Dr Will assists Penang Adventist Hospital develop leading edge LASIK Center in Malaysia

Penang Adventist Hospital provides state-of-the-art medical and surgical care for Southeast Asia and is a leading medical center in Malaysia.  Thousands of patients from the region including Indonesia, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Thailand travel to Penang to experience the most advanced care available.  Care options include Penang Adventist Hospital’s advanced cardiac program featuring 64 slice CT scanning with detailed 3-D heart reconstructions, cardiac catheterization lab and open heart surgery team whose clinical outcomes parallel or surpass even the most advanced centers in North America.  The kidney dialysis program at Penang Adventist Hospital provides the most sophisticated renal dialysis technology in the world.  They also offer advanced “Pill Cam” negating the need for invasive endoscopy or colonscopy procedures for evaluation of disorders of the gastrointestinal system.

Dr. Will guided Penang Adventist Hospital as Chief Consulting Surgeon in the development of their new LASIK center.  As a result, the Adventist Vision Centre at Penang Adventist Hospital offers only state-of-the-art technology including the AMO VISX Star S4 IR excimer laser system with Iris Registration and Intralase Femtosecond laser for Wavefront guided IntraLASIK. 

While assisting in the launch of the Vision Centre, Dr. Will lectured on “CustomVue Intralase – the Best of the Best” to over 100 physicians and surgeons from the region.  Dr. Will also participated in an engaging panel discussion with Dr. Alfred Poey, Chief of Staff and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Dr. Kheng Soon Tah, Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon at Penang Adventist Hospital.

After returning to the United States, Dr. Will has continued his support for the Vision Centre through the use of advanced telemedicine technologies for rapid consultation on complex cases.