Hoopes Vision - 877-30-LASIK

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Salt Lake City, Utah-Area LASIK Surgeons

Hoopes Vision has become one of the premier LASIK eye surgery centers in Utah due to its highly regarded surgeons, the advanced technologies they employ, and their impressive record of successful results. Phillip C. Hoopes, MD heads his Salt Lake City, Utah practice with professionalism and integrity, working with LASIK surgeons who are equally passionate and dedicated to helping people see better. For more information about how we can help your vision, please contact Hoopes Vision today.

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The LASIK suite at Hoopes vision is home to more lasers and LASIK technology than any other center in Utah. The suite features the latest and safest technologies in laser vision correction with six laser devices, including Utah's first guided and wavefront-optimized enabled lasers.

Hoopes Vision makes its home in an ultramodern facility that houses the very latest in refractive and cataract surgery technology and equipment, including the new IntraLase™ iFS laser for all-laser LASIK and five different flying-spot, wavefront and wavefront-optimized laser systems.

Our spacious facility is considered to be one of the finest in the country. It is divided into four areas: the clinical area, where patients are seen and examined for their pre- and postoperative care by our Salt Lake City, Utah-area LASIK surgeons and optometrists; our state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center (ASC), EyeSurg of Utah; the Laser and Refractive Surgery Center; and a clinical research facility. Patients enjoy both the comfortable, expansive feel of our center and the outstanding benefits of our advanced technology. Equally impressive is Hoopes Vision’s on-site surgical facility. Here, the latest cataract surgery techniques and new lens implant technologies enable the surgeons to offer patients with cataracts, or who fall outside parameters of LASIK, a chance to improve their vision.

Our staff members are among the most highly qualified in the country, expressly chosen for their extensive experience, warm personalities, and caring attitudes. Our LASIK surgeons will work hard to ensure that your experience with us is comfortable, educational, and rewarding.

We are committed to excellence, as our motto is “Excellence in eyecare is our vision.” Our surgeons and staff are dedicated to helping you achieve the best vision possible.

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Our Doctors

Our doctors are among the best and the brightest in the country. Patients of our practice near Salt Lake City, Utah have the advantage of being under the care of our LASIK surgeons and optometrists, each of whom has gained extensive experience and knowledge.

Phillip C. Hoopes, MD, MBA

Phillip C. Hoopes, MD is one of the most recognizable names in corrective vision surgery and is Utah's most experienced LASIK and IntraLASIK surgeon. He was one of the first and most experienced laser eye surgeons in the country. Dr. Hoopes is a Utah native and graduate of Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He completed his eye surgery training at the prestigious University of Iowa Eye Center, voted as one of the top three residencies in the country. After his residency, Dr. Hoopes did additional fellowship training in cataract, implant, and laser surgery in Savannah, Georgia. More recently, in June 2007, Dr. Hoopes received an executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

In 1984, he established The Eye Center of Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas. His eyecare practice grew rapidly and was one of the largest in the United States. Performing over 3,000 surgical procedures a year, Dr. Hoopes received referrals from throughout the United States as well as foreign countries. He was one of the first eye surgeons in the country to perform one-stitch and no-stitch cataract surgery and helped pioneer astigmatism surgery. He has designed many different surgical instruments still in use today.

Dr. Hoopes has been performing refractive surgery since 1983 and was the second Midwest surgeon to perform radial keratotomy. His Kansas City practice was one of the few centers in the country to be involved with the FDA clinical trials and testing that led to the approval of many of the laser systems used today for LASIK surgery. The first official laser procedure after FDA approval was actually performed at his center. Dr. Hoopes also performed the first Summit Technology laser procedure for myopia and astigmatism after FDA approval on March 16, 1998. He was a member of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard University, a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at Kansas University Medical Center, and served briefly as a clinical professor of ophthalmology at Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah.

Dr. Hoopes relocated his practice to Sandy, Utah in May 2000. This ultramodern, 20,000-square-foot facility is equipped with its own freestanding, two-operating room ambulatory surgery center, as well as an excimer laser room and research center. The LASIK surgery center houses the new iFS IntraLase™ laser, which creates safer and more precise corneal flaps and five wavefront or wavefront optimized eximer lasers including: Utah's first Allegretto Wave™ Eye-Q 400, Utah's first Carl Zeiss MEL 80™ as well as the VISX® CustomVue™ with iris registration, Alcon LADARVision® CustomCornea®, and Bausch & Lomb Technolas® 217. This facility is regarded as one of the finest such centers in the world and is outfitted with the latest and most technologically advanced instrumentation and equipment. Dr. Hoopes has performed more than 42,000 LASIK and refractive and over 70,000 vision correction surgical procedures. Since 2008, Dr. Hoopes is the highest volume Allegretto user and second highest IntraLase™ volume IntraLase™ user in the country. Dr. Hoopes has been named one of America’s top ophthalmologists every year from 2004 through 2009 by the Consumer’s Research Council of America. He was recently recognized as one of the top 100 LASIK surgeons, and his practice as one of the top 50 eye surgical centers, in the country. Dr. Hoopes travels and teaches on a regular basis and trains other surgeons who visit his clinic. He is board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Hoopes and his wife, Marilyn, are the parents of 8 children (Phillip Jr., Scott, Matthew, Janelle, Kimberly, Jeremy, Nathan, and Laura) and live in Sandy, Utah.

Wavelight Accento Award

Dr. Phillip C. Hoopes was only one of three eye surgeons in the U.S. to receive the prestigious Accento Award during a national Allegretto Wave conference in September of 2005.

The award, named for an Italian word that means to accentuate or emphasize, is presented each year by WaveLight, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of refractive surgery technology, to those physicians who bring pioneering new vision care technology to the forefront.

Besides recognizing Dr. Hoopes for his contributions to laser eye surgery, he was acknowledged as the country’s second highest volume Allegretto Wave surgeon.

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Phillip C. Hoopes, Jr., MD

Dr. Phillip C. Hoopes, Jr. is board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has undertaken fellowship training beyond basic ophthalmology training to become a cornea specialist.

Phillip returned to Utah in 2005 to join Hoopes Vision after earning his professional education. After graduation from Brigham Young University, he headed to the southeast, where he stayed for nearly a decade. Dr. Hoopes, Jr. received his medical training at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He stayed at Wake Forest for his internship and residency in ophthalmology, where he was co-chief resident in his final year. During his training, the Wake Forest Eye Center ranked in the top 10 for clinical ophthalmology programs. After residency, Phillip began a fellowship in cornea and external disease at the prestigious Eye Consultants of Atlanta, where he was able to perform nearly 100 corneal transplants and hundreds of cataract and LASIK procedures. His surgical skills and patient rapport impressed his mentors so much that they offered him a full-time position on their staff. A mentor at Wake Forest remarked that Dr. Hoopes, Jr. was “in the top 1% of all residents I have worked with.”

His clinical interests include cornea transplantation, refractive surgery, cornea diseases and surgery, and cataract surgery. Specifically, he performs and places:

Phillip and his wife, Tricia, are the parents of three sons, Phillip III, Patrick, and William. They currently live in Draper and are happy to be back in Utah among family and friends.

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Steven H. Linn, OD

Dr. Steven Linn is currently the refractive clinic director at Hoopes Vision Correction Center in Salt Lake City. In 1998, he was accepted into a residency program at Hunkeler Eye Centers in corneal disease and refractive surgery. During his fellowship, he was also involved in research at the NovaMed Research Institute.

Dr. Linn received his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in exercise physiology and then graduated with honors from the University of Houston College of Optometry. Upon completion of optometry school, he practiced primary care optometry in Salt Lake City, Utah for two years. Dr. Linn has published several articles on refractive surgery and has lectured internationally on the subject.

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Richard Yardley, OD

Richard Yardley, OD has joined Hoopes Vision as an optometric physician. Dr. Yardley graduated in 2002 from Southern California College of Optometry, where he gained experience in a tertiary and primary care environment. His experience includes pre- and postoperative surgical consulting for LASIK, cataracts, and other forms of anterior and posterior eye diseases. Dr. Yardley is board-certified in the treatment and management of eye disease. He has participated as a research investigator in multiple pilot clinical research studies funded by the National Eye Institute. In addition, during his training at the University of Utah Moran Eye Center and VA Hospital, he gained experience in specialty contact lens fittings (i.e. keratoconus), as well as the management of diabetes, hypertension, and glaucoma cases.

Dr. Yardley grew up on a cattle ranch in Beaver, Utah and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southern Utah University. He has earned many professional and collegiate honors, awards, and scholarships. Currently, Dr. Yardley is an active member of the UOA and AOA. He resides in Saratoga Springs with his wife, Ashlee, and their four children.

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Renee McIntosh, OD

Dr. Renee McIntosh graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southern California College of Optometry with a bachelor's degree in Visual Science. She then received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern California College of Optometry in 1999. Her optometric education next brought her to Salt Lake City for training with specialists at Moran Eye Center and the VA Hospital. Dr. McIntosh completed a year of residency training at Illinois College of Optometry in Primary Eye Care. After practicing in Layton, Utah for six years, she has joined the Hoopes Vision team.

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Weston T. Barney, OD

Dr. Weston T. Barney graduated from Southern California College of Optometry where he received special recognition for excellence in Patient care. Dr. Barney continued his training by completing clinical rotations at the Moran Eye Center, SLC Veterans Hospital, and Garden Grove Pediatric clinic. As part of his education, he also completed an internship at Hoopes Vision which focused on the treatment and management of LASIK, PRK, and cataract refractive surgery patients. Dr. Barney was born in Richfield Utah. He is fluent in Spanish and enjoys providing vision care to the less fortunate through humanitarian missions. He currently resides in Payson, UT with his wife Jennie and their three girls.

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Contact Hoopes Vision

The combination of our incredible staff and our state-of-the-art facility has allowed Hoopes Vision to become the leading LASIK surgery center in Utah. Residents from in and around Salt Lake City, Utah can receive the benefits and care provided by LASIK surgeons who have each gained extensive experience and knowledge while working under Phillip C. Hoopes, MD. Contact our office today to schedule a free screening and consultation.

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Contact Hoopes Vision for reputable vision correction services and LASIK eye surgeons in the Salt Lake City, Utah area. Our highly qualified staff is both eager and excited to meet your vision correction needs.






Hoopes Vision
Vision Correction Center

10011 S. Centennial Pkwy Suite 400
Sandy, Utah 84070
877-30-LASIK

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