The following web site was recently launched: http://www.lasikfda.com
It's a pretty good web site, and I have communicated several
recommendations
to the web master, which include the following:
* The video of Glenn Hagele appears to be attributed to Dr. Roger Davis or
David Hartzok. It should be attributed to Glenn Hagele aka "Lasik Pimp"
http://www.lasikpimp.com
* If you scan the home page for hyperlinks ("http://"),
you will see that
you can not click the links to follow them.
* The FDA is selectively censoring the anti-LASIK comments on the
ban-LASIK
petition. Perhaps you should point that out in the section "Petition to
Ban
LASIK".
* You may wish to add a link to
http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-09-22_031_the_murdering_fda.mp3
* You may wish to add links to patient web sites and other anti-FDA web
sites. Here's a list of some of the patient web sites:
http://usaeyes.us/links/laser-eye-surgery/
* The culpable individuals at the FDA should be named.
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Learn about Glenn Hagele, USAEyes, and Council for Refractive Surgery
Quality Assurance at the following web sites:
http://www.theglennhagelere****t.com
http://www.usaeyes.us
http://www.lasikpimp.com
http://www.lasikfraud.com
http://www.lasikdisaster.com
http://www.lifeafterlasik.com
http://www.lasik-flap.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21
http://www.lasikscam.com/viewforum.php?f=21
http://www.jackholladay.com/avoid_this_doctor.html
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CRSQA (Council for Refractive Quality Assurance) is a referral service for
LASIK surgeons, operated by Glenn Hagele out of his home. Despite its
pretentious name, CRSQA is just a cynical marketing ploy that "certifies"
refractive surgeons willing to fork over $7,000 in the first year and
$5,000/year thereafter. In exchange, Glenn Hagele provides these surgeons
with a bogus seal of approval on his USAEYES.org web site to promote
their
practices. Don't be fooled by Glenn Hagele's advertising claims - CRSQA's
quality "standards" are actually below industry standards. Glenn Hagele
is
not qualified to issue certifications as he is not a doctor, but simply a
high school graduate with a single college course in marketing.
Out of 17,000 ophthalmologists in the US, about 30-50 pay Glenn Hagele to
market their practices. It is somewhat difficult to tell exactly what
ophthalmologists are members of CRSQA at any one time, as Glenn Hagele has
designed his web site in such a manner to implicitly suggest that 17,000
ophthalmologists are members.
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