Archive for September, 2008

• A patient travels across the world for Dr. Chynn

  Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

  Sakiko W:  I am shortly visiting New York City and would like to have a consultation and evaluation of my eyesight. I recently underwent LASIK surgery in Singapore (my eyesight was previously very poor; -11).  The doctor assured me I would obtain eyesight to around -0.5. Recently (six months post surgery) my eyesight has begun […]

• Dr. Chynn corresponds with a world-renowed expert

  Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

  Dear Dr. Paysse:
  I enjoyed the article about your correcting Pediatric Anisometropic Amblyopes in this week’s Eyeworld (http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=4621).
  I have performed LASEK in about 2 dozen adult Amblyopes and they have all improved 1-4 lines over their preoperative best corrected visual acuity, which has not been well-reported in the literature.
  The problem I am having here in the […]

• Dr. Chynn answers a patient’s question

  Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

  Brooke: My insurance is through United Healthcare, will that cover this prcedure?
  Dr. Chynn: I am a UHC provider and I have had patients who have used them. They do cover a portion of the cost but bring in your card so we can check to see the exact amount they will cover.
  Brooke: My prescription […]

• Dr. Chynn helps a worried patient

  Monday, September 22nd, 2008

  Sakiko Wetterlind wrote to Dr. Chynn:
  I am shortly visiting NYC and would like to have a consultation and evaluation of my eyesight. I recently underwent LASIK surgery in Singapore (my eyesight was previously -11). The doctor assured me I would obtain eyesight to around -0.5 .However, now, 6 months after the surgery, my eyesight has […]

• Dr. Chynn informs about his procudures and his staff

  Friday, September 19th, 2008

  Dear Lori:
  You are asking about Conductive Keratoplasty, which I used to perform, but stopped doing, because of several reasons:
  1. The effect is not permanent (FDA actually denied the company’s application to say it as permanent).
  2. You can only reliably treat less then +3 of hyperopia, which is less than the patients often have.
  3. Conductive […]

• Dr. Chynn volunteered at Ground Zero for 6 days

  Thursday, September 18th, 2008

  ACSH Scientific Advisor Emil W. Chynn, M.D., a native Manhattanite who lives on Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, seems a very busy Renaissance man. He is, for example, a sportsman, a part-time M.B.A. student, a writer, a researcher, an inventor, and a private practitioner of laser surgery for vision correction (Iwant2020.com). On the day of […]

• Dr. Chynn and Park Avenue Laser help raise $2,000 for Relief Fund

  Monday, September 15th, 2008

  Dr. Chynn and www.ParkAvenueLaserVision.com, in conjunction with www.Execulife.com, successfully raised $2,000.00 for the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund (http://cantorrelief.org), which has raised and distributed over $175 million to over 800 families and 950 children victims of the 9/11 tragedy.  Recently, the Relief Fund has expanded its scope to include natural disasters such as hurricanes in the […]

• Dr. Chynn responds to a patients queries

  Thursday, September 11th, 2008

  Romain V: My insurance is through United Health Care and I am employed through BNP PARIBAS. 
  Dr. Chynn: I am a UHC provider so bring your insurance card with you when you come in for your free consult so that we can bill some of the cost to them.We have done some of your colleagues so […]

• Dr. Belalcazar’s testimonial towards Dr. Chynn

  Monday, September 8th, 2008

  I am originally an ophthalmologist from Colombia.  I have several years of clinical experience in refractive surgery.  I have performed more than 5,000 radial keratotomies, 4,000 laser eye surgeries and more than 200 Corneal Transplants. I have been training under Dr. Chynn as his refractive […]

• Dr. Chynn will now perform laser eye surgery on dogs!

  Monday, September 8th, 2008

  Emil Chynn, MD owner of www.ParkAvenuelaser.com has had his dog volunteer in St. Vincent Hospital’s Pet Therapy program for years, the 1st Pet Therapy Program in NYC. As such, he has also examined many of the other dogs in the pet therapy program, and found many to be misdiagnosed with cataracts, when they […]