Dr. Gailitis is a fellowship-trained refractive and corneal transplant surgeon who specializes in laser vision correction. He is co-founder of The Center for LASIK, which is dedicated to state-of-the-art vision correction surgery.

Dr. Gailitis has been qualified and listed with Trusted LASIK Surgeons, an online LASIK directory that screens surgeons based on experience, premier patient care, and professional credentials.

Dr. Gailitis is certified by the prestigious Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance, a non-profit consumer advocate group that monitors, evaluates, and verifies physician quality and outcomes.

Dr. Gailitis was awarded the Alcon Centurion Surgeon Award in January of 2005 for demonstrating exceptional patient vision outcomes using the Alcon LADARVision CustomCornea System.

Refractive Surgery Experience
Dr. Gailitis has been performing refractive surgery in South Florida for over 19 years. He was one of the first surgeons in the region to perform LASIK and the first surgeon in South Florida to perform the Intacs procedure. Dr. Gailitis is also one of the few surgeons in the country certified to implant the Intraocular Contact Lens (ICL). As a certified excimer laser instructor for VISX, Inc. and LADARVision, he has trained many physicians in laser vision correction. He is among a few select doctors chosen by VISX as a mentor to other physicians learning to perform LASIK. Dr. Gailitis teaches LASIK nationally and internationally, and he introduced LASIK to the Baltic Countries in Eastern Europe.

Dr Gailitis is a principle investigator in an FDA study concerning CustomCornea treatment in farsighted patients with the LADARVision laser system.

Dr. Gailitis has been featured on the nationally televised program “Ground Floor” performing laser vision correction. He was also interviewed on Channel 4 CBS medical news discussing hyperopic LASIK. He has served as a radio consultant on LASIK for KWRE in St. Louis, KLIC in Minnesota, the Louisiana Radio Network, and WWNN on the Steve Kane show. Dr. Gailitis is the author of numerous articles on lasers and refractive surgery and holds several patents in the field. In 1991 he published one of the seminal articles on a new laser to perform refractive surgery. He is an author of the popular book entitled “LASIK Vision Correction”.

Dr. Gailitis has performed several thousand LASIK procedures and is certified on four different excimer laser systems.

Education

• B.A., Northwestern University
• Graduate Studies, Warnborough College,Oxford, U.K.
• Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School
• Residency in Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Refractive Surgery, Emory University
• Certified FDA instructor and mentor for VISX, INC.
• Certified physician instructor for LADARVision

Professional Societies

• Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology
• Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
• International Society of Refractive Surgery
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Broward County Ophthalmology Society, Past President

Personal
Dr. Gailitis has done charitable work in Eastern Europe and has served as visiting professor on project ORBIS teaching doctors internationally. He lives in Fort Lauderdale with his wife Sonia and children Dane, Marissa and Peter. Dr. Gailitis enjoys excellent vision after his own LASIK procedure.