Peter introduced our guest speaker Dr Omar Hakim . Dr Hakim has been performing laser vision correction since 1994 . He practices at the University of Waterloo school of Optometry , and Lasik MD clinic in Kitchener , and TLC at U of W . We received an anatomy lesson regarding the eye ... cornea , pupil , lens , and retina , with a great smartie analogy , regarding cataracts , where the lens becomes cloudy. The causes of cataracts are 1. age 2.injuries 3.diabetes 4.smoking 5.chemotherapy 6.born with cataracts We saw a video of the surgery of cataract removal . More info is available at : tlclasik.ca Doug thanks the speaker . |