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History of Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic

June 1997	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic (presently Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Tokyo) opened in Omotesando.
July 1997	Introduction PRK surgery.
October 1997	Introduction of LASIK surgery.
April 1999	Minatomirai Eye Clinic (presently Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Yokohama) opened.
August 1999	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic becomes a medical corporation.
August 1999	Watanabe Eye Clinic (formerly Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Osaka) opened.
October 1999	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Fukuoka opened.
December 1999	Introduction of Phakic IOL surgery.
July 2000	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Tokyo moved to the new premises at Gaiemmae.
July 2000	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Nagoya opened.
November 2000	Eye Clinic Shizuoka opened.
December 2000	Introduction of ICRS surgery.
June 2001	The number of LASIK surgeries reaches a total of 10,000 eyes.
October 2001	Introduction of LASEK surgery.
November 2001	Introduction of presbyopia laser surgery.
February 2002	Introduction of PermaVision ICL surgery.
July 2002	Introduction of Phakic Toric IOL surgery.
January 2003	Introduction of accommodative IOL surgery.
February 2003	The number of LASIK surgeries reaches a total of 20,000 eyes.
August 2003	Clinical study of LASIK with German excimer laser started.
October 2003	Introduction of wavefront-guided LASIK surgery.
November 2003	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Nagoya was merged with Irinaka Eye Clinic.
April 2004	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Osaka became independent of Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Group and is renamed as Inazawa Clinic.
October 2004	Eye Clinic Shizuoka was merged with Kikukawa Eye Clinic.
November 2004	The number of LASIK surgeries reaches a toal 30,000 eyes.
December 2004	Introduction of Epi-LASIK surgery.
September 2005	Introduction of Conductive Keratoplasty(CK) surgery for hyperopia or presbyopia.
September 2005	Introduction of Artiflex Phakic IOL.
February 2006	Introduction of topography-guided LASIK surgery.
April 2006	The number of all surgeries reaches a total of 40,000 eyes.
September 2006	Introduction of Multifocal IOL surgery.
October 2006	The number of LASIK surgery reaches a total of 40,000 eyes.
November 2006	Irinaka Eye Clinic became independent of Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Group.
November 2006	The number of Phakic IOL surgeries reaches a total of 500 eyes.
February 2007	Introduction of Riboflavin/UVA cross-linking treatment for keratoconus.
March 2007	Introduction of keratoconus therapy developed by Dr. Tsubota.
May 2007	Introduction of Presbyopic LASIK
February 2008	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Fukuoka closed.
June 2008	The number of LASIK surgery reaches a total of 50,000 eyes.
September 2008	Introduction of corneal transplantation surgery
March 2009	Introduction of Intralase
July 2009	Minamiaoyama Eye Clinic Tokyo moved to the new premises at Kitaaoyama.

Annual report

■Vol.5 2007/01 - 2008/12	■Vol.4 2005/01 - 2006/12	■Vol.3 2003/01 - 2004/12


■Vol.2 2001/01 - 2002/12	■Vol.1 1997/07 - 2000/12