Ron Link (patient advocate)

Ron Link^[1] is a former firefighter^[2] and actor^[3] who founded Surgical Eyes^[4][5] in 1999 to help patients with complications from LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) and other types of refractive eye surgery.^[6] Surgical Eyes was featured in media outlets worldwide ^{[7][8][9][10][11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]} heightening awareness of post-refractive surgery issues as well as possible solutions.^{[17][18][19][20]} Ron Link first spoke in front of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Ophthalmic Devices Panel about the need to address LASIK complications on July 22, 1999 ^[21] and again on August 1, 2002.^[22]

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