Why Choose Dr. Chynn?
Emil William Chynn, MD is New York City's most experienced No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser surgeon!
How can we prove this? Simple - because Dr. Chynn:
- Was the 1st laser surgeon in NYC to stop performing the older, cutting LASIK procedure (in 2003)
- Was the 1st surgeon in NYC to perform exclusively the more modern, safer, less invasive, No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser LASEK and epi-LASEK procedures
- He performs over 1,000 non-cutting procedures each and every year-more non-cutting procedures than any other laser vision correction surgeon in NYC)
- He has performed the more advanced, non-cutting surgery on his entire staff, and made them all 20/20 or better, including:
- Missy Reyes, his former Office Manager, LASEK in 2004-20/15 vision!
- Amber Ly, future dentist, former technician, LASEK in 2005-20/15 vision!
- Felix Szabo, MD, laser former technician, epi-LASIK in 2006-20/15 vision!
- Vanessa Alvarado, EMT, optician, Front Desk Manager, epi-LASIK in 2007-20/15!
- Lily Saskovich, PA, former technician, LASEK in 2007-20/15!
- Swan Cheng, MBA, Director of Sales & Marketing, epi-LASEK in 2008-20/20!
So if you want the safest, most advanced, No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser procedure, you cannot go to another surgeon who has more experience than Dr. Chynn, as this is all he does (and was featured in the New York Times and on Fox TV News speaking about LASEK and epi-LASEK).
Here are some more of Dr. Chynn's credentials:
Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) = board-certified ophthalmologist.
Dr. Chynn is a member of:
- The American Medical Association (AMA)
- The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- The American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)-this is the organization for refractive surgeons-never get lasered by anyone who is not a member-you can check on their membership at www.ASCRS.org
- The Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO)-also received a national award from CLAO
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)-this is an organization for research in ophthalmology (Dr. Chynn was a Principal Investigator for the FDA Trials of the 1st solid-state refractive laser in 1997)
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (awarded only to the top 10% of surgeons)
Dr. Chynn was an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and attended medical school at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons (typically ranked the #1 medical school in New York State). He completed his residency at the world-famous Harvard University's Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, where he was on the teaching faculty of Harvard Medical School.
After Harvard, Dr. Chynn could have gone out and performed refractive surgery (like many doctors in NYC who never completed a fellowship). Instead, he chose to spend an additional year completing a full fellowship in Corneal Transplantation & Refractive Surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, under George Waring, MD, who introduced RK and LASIK to the US.
Dr. Chynn is a well-known and respected educator in his field, and has taught dozens of ophthalmologists how to perform LASIK and the more-advanced LASEK and epi-LASEK techniques, both in the US and internationally (in India, China, Taiwan, and Ukraine).
He holds or has held numerous appointments at some of the most prominent teaching hospitals in New York, including:
- Director of Refractive Surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Long Island College Hospital / State University of New York
- Attending Surgeon and Resident Instructor at Manhattan Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital
- Attending Surgeon and Cornea Clinic Instructor at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
 Dr. Chynn has published extensively, both nationally and internationally. He is first author on over a dozen peer-reviewed publications, including all three leading ophthalmic journals in the United States--Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, and American Journal of Ophthalmology--a rare distinction. He has published internationally in such prestigious journals as the British Journal of Ophthalmology and International Ophthalmology Clinics. Dr. Chynn has published over 100 articles on LASIK, laser vision correction, refractive surgery, and corneal transplantation.
Dr. Chynn has also published his first non-medical book, called Chinese Proverbs For Today's World. You can order it now or buy it at Amazon or at your local bookstore!
Dr. Chynn has presented at the national meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists. He has lectured abroad in Canada at the International Congress of Ophthalmology and also in China, India, and Ukraine.
Dr. Chynn has performed extensive clinical research in laser vision correction, and was Principal Investigator for the FDA trial of the first "flying spot" laser.
Dr. Chynn has presented at the national meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists. He has lectured abroad in Canada at the International Congress of Ophthalmology and also in China, India, and Ukraine.
Dr. Chynn has performed extensive clinical research in laser vision correction, and was Principal Investigator for the FDA trial of the first "flying spot" laser.
Dr. Chynn has performed over 11,000 procedures, including LASIK, LASEK, PTK, PRK, AK, and PK. Today, Dr. Chynn is personally performing approximately 1,000 procedures per year!
In 2004, utilizing the latest technology (Wavefront CustomVue ablation), and the most advanced surgical technique (bladeless, all-laser, no-cut LASEK), Dr. Chynn lasered both Missy, his Front Desk Manager, and Amber, his laser technician, and they are now seeing 20/10! (twice as well as 20/20) without glasses or contacts!
Of all the ophthalmologists in New York, Dr. Chynn is the only Harvard-trained surgeon who has had LASIK himself and is now 20/20!
Dr. Chynn's impressive academic background and extensive research and surgical experience means a safer, worry-free environment and a better visual result for you, the patient!
Enjoy a life less dependent on glasses or contacts-Experience the vision you were meant to have-Look more beautiful-Experience the miracle of our Safest, Most Advanced, No-Cut, No-Flap, All-Laser LASEK and epi-LASEK procedures!
About Dr. Chynn-Personal Information
 Dr. Chynn's hobbies:
- Sports: Cycling (rode his Colnago racing bike from his fellowship in Atlanta to New York in 10 days in July, 1997)
- Tennis (played on the court next to Anna Kournikova when she was 11 before turning pro at Nick Bollitteieri Academy in Bradenton, FL)
- Soccer (won the scoring title in a Boston Sports League in 1995 but also broke his tibia for the 2nd time)
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