Archive for the ‘About Dr. Chynn’ Category
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Video: Dr. Chynn talks about no-flap Lasek
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Click for Dr. Chynn’s video on the no-flap laser vision correction surgery.
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Dr. Chynn tries to prevent future tragedies at the marathon
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
To The Editor:
The 2 deaths during and after this year’s NY Marathon are tragic because they are in part preventable. When I ran the NY Marathon in medical school in 1998, the field was much smaller, so participants were in better shape. Race Director Wittenberg’s plan to increase the field past 50,000 ensures […] -
Dr. Chynn donates to charity
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Dear Rocky:
Nice meeting you at the AAARI dinner last night. Thanks for sharing your art’s initiative benefit with me. As we discussed, it is too late for me to donate to your upcoming event as there will be insufficient time for preparation/promotion. However, please contact me 2 months in advance of your next […] -
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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NY Times blog features Park Avenue Laser Vision’s support to Obama raffle
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Posted by Dov Weinstock on Aug 14, 2008
Yesterday’s NY Times Political blog featured Dr. Emil Chynn’s fundraising raffle for Barack Obama. Dr. Chynn hatched the idea of selling raffle tickets and then performing LASEK vision correction surgery for a lucky winner. Apparently, there is some question about whether this valuable prize violates campaign contribution rules. […] -
Laundry List of questions about Dr Chynn and Laser Eye Surgery
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Phillip S. sends in a list of questions for Dr. Chynn:
I have been researching corrective eye procedures on the internet. There is a lot of information out there and I have come up with the following questions:
How long have you been performing refractive surgery procedures? How long have you been performing these procedures at your […]