November 2008 Dr Richard Smith and Dr Margaret Kearns are Owner /
Directors and Principal Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sydney
Eye Specialist Centre, a leading practice offering medical,
surgical and optical eyecare. We offer a variety of procedures to improve sight including
refractive laser surgery (LASIK PRK) and cataract surgery. Our expertise,
coupled with our ongoing investment in state of the art
technology, allows us to pursue a level of refinement in
vision correction surgery which few centres can equal. Established in 1985, we are licensed by the NSW Health
Department under current Private Hospitals legislation.
We are accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare
Standards and are a member of the Private Hospitals
Association.
We are recognised by Medicare, Department of Veterans Affairs and Health Insurance funds for payment of procedure
rebates, accommodation, theatre and prosthesis
benefits. We endeavor to make surgical services affordable. Many
of our surgical procedures are covered by "no-gap" health
insurance arrangements. Laser Vision Correction Our fee for LASIK or Advanced Surface Ablation ( PRK, LASEK ) is $1500 per eye. These moderate charges are possible by virtue of our policies of no co-management fees and no commercial advertising. We use only state of the art technology | 
