| " Rector of Crete University Prof. Dr. Ioannis Pallikaris, known as the Father of eye laser ? the method that has freed millions worldwide from their dependence on glasses ? hopes to establish Turkey's D�nya G�z hospital as the biggest education and research institute in the world in a unique collaboration between his university and the world renown hospital. " " Pallikaris, also the president of the Association of European Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and his team of researchers at the University of Crete discovered in 1989 what is commonly known as LASIK ? an acronym for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, a form of refractive laser eye surgery procedure performed to correct myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. The scientist spends 2-3 days every month at D�nya G�z in Istanbul to help manage its services in refractive laser treatments. ?My purpose here is to educate doctors in new technologies, discuss complex cases and help make certain decisions, and to organize higher quality of service,? he told the Turkish Daily News at his Istanbul office. His relationship with the Turkish eye clinic started when in 2000 he visited to speak at a seminar on refractive eye surgery. Since then he developed a friendship and collaboration with the Chairman of D�nya G�z's Eray Kap�c�o�lu, and the eye hospital chain. In 2003 the University of Crete, Faculty of Medicine, one of the leading institutes in the field of ophthalmology with its research and findings signed a ?Joint Working Protocol? with D�nya G�z. Pallikaris explained that D�nya G�z was an obvious choice for a partnership with his University. ?D�nya G�z is the biggest and best organized service provider in ophthalmology as far as I know, worldwide,? he said. With 10 hospitals in Turkey and two in Europe, Pallikaris explained that it is tough to accomplish what D�nya G�z has, in the maintenance of high quality and high volume of operations, spread out in so many clinics. ?Medical service isn't like selling something in the supermarket. You're always at a point of holding quality with such volume,? he said. Organizing data infrastructure, patient follow-up and quality control has been his major contribution to this hospital he explained. Established in 1996, D�nya G�z offers services 24 hours a day and 365 days a year and has been named as the largest ophthalmology hospital in the world as its experienced doctors perform 20,000 examinations and 5,000 laser and eye operations per month.The average time of the refractive eye
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