About
DR BEN LAHOOD
At a young age Ben experienced the impact of blindness firsthand when growing up he watched his grandfather go blind from glaucoma. As a child, and then a young adult, he regularly visited eye clinics and saw how many people had eye and vision issues that were preventable or could be improved with medical intervention. This experience inspired him to become an ophthalmologist and to help people both maintain and improve their vision.
Ben is passionate about his chosen field and strives to stay informed, educate, and be educated about the latest technology and ophthalmic knowledge available.
Ben practices a patient first focus, and his genuine interest in individual patient health and improving visual outcomes, drives him in both his surgical practice and his research pursuits. He has a warm personality and is committed to listen to what each patient wishes to achieve in their lifestyle.
Ben aims to provide refractive and visual outcomes for his patients, striving to help them achieve their visual goals. He works to understand each issue and then design the treatment solution for it.
Dr LaHood’s career pathway is provided in more detail here and has experience in several surgical subspecialties as detailed below.
- Laser vision correction surgery with LASIK, SMILE and PRK
- Refractive lens exchange
- Cataract surgery with multifocal intraocular lenses
- Cataract surgery following previous laser vision correction
- Treatment of presbyopia (loss of near vision with age)
- Management of astigmatism
- Pterygium surgery
- Laser treatment of irregular corneas
- Crosslinking of keratoconus
- Removal of lid lesions and cosmetic reconstruction
AN EDUCATOR
Ben is the author of two ophthalmic podcasts, and is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at Adelaide University, and is involved in other ophthalmic educational projects and initiatives.
More about this side of his career can be found at the below links.