About Dr. Jeffrey D. Gold | Our Philosophy

Dr. Jeffrey D. Gold is a Board-Certified Ophthalmologist with over 30 years of experience in eye medicine and surgery with special expertise in laser technology. Dr. Gold graduated from Kenyon College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in 1968, he completed his ophthalmology residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. After practicing in the New Haven area for over 15 years as an Ophthalmologist, utilizing laser technology in treating eye disease since the early 1980's, he moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 1991 where he perfected his Laser Vision Correction techniques. Soon after FDA approval of the Excimer Laser in 1995 he began performing laser vision correction in one of the first two laser centers in the United States to offer the procedure. He worked in Salt Lake City from 1991 to 1997 and trained in laser vision correction between 1995 and 1997 under the direction of two of the leaders in the field.

Dr. Gold has completed Mini-Fellowships in Refractive Surgery at the Casebeer Refractive Surgery Center, Johns Hopkins University, and the Cleveland Eye Clinic. Between 1997 and 2000, Dr. Gold was instrumental in the development of the Yale Laser Center as a member of its Organizational and Medical Advisory Boards. As a former faculty member of the Ophthalmology Departments at Yale University and the University of Utah, he has authored and presented original research on laser surgery. Since 1997, he has practiced almost exclusively Laser Vision Correction, having performed over 10,000 LASIK procedures by early 2009.

Dr. Gold has personally had refractive surgery in 1992 to correct his myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia. He has performed refractive surgery for his wife, daughter and two brothers and other immediate family members.

In 2002, Dr. Gold was honored as one of the "Top 100 Surgeons" by Laser Vision Centers, Inc., "for achieving excellence in refractive surgery." Reaching one of the highest total individual case volumes for 2002 made him rank among this elite surgeon group. In addition, the Consumers Research Council of America honored Dr. Gold as one of “America’s Top Ophthalmologists” for 2004 – 2005. In 2007 and again in 2008 he received the same honor as one of the "Top 100 Surgeons" by Laser Vision Centers, Inc., "for achieving excellence in refractive surgery". Dr. Gold is a member of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians; a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a member of its Refractive Surgery Interest Group; a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and a Fellow of the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery. Vicki Gold - Vicki has been Dr. Gold's most important supporter and assistant ever since starting in the practice of Medicine. She has fulfilled the roles of Practice Administrator, Office Manager, Accountant, Book-keeper, Ophthalmic Assistant, Insurance Expert, and many others. You will now see her smiling face at the front desk when you check in. Vicki's is the first voice you will hear, cheerfully greeting you when you call our practice and she will do everything she can to help you organize your visits and make your time with us as pleasant and productive as possible. Sylvana Kent - Sylvana comes to us from South Africa. She has been in the US for 10 years and plans on staying.

She has an extensive Customer Service and Support background and will be working with the vision correction patients, both LASIK and Epi-LASIK, to make sure all the details are attended to before, during and after surgery. She does valuable parts of the screening exams and performs the CustomVue Wave Scans, for your CustomVue Laser Vision Correction procedure. She has personally had CustomVue Epi-LASIK and she can explain the procedure from first hand experience as well as having assisted thousands of patients through the process.

She is an invaluable assistant on Laser Vision Correction days in the operating room, pre-op, and post-op areas. She utilizes her Ophthalmic Assisting skills to make every patient's experience as comfortable and non-intimidating as possible. She has completed the JCAHPO Home Study Course with flying colors. In 2007 Sylvana completed the requirements to become a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant. She is a computer whiz and whenever we need anything done on the computer, we turn to Sylvana.

Sylvana graduated from Joubert Park Technical College in South Africa in 1997 and is a welcome addition to our staff, enabling Dr. Gold to concentrate on the medical aspects of patient care.

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