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Dr G. Mackman
PHOENIX OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
PRACTICE LOCATIONS
SPECIALTIES
INSURANCE
DR.GARY MACKMAN'S CURRICULUM VITAE
CARE PHILOSOPHY
STAFF INFORMATION
CORNEAL TRANSPLANT SURGERY
HOW THE NORMAL EYE WORKS
THE EXCIMER LASER LASIK PROCEDURE
ONE OF THE FIRST PRK'S IN AZ
CATARACT SURGERY
HOW DO YOU PICK THE RIGHT SURGEON?
RK- HISTORIC INTEREST ONLY
WHAT PROCEDURE SHOULD I HAVE?
DANGERS OF HIGH VOLUME/LOW COST CENTERS 1
CONFUSED ABOUT LASER EYE PROCEDURES? LASIK,PRK?
REFRACTIVE SURGERY COMPARISON CHART
THE VISXS4 EXCIMER LASER
WHAT ABOUT CUT RATE CENTERS? PAYING THE PRICE
PILOTS AND LASIK
LASIK LASERS-THE REAL NUMBERS
DANGERS OF HIGH VOLUME/DISCOUNT LASER CENTERS 2
MULTIPLE RECALLS FOR LADARVISION
INTACS
CAR SALES & LASIK
FDA EXCERPT on choosing a doctor
LVI INSTITUTE-INVESTIGATION
MAD COW DISEASE AND LASIK
ARTICLE: LASEK-THE NEW PRK
LASIK IN THE MILITARY
CONDUCTIVE KERATOPLASTY (CK)
ASCRS PATIENT GUIDELINES
THE LASEK PROCEDURE
MONOVISION
CUSTOMIZED WAVEFRONT LASIK
BAIT AND SWITCH STILL ALIVE
LASIK VISION INSTITUTE
PHAKIC LENS IMPLANT
MULTIFOCAL READING LENS IMPLANT
MACKMAN PHOENIX MAGAZINE TOP DOC
TYPES OF LENS IMPLANTS
ASTIGMATISM CORRECTION
DSEK
NATIONAL TOP DOCS
PHOENIX OPHTHALMOLOGISTS EYE CARE AND LASER CENTER
 

CARE PHILOSOPHY 
Phoenix Ophthalmologists eye care and laser center takes pride in providing individualized, quality care for their patients.OUR PATIENTS ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSETS AND ARE TREATED AS SUCH.

PRACTICE LOCATIONS 
PHOENIX OPHTHALMOLOGISTS - NORTHWEST PHOENIX  See map
1728 West Glendale Avenue
Ste 408
Phoenix, Arizona  85021
(602) 995-1166
(602) 995-2390  (FAX)


SPECIALTIES 
Dr.Mackman specializes in correction of nearsightedness,farsightedness and astigmatism.
Dr.Mackman is also a fellowship trained corneal surgeon, and specialist in small incision cataract surgery.

INSURANCE 
Phoenix Ophthalmologists eye care and laser center has multiple financing plans available including one year interest free financing

Patient Education Resources
Symptoms of Vision Problems / AAP
Common Vision and Eye Problems / AAP
Correcting Your Vision With Glasses and Contacts / AAO
Important Facts About Glaucoma / AAO
Refractive Eye Surgery / AAO
Cataract Surgery Techniques / AAO
Cataract Surgery in the Second Eye: Clinical Statement / AAO
Surgery for Glaucoma / AAO
Information Statement: Appropriate Management of the Refractive Surgery Patient / AAO
Symptoms of Glaucoma / AAO
Types of Glaucoma / AAO
Patient Brochure: Cataracts / AAO
What are the symptoms of cataracts? / AAO
Information Statement: Routine Preoperative Laboratory Testing for Patients Scheduled for Cataract Surgery / AAO
Eye Allergies and Allergic Conjunctivitis / Medem-ACAAI
Patient Handout: Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness / AAO
Patient Brochure: Diabetic Retinopathy / AAO
JAMA Patient Page:
Migraine Headache
 / JAMA/Archives
Health Tips for Eye Donation-the Gift of Sight / AAO
 
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Announcements
DR. MACKMAN WAS NAMED "BEST DOC" AS ONE OF PHOENIX'S BEST DOCTORS IN THE 4/07 ISSUE OF PHOENIX MAGAZINE. TO SEE THE LISTING, CLICK TOP DOCS ON FAR LEFT.
DR.MACKMAN HAS BEEN LISTED AS A NATIONAL TOP DOC. TO SEE THE LISTING, CLICK THE FAR LEFT TAB- NATIONAL TOP DOC
Phakic intra-ocular lenses, or ICL'S, are the newest and most exciting advance in refractive surgery. Within the next 3-6 months, the FDA is expected to approve these lenses for correction of near and farsightedness, as well as astigmatism.The range of correction with this lens is far greater than any other procedure, including Lasik, and the visual quality is expected to be much greater as well, especially at higher levels of correction.
CLICK ON "PHAKIC ICL" BUTTON AT THE FAR LEFT FOR MORE INFORMATION!
NEAR VISION CORRECTION!!!

MEDICARE HAS RECENTLY APPROVED NEW MULTIFOCAL LENSES WHICH WILL CORRECT NEAR AND FAR VISION IN PATIENTS WHO HAVE CATARACT SURGERY. PATIENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY OUT OF POCKET THE DIFFERENCE IN COST BETWEEN THE NEW PROCEDDURE AND THE STANDARD CATARACT EXTRACTION AND LENS IMPLANT PROCEDURE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK THE "NEAR VISION CORRECTION" TAB ON THE FAR LEFT OF THIS PAGE.
NEW STUDY SHOWS NIGHT VISION DECREASED IN 20-50% OF PATIENTS AFTER LASIK SURGERY. THE LEAST AFFECT, WAS WITH THE VISX STAR S3 LASER.( THE MAIN LASER DR.MACKMAN USES FOR TRADITIONAL AND CUSTOM LASIK). SEE THE CLICK TAB ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE PAGE FOR MORE DETAIL.
AN UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION OF THE LAS VEGAS LASER VISION INSTITUTE UNCOVERS SOME VERY DISTURBING PRACTICES IN LASER VISION CORRECTION. FOR DETAILS, SEE THE FULL REPORT AT THE FAR LEFT OF THIS PAGE- "LVI INVESTIGATION".
THE FDA HAS APPROVED THE NEW WAVEFRONT CUSTOM ABLATION SYSTEM.THIS SYSTEM MAY GIVE YOU VISION BETTER THAN YOU EVER HAD WITH CONTACTS OR GLASSES!IT'S THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN REFRACTIVE SURGERY AND IS OFFERED AT OUR CENTER. SEE SUPERVISION HEADING TO THE FAR LEFT ON THIS PAGE.
SEE "BAIT AND SWITCH" ARTICLE AT FAR LEFT OF THIS PAGE FOR AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON LASER VISION INSTITUTE AND THE "SUPPOSED" $299 LASIK!
THE FDA HAS LAUNCHED A NEW OBJECTIVE, NEUTRAL SITE TO PROVIDE UNBIASED INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING LASIK SURGERY."CLICK" THE ARTICLE AT FAR LEFT FOR MORE INFORMATION. AFTER PERUSING OUR SITE,PLEASE VISIT THE FDA SITE AT www.fda.gov/cdrh/lasik
THE VISX3 AND TECHNOLAS LASERS HAVE ARRIVED ARE NOW BEING USED ON ALL PHOENIX OPHTHALMOLOGISTS LASER VISION CENTER REFRACTIVE SURGERIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE THE ARTICLES AT FAR LEFT "CLICK" CENTER
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), has published guidelines for laser surgery to help patients choose a doctor and know what questions to ask and what tests should be performed before laser surgery.
(See ASCRS article on far left of this page for the complete "guidelinesd" article)
DR. GARY MACKMAN PERFORMED THE FIRST LIVE LASIK ON CHANNEL 3 TV IN MARCH/2000
DR. GARY MACKMAN BROUGHT THE FIRST FDA APPROVED EXCIMER LASER TO THE PHOENIX AREA AND PERFORMED THE FIRST EXCIMER LASER PROCEDURES ON THIS LASER
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