Transform Your Vision and Your Life with the LASIK Surgery Experts
Transform Your Vision and Your Life with the LASIK Surgery Experts
Choose a Trusted Laser Eye Surgeon
The Kraff Eye Institute is one of the leading laser vision correction centers in Chicago, Illinois including the surrounding suburban areas. With decades of experience and a commitment to utilizing the best ophthalmological advances, the Kraff Eye Institute is the gold standard in eye care. Dr. Colman Kraff is a pioneer in LASIK eye surgery, specializing in a wide range of vision correction procedures including PRK and corneal cross-linking.
Isn't it time to take your vision into your own hands?
How Does LASIK Work?
The surgery works by reshaping the cornea so it can better focus images onto the retina for sharper vision. Both eyes can be treated during the same appointment and the surgery takes about 10 minutes per eye. LASIK is an outpatient procedure that uses local anesthesia in the form of eye drops.
How Does LASIK Work?
The surgery works by reshaping the cornea so it can better focus images onto the retina for sharper vision. Both eyes can be treated during the same appointment and the surgery takes about 10 minutes per eye. LASIK is an outpatient procedure that uses local anesthesia in the form of eye drops.
Meet Our Doctors
Dr. Colman Kraff
Committed to advancing new technologies in the field of ophthalmology, Dr. Colman Kraff helped to pioneer laser vision correction. In February of 1991, as part of a five-site, U.S., FDA clinical trial team, Dr. Kraff successfully performed the first excimer laser procedures in the Chicagoland area using the VISX Excimer Laser.
Since that time, Dr. Kraff and the Kraff Eye Institute have devoted their practice to specializing in laser vision correction. The Kraff Eye Institute has been and continues to be the lead U.S. investigative site for all VISX LASIK FDA clinical trials.
Dr. Kraff actively lectures and teaches doctors throughout the world and is one of three primary physician excimer laser trainers in the United States.
Dr. Elizabeth Wickware, O.D.
Dr. Elizabeth Wickware is an optometrist focusing on fitting specialty contact lenses for patients with irregular corneas. She is experienced with fitting scleral lenses, hybrid lenses, rigid gas permeable lenses including torics and multifocals, and reverse geometry lenses. She fits contact lens patients who have keratoconus, post-corneal transplant irregularities, post-surgical ectasia, corneal degenerations and scars, large amounts of astigmatism, and severe dry eye conditions such as Sjogren's syndrome.
She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and graduated from SUNY College of Optometry in New York City. She graduated with both her doctorate degree and a master's degree in vision science, focusing on computer vision syndrome
Dr. Christopher Pereira, O.D.
Growing up in Northern California, Dr. Pereira received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Psychology from the University of San Francisco. He earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry, after which he completed a residency in Vision Rehabilitation and Geriatric Ocular Disease at the Illinois College of Optometry.
Dr. Pereira is passionate about comprehensive medical optometry.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and has worked in multispecialty health clinics, nonprofits and as an adjunct clinical instructor.
How much does LASIK cost?
The surgery works by reshaping the cornea so it can better focus images onto the retina for sharper vision. Both eyes can be treated during the same appointment and the surgery takes about 10 minutes per eye. LASIK is an outpatient procedure that uses local anesthesia in the form of eye drops.