Alberta Cornea and Cataract Consultants Ltd.

Considering the advances in laser eye surgery technology, it’s not surprising that the advertising of the practice creates the notion that it’s not only routine, but as easy as pushing a button. Nothing could be further from the truth, says Michelle LaGrange, the business development manager at Eye Q Premium Laser.

“When people come in to have laser eye surgery, that’s essentially a reshaping of the cornea,” she says. “So, personally, if I were to have laser eye surgery, I would want to have somebody doing it who was a corneal specialist. The laser equipment is automated, but it still helps to have a corneal specialist operate them.”

Eye Q, fortunately, has two of the best corneal specialists in the city: Dr. Joseph Leong-Sit — who started the company in 2008, 11 years after he started practicing ophthalmology — and Dr. Dean Mah, who has been practicing for more than a decade. Between the two, they have treated thousands of patients with their expertise ranging from laser eye procedures to extremely difficult cases of cornea transplants and cataract surgery in a hospital environment. A third partner, Dr. F.L. Leong-Sit, Joseph’s father and co-founder of Eye Q, retains his ophthalmology practice at the facility.