Welcome to the Eye Consultants of Texas Blog - Eye Consultants of Texas is a leading Grapevine-based ophthalmology practice providing unsurpassed total eye care to the entire Dallas/Fort Worth area. Founder Phillips Kirk Labor, MD is internationally renowned for his LASIK expertise, and is an authority on numerous other advancements such as no-stitch cataract surgery. He was the first U.S. solo private practitioner to acquire the Ziemer FEMTO LDV for blade free LASIK, and first Texas ophthalmologist to implant the ReZoom lens.
In addition, the practice offers Premium Smart Lenses, implantable contact lenses, Conductive Keratoplasty (CK), Glaucoma Management, Optometry, and general eye care. Eye Consultants of Texas is at the forefront of technology. Its leading doctors continuously employ the latest innovations and advanced surgery techniques in an effort to enhance the quality of life for each of its patients.
May 02 2012
Eye Consultants of Texas has always treated eye care as important as any other healthcare need. This may seem obvious, but LASIK, for example, tends to be marketed these days like a retail product. In other words, like the deal of the week with an amazingly low price, which often only applies to a small percentage of patients.
Apr 24 2012
We’re proud to announce that Phillips Kirk Labor, MD has been nominated by the U.S. Section of the International College of Surgeons (USICS) to serve as Vice President. Dr. Labor is one of 15 surgeons in the U.S. to receive this distinguished honor and will serve throughout 2013.
Apr 18 2012
In 2003, Eye Consultants of Texas founder Phillips Kirk Labor, MD opened his Ophthalmology practice with a goal to serve Southlake/Grapevine and surrounding areas. True to any new business, it was humble beginnings. But there was something bigger going on.
Initially, Dr. Labor envisioned a practice that never stopped offering the most advanced eye care in the world so local residents didn’t have to drive to Dallas, Fort Worth or anywhere else. This pioneering spirit was something he always had, and he was further motivated by like-minded surgeons he trained under more than 20 years ago.
Apr 11 2012
Eye Consultants of Texas asks every patient to anonymously complete a Patient Satisfaction Survey to let us know what they think, and how we’re doing. The review of our Dallas Ophthalmologist practice covers a wide range of categories, such as registration, our facility, and how a patient feels he or she was treated before, during, and after a procedure. Standard to many surveys, patients have the opportunity to give a score of 1 through 5, with 1 being “very poor,” and 5 being “excellent.”
Patients also have the opportunity to provide comments about their experience. The numbers always are important. But it’s some of the comments we get that are very helpful and motivating. Lately, we’re proud to have gotten several very positive ones. Here are just a few:
Apr 03 2012
According to a story posted on amednews.com, published by the American Medical Association, America’s 78 million baby boomers began turning 65 in 2011 at a rate of one every 10 seconds. Baby boomers are those born between 1946 and 1964, and, as the story also reports, “…are the best-educated, richest and healthiest seniors the country has ever seen…”
Feb 28 2012
Eye Consultants of Texas advances revolutionary Orange® cataract surgery technology
We introduced ORange® technology to Dallas/Fort Worth in August 2011. It’s the world’s first technology that can assess cataract surgery results in real time, during the procedure. And Eye Consultants of Texas founder Phillips Kirk Labor, MD, was the first Dallas/Fort Worth eye surgeon to use it.
WaveTec Vision, inventor of ORange®, has introduced a more advanced version now called ORA System™. Once again, Eye Consultants of Texas is the first DFW practice to implement this new advancement.
As with ORange, ORA uses the world’s first Intraoperative Wavefront Aberrometer, or diagnostic device, that provides real-time measurements of the eye during cataract surgery. Previously, any surgeon had to wait sometimes weeks until after surgery to determine accuracy. Dr. Labor can instantly analyze every imperfection caused by the cataract, make adjustments on the spot, and customize the procedure to each patient’s eye. The new ORA System enhances precision and consistency to further improve post-surgery vision quality. In addition, ORA is designed to further improve artificial lens implantation accuracy (a normal part of the cataract procedure), regardless of the type of lens selected. Continue Reading »
Feb 14 2012
Eye Consultants of Texas Refractive Coordinator, Sabrena Markgraf, has received the Eagle Award as the most outstanding employee for 2011. Sabrena was presented with a beautiful crystal eagle with her name engraved on the award at a recent luncheon to mark the occasion.
Feb 06 2012
Recently, Dr. Labor published a new article in What Doctors Know, the new national healthcare publication available on Barnes & Noble’s NOOK reader. The article, “Vivid Results For Cataract Surgery Like Never Before,” discusses the advanced ORange® technology, and how it has dramatically changed the accuracy of measuring cataract surgery results.
Jan 03 2012
At Eye Consultants of Texas, our Forth Worth and Grapevine eye care practice is firmly committed to 100% satisfaction for every patient. Each of our staff and doctors genuinely want to create a completely positive experience from the very first visit. While no practice is perfect, we’re always striving to improve in every way possible. In fact, we ask each patient to fill out a special form to tell us how we did, and we take every response very seriously.
Dec 13 2011
Eye Consultants of Texas recently hosted the first of a series of free seminars specifically for Optometrists (also referred to as “ODs”). Founder Phillips Kirk Labor, MD and several of our staff served as hosts to approximately 25 area OD’s who attended.
