With the Visian (ICL) and the Verisyse Dr. Turner has now implanted well over 200 phakic intraocular (IOL) lenses for San Francisco, San Jose, and Bay Area residents. The results have been excellent with nearly all eye surgery patients experiencing an improvement of at least one line of visual acuity compared to glasses or contact […]

There is now a new option for patients in San Jose and San Francisco who are seeking LASIK eye surgery.  It is called Epi-K and is available at Turner Eye Institute for people who are not ideal candidates for LASIK eye surgery.
In standard LASIK, a microkeratome is used to create a flap prior to laser […]

Pentacam now available at our San Jose LASIK Center
We have been using the Orbscan to properly screen LASIK and refractive patients since 1999. We feel strongly that our excellent LASIK results and very low rate of enhancements and complications in San Jose are in part due to the thorough and careful patient selection and the ability […]

Turner Eye Institute Medical Group
 

 
 Dr. Stephen Turner has been performing vision correction procedures for 30 years and is one of the pioneers for LASIK and laser vision correction.   Dr. Turner’s experience is the main reason that thousands of San Francisco Bay Area and San Jose residents have chosen Turner Eye Institute for vision correction.Turner Eye […]

Turner Eye Institute is celebrating its 30th year in providing excellent eye care.  During this time, Dr. Turner has introduced a number of exciting new procedures to the San Francisco Bay Area.  From LASIK to Crystalens to Visian to Intacs, the advanced procedures that are offered at Turner Eye Institute can help eliminate the need […]

San Jose LASIK Centers are among the most advanced in the world.  Among the best of these LASIK centers is Turner Eye Institute.  New advances in the LASIK technology that are being used by Turner Eye Institute in San Jose include Iris Registration and Custom Wavefront LASIK.  In addition to these technologies, San Jose residents […]

Near sightedness
Near-sightedness is very common.  Near-sightedness is caused by an eyeball that is too long or a cornea that is too curved.  This results in vision that is blurry in the distance but clear at near.  People that are very highly near-sighted must hold an object very close before it is clear.  Some people use […]

This article was printed in newspapers in Oakland, San Jose, Alameda, San Mateo, San Leandro, Hayward, and San Francisco.  It was written by San Leandro Daily Review reporter Tasha Bartholomew. 

Alternative Surgery Gives Patients New Outlook
SAN LEANDRO — Ever since childhood, Brian Mathews has had to worry about his eyesight — first with glasses, then contact lenses. For 20 years, […]

In an article June 2, 2006, by Chris Rauber of the San Francisco Business Times
Here’s looking at you.
San Leandro’s Stephen Turner, M.D., in February became the first Bay Area ophthalmologist to perform a recently approved type of eye surgery that implants a permanent manmade lens in nearsighted patients who don’t qualify for Lasik surgery. That […]

Near sightedness
Near-sightedness is very common in many countries.  Some studies show that over half of all Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Singaporeans are near-sighted.  Near-sightedness is caused by an eyeball that is too long or a cornea that is too curved.  This results in vision that is blurry in the distance but clear at near.  People that […]