The sociological imagination is a concept used by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills to describe the ability to âthink yourself away from the familiar routines of everyday lifeâ and look at them from an entirely new perspective.
Meet Edward E. Manche, MD, Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Professor of Ophthalmology. Edward E. Manche, MD, is the Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Stanford Eye Laser Center and Professor of Ophthalmology in the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a world renowned expert in laser and surgical techniques for vision correction, and has personally performed over 45,000 laser vision correction procedures.
In August, VA began permitting optometrists with licenses authorizing laser eye surgery to perform those procedures under the supervision of an ophthalmologist. However, a VA panel with representatives from both professions has been unable to reach an agreement on how this supervision would actually take place. VA currently operates 157 hospitals, 134 nursing homes, 42 residential rehabilitation treatment programs, and 862 outpatient clinics. The new policy will take effect immediately at all facilities providing laser eye surgery.