GREENWICH, CT--(Marketwire - March 27, 2009) - Robert Maloney, M.D., a Rhodes Scholar and
Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard, completed his education at Oxford
University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Maloney was the first surgeon in
western North America to perform LASIK surgery during the original FDA
clinical trials. He is Professor of Ophthalmology, UCLA, and Director, Maloney Vision Institute, in Los
Angeles. Voted by his peers as one of America's top ten vision-correction
specialists in a nationwide survey by Ophthalmology Times, Dr. Maloney has
trained over 700 surgeons in excimer laser surgery and personally performed
more than 45,000 vision-correction surgeries. He has a special clinic for
patients with problems from prior vision correction surgery.
He has received the International Society of Refractive Surgeons'
prestigious Lans Award, for his innovations in vision-correction surgery,
and the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Senior Honor Award for
contributions to the education of other eye surgeons, and the Secretariat
Award for distinguished contributions to the Academy. He has published more
than 100 articles and reports in professional journals and delivered more
than 200 invited lectures on five continents. Dr. Maloney has been
principal investigator for fourteen FDA clinical trials.
Dr. Maloney has appeared frequently as the exclusive LASIK surgeon for the
ABC television series "Extreme Makeover." He has been interviewed by the
Discovery Channel, the Learning Channel, NBC's "Extra," ABC's "20/20" and
"Primetime Live," PBS's "Life & Times," and CNN's "Your World Today." He
has also been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers.
As a VisionRx Advisory Board member,
Dr. Maloney will provide guidance on medical issues. VisionRx is a
professional vision test software company that provides online glaucoma
tests for everyone. VisionRx is dedicated to raising awareness, improving
detection, and the eventual elimination of glaucoma and other eye diseases.
For more information about VisionRx and GlaucomaCheck™
visit www.visionrx.com.
Glaucoma is one of the two leading causes of blindness. Over half of those
affected do not know they have the disease because early glaucoma symptoms
can only be detected using specialized tests. Damage to the retina caused
by the disease is permanent. However, once the symptoms of glaucoma are
diagnosed it can be treated and progression stopped. Early diagnosis is
crucial to prevent irreversible vision loss. While anyone can get the
disease, major risk factors include: age, family history of glaucoma,
significant nearsightedness and diabetes.
