CRSQA Certified Refractive Surgeon

Only The Best

Refractive surgeons certified by the Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance not only must pass initial assessment but continue to be evaluated each quarter and recertified approximately each fiscal year. You can be confident that a USAEyes.org Certified LASIK Surgeon is one of the best refractive surgeons available.

A Difficult and Ongoing Evaluation Process

It is not easy to become a CRSQA Certified LASIK Surgeon. A surgeon seeking certification must submit to close scrutiny. It is not any easier remaining a USAEyes.org Certified LASIK Surgeon. After certification, patient satisfaction surveys are evaluated every fiscal quarter and current patient outcomes are evaluated against CRSQA's outcome requirements.

Under A Microscope

With the acceptance of a surgeon's application, CRSQA verifies the surgeon's credentials. This would include personal history, professional history, license to practice, hospital privileges, US Drug Enforcement Administration certification, specialty board certification, residency completion, schooling, malpractice insurance claims history, National Physician Database history, Federation of State Medical Boards disciplinary history, sanctions against licensure, Medicaid sanctions, Medicare sanctions, American Medical Association profile, professional references, and more. Any patient complaints submitted through CRSQA's website are evaluated and considered.

Must Have Satisfactory Performance History

If the surgeon's credentials are satisfactory, the surgeon must submit patient outcomes to verify successful completion of approximately 250 consecutive refractive procedures (eyes). These surgeries are subject to verification by random audit. Only after all these requirements have been met can a surgeon become a USAEyes.org Certified LASIK Surgeon. CRSQA recognizes the validity of other certification organizations. If a surgeon has been recently evaluated and certified by the International Society for Refractive Surgery's GLORY program or is LASIK certified by the American Board of Eye Surgery, CRSQA accepts these certifications as evidence of proficiency and does not require the initial outcomes data evaluation, however quarterly and annual evaluations are unchanged.

Refractive Surgeries Are Evaluated

After certification, CRSQA Certified LASIK Surgeons must submit outcomes data to CRSQA on approximately 250 consecutive refractive surgery procedures (eyes) when requested. Information collected includes pre- and postoperative visual acuity and patient perception of satisfaction. This information is subject to verification by random audit.

Certification May Be Withdrawn

In the event a CRSQA Certified LASIK Surgeon is found to be providing unsatisfactory refractive surgery outcomes or otherwise falls outside of CRSQA standards, the surgeon will have certification withdrawn (after due process, of course).