Staar Surgical Opens EVO Experience Center in United States
Staar Surgical announced the opening of the first company-operated EVO Experience Center. The center is located at Staar's corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, California.
“We are very excited to open the first company-operated EVO Experience Center for ophthalmic health care practitioners which is designed to provide an immersive lens-based education experience with all the necessary tools, assets and resources to grow a successful EVO practice,” Caren Mason, President and CEO of Staar Surgical, said in a company news release. “Similar EVO training centers already exist in hospitals, clinics and universities outside the U.S. and we are delighted to establish the first EVO Experience Center in the U.S. at our corporate headquarters. Staar is committed to the comprehensive sharing of EVO ICL best practices, training, education and practice development. We anticipate that our EVO Experience Center will elevate interest, training and adoption of EVO ICL, globally, among existing and potential EVO ophthalmic surgeons and health care practitioners.”
The EVO Experience Center is equipped with advanced visualization and communications technology, allowing for in-person and virtual training, medical education, and practice development programs. The center features a surgical simulation room along with meeting spaces that will showcase Staar's global consumer marketing, and include practice development tools for interactive discussion. The surgical simulation room includes Staar's Online Calculation & Ordering System (OCOS), an Oculus Pentacam AXL Wave, 3D visualization for EVO lens loading and delivery, and a unique Collamer chamber that demonstrates the tensile mechanical properties of Staar's proprietary Collamer material. The EVO Experience Center features a 120-inch 4K video array that will allow video conferencing and surgical simulation, with the potential to stream live surgeries performed at other locations to the surgical simulation room.
The center officially opened on Thursday, November 10 with a grand opening event attended by local ophthalmic surgeons and staff, Staar management and clinical staff, and EVO patients.
For more information about the EVO Experience Center and to schedule a visit, contact Jaimie Morgan, Staar Surgical, Senior Director, Strategic and Professional Education at (626) 303-7902, ext. 3047.