| Mission Statement | Questionable Surgeon Arrested on Drug Charges |
| The
International Refractive Surgery Club is an international organization of
the world's leading refractive surgeons. Membership is limited to those
Ophthalmic Surgeons who have been chosen by their peers for their
proficiency and skill in state-of-the-art methods of surgical correction
for myopia (near sightedness), hyperopia (far sightedness), and
astigmatism.
Membership is granted to those physicians, who have made a significant contribution towards the advancement of refractive surgery through service, creative innovation, contributions to education of others, or publication of research in the field. Source: www.refractive.org One such member of the the club is Dr. Kurt Buzard
Source: www.refractive.org/members.html |
A prominent ophthalmologist who has performed hundreds of LASIK eye surgeries on Las Vegans has been charged with felony cocaine possession. Dr. Kurt Buzard, owner of the 30,000-square-foot Buzard Eye Institute on West Sahara Avenue, was arrested last week and released from jail on his own recognizance. His arrest came about three weeks after police pulled over Buzard's Mercedes convertible and found more than 2 grams of cocaine in a candy tin inside, according to court records. It wasn't immediately known what potential professional penalties Buzard faces, because repeated phone calls made to the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners, the board that regulates physicians, were not returned. Officer Brian Hartman wrote in a police report that Buzard appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance and suffering a medical crisis while talking to police during the Aug. 24 stop. |