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Clinical Associate Professor Michael Lawless is an Australian ophthalmologist recognised worldwide as an authority in eye surgery. His specialty is laser vision correction, cataract and lens surgery, and corneal transplantation. He was one of the first ophthalmic surgeons in the world and the first surgeon in the Southern Hemisphere to perform femtosecond laser for cataract surgery. In November 2012, Dr Michael Lawless received a Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), which is presented to individuals who have made significant ongoing contributions to the Academy, its scientific and educational programs and the field of ophthalmology.〔() AAO 2012 Senior Achievement Award Recipients〕 == Career and research == Lawless has performed over 25,000 surgical procedures throughout his career including a number of firsts including; the first surgeon to perform LASIK in Sydney in 2005 and the first Australian to perform laser cataract surgery with the femtosecond laser in February 2011.〔http://www.visioneyeinstitute.com.au/dr-michael-lawless/〕 Lawless has been an accomplished educator and has lectured continually on a wide variety of topics within ophthalmology. These include a number of invited lectures, the most recent being at the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago November 2012 on the future of laser cataract surgery. Currently he is the convenor of the cataract program for the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and director of the intraocular surgery section for the refractive surgery degree at the Sydney University Medical School. In late 2013 Michael Lawless co-authored a book, “The Naked Eye”, with Gerard Sutton. The book provides an overview of laser refractive and lens surgery options for prospective patients and health practitioners in optometry and ophthalmology.〔http://www.thenakedeyebook.com/blog/book-on-laser-eye-surgery-launched-in-sydney〕 Throughout his career, Lawless has made important contributions to the development of national and international ophthalmology interests. As President of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) in 2001, he was aware that refractive surgery was moving from a fringe sub-specialty to securing a place in mainstream ophthalmology. Realising that the educational activities of the ISRS would have a natural fit with the American Academy of Ophthalmology AAO, he encouraged an alliance between the two organisations succeeding within twelve months in bringing a successful integration.〔“1977-2007: Commemorating the ISRS/AAO and Global Refractive Surgery”. Handbook of American Academy of Ophthalmology 2007. International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (ISRS/AAO) San Francisco, California 94109 USA.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Lawless」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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