Ron Link [1] is a former firefighter [2] and actor [3] who founded Surgical Eyes [4] [5] in 1999 to help patients with complications from LASIK ( laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis ) and other types of refractive eye surgery. [6] Surgical Eyes was featured in media outlets worldwide [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] heightening awareness of post-refractive surgery issues as well as possible solutions. [17] [18] [19] [20] Ron Link first spoke in front of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Ophthalmic Devices Panel about the need to address LASIK complications on July 22, 1999 [21] and again on August 1, 2002. [22]