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Idaho Laser Vision at Southeast Idaho Eyecare.
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Robert R. Jones M.D. did his undergraduate work at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude in premedical studies. He attended medical school at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He was one of six students from a class of 175 elected by the faculty to Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society in his junior year and was the recipient of the Lange Medical Publications Award for outstanding achievement. He completed an internship in internal medicine/emergency medicine at the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals in Salt Lake City and is thus a fully qualified general practitioner of medicine. Dr. Jones then completed an extensive residency in surgery and diseases of the eye at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In his final year at Mayo, he served as chief resident of the department of ophthalmology. He is a board-certified diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology and is one of only a few physicians to be granted re-certification by the Board in 2003. This involved completion of more than 300 hours of continuing medical education as well as passing board re-certification examinations and office record reviews.
Dr. Jones and his laser vision correction (LASIK) patients have been featured on television news programs and in newspaper articles. He has performed laser vision correction on many physicians and healthcare professionals as well as professional basketball players, family members, friends, and office staff. On July 11, 2000 he performed the first live televised surgical operation in Southeast Idaho when he did the LASIK procedure on Dr. Curt Galke during the 5:00 news. Dr. Galke is the host of the weekly local NBC television program “Ask the Doc”.
Dr. Jones has done research and authored publications on corneal and cataract surgery and nerve regeneration following ocular surgery and injury. He is
Contact
- Eyecare of Southeast Idaho
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- Pocatello ID
- US 83201
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- (208) 238-3377
