Symposium and Congress was recently held in San Diego where Dr. Maria Clara Arbelaez, Medical Director, Muscat Eye Laser Center, was the only specialist from the Middle East to participate. Dr. Maria Clara Arbelaez presented two papers at the symposium on ‘Ablation Volume’ and ‘Myopic High Speed Excimer’. In the later, Dr Arbelaez compared the results of myopic LASIK with LASEK with the Schwind Amaris 750S on 225 patients. The results showed amazing precision of the intended correction with 93 per cent of patients achieving results within + or – 0.25D and 100 per cent of patients with + or – 0.50D at six months using either LASIK or LASEK. Furthermore, the results indicated a significant increase in contrast sensitivity (a measurement of visual quality) at six months. The results reiterated the high precision and safety using the Schwind Amaris 750S Excimer Laser. Founded in 1974, ASCRS is considered to be p...

23 March 2011, Muscat: Cataract is one of the most common vision problems affecting a large percentage of people; but new strides in the field are increasingly making it much easier to eradicate. Leading the way in Oman is Muscat Eye Laser Center that is offering safe and effective procedures with better results and faster recovery time under the expert guidance of Dr. Jose Lievano, a cataract surgeon with more than 11 years of experience. Contrary to popular belief, a cataract is not a ‘film’ over the eye – it is a gradual thickening of the lens that causes the lens to become so clouded that light is either distorted or cannot reach the back of the eye (the retina) for transmission to the brain. When left untreated, cataracts will eventually cause blindness in most cases. “This condition initially reduces the brightness of colours, decreases night vision, increases glare at night and gradually makes the vision blurrier until normal activities can not be accomplished without hel...

Renowned Japanese eye surgeon Prof. Takayuki Akahoshi returns to Muscat next month in line with a commitment by local host, Muscat Eye Laser Center, to enabling the delivery of truly world-class eye surgical care services within the Omani private sector. The two-day tour, set for February 12-13, 2011, will build on Prof. Akahoshi hugely successfully maiden visit last October during which the Sultanate was acquainted at first-hand with the formidable cataract surgery skills of the legendary surgeon. A second visit that took place towards the end of December drew an even stronger response from patients and customers eager to benefit from the celebrated surgeon’s unrivalled capabilities. A total of 31 surgeries and follow-ups were performed during Prof. Akahoshi’s December 28-29 visit, underscoring his growing appeal among Muscat’s discerning and standards-conscious clientele. Both visits were hosted by Muscat Eye Laser Center, the Sultanate’s premier provider of eye care s...