Meet Dr. O’Day
Dr. O’Day, provides comprehensive medical and surgical ophthalmologic care in his private practice at Charleston Cornea & Refractive Surgery, with a specialization in corneal, cataract and refractive surgery.His patients come for care at the office in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina from the Charleston area and many other places throughout South Carolina and beyond. Patients benefit from his extensive experience of over 20 years in the diagnosis and management of eye disease including complex corneal diseases and degenerations, external eye diseases, glaucoma, dry eyes, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, macular and other retinal diseases. He expertly performs Laser Vision Correction procedures (LASIK, PRK) to improve unaided vision and thus eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses for distance vision. He manages patients with extreme nearsightedness and farsightedness with lens-based surgery including the EVO ICL and with Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) where appropriate. He utilizes his Refractive Surgery sub-specialty training in his approach to every patient requiring cataract surgery to attain a return of best vision often without the need for prescription glasses. And he offers the latest in refractive lens implants (IOLs) so patients may achieve the goal of excellent vision at all distances without the need for glasses.
Dr. O’Day has a 98% complication-free success rate after LASIK— almost unheard of in the field of Refractive Surgery. He frequently takes on and treats complex cases referred to him where other eye surgeons may defer treatment. His reputation for excellence stems from his ability to expertly manage these difficult cases along with the routine ones. He has performed well over 120,000 successful LASIK and other vision correction procedures, and thousands more corneal, cataract and other anterior segment surgeries.
