A highly trained and experienced surgeon.  Dr. Yoon is a board certified ophthalmologist with fellowship training in Refractive and Corneal surgery (Refractive surgery is Lasik and other surgeries to improve your vision without glasses or contacts).  He has been in private practice since 2000 and has performed thousands of successful eye surgeries. 

Commitment to the best in technology.  Being an MIT engineer as well as a physician, Dr. Yoon is a strong proponent of the latest in technology.  He uses the VISX S4 excimer laser with active eye tracking and custom wavefront technology.   The VISX laser is the industry leader in laser vision correction.  It produces extremely smooth and rapid ablations and follows the small movements of your eye so that treatments are well-centered and rapid. 

Custom Wavefront technology measures and treats the optical imperfections of the eye.  It goes beyond conventional laser treatment which treats using your eyeglass prescription.  When compared to conventional treatment it is more accurate with superior quality of vision.   More patients achieve 20/20 vision with custom wavefront technology with some patients achieving greater than 20/20 vision.

Individualized attention.  Our main priority is your visual success.  We don’t believe in an assembly line type of environment.  Our goal is not to see and treat as many people as possible in one day.  We realize that laser vision correction is not something that you go through every day, so we spend a great deal of time explaining and answering all of your questions.  Each surgery is carefully planned and executed by Dr. Yoon.

Your home town surgeon.  Many centers use itinerant surgeons, surgeons who travel from city to city performing surgery.  On rare occasion, you may need surgical or medical intervention post-operatively.  A traveling surgeon would not be available to you on an urgent basis if such a case was to arise.  Dr. Yoon practices solely in Rockford and is always available for you.  We live and work in your community and care tremendously about your outcome.

Extensive pre-operative screening
Before surgery, a multitude of screening tests will be performed to accurately measure your eyes and rule out any eye disease.  Some of these tests include refraction, corneal topography, corneal thickness, pupil size, slit lamp examination, retinal examination, eye pressure measurement, and tear film assessment.

Ethical treatment
We will not take your care lightly.  Patients who are not excellent candidates will be turned down for surgery.  There are no hidden fees in our fee schedule.  No bait and switch, such as in ads advertising for ridiculously low prices.  These centers offer their super-low prices only for very low prescriptions and for treatment on cheaper lasers.