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33920 US Highway 19 N, Ste 155
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
IN MEMORY
Ryan Kingerski
Ryan Kingerski was deemed an ideal candidate for LASIK surgery and underwent the surgery on August 15, 2024. Following the surgery, Ryan developed double vision, blurry vision, halos, floaters, intense migraine headaches, eye pain, and sensitivity to light. He was also overcorrected in one eye. The staff at the clinic were dismissive and told Ryan that he simply needed time to heal. Months passed, but Ryan's condition did not improve. These complications prevented him from functioning in his daily life and performing his duties as a police officer. The clinic abandoned Ryan after just a few months, leaving him to search for solutions on his own, to no avail. On January 26, 2025, Ryan Kingerski took his own life.
Jessica Starr
Jessica Starr was a meteorologist, wife, and mother of 2 small children. She ended her life on December 12, 2018, two months after she went in for laser eye surgery to correct her vision. Jessica's husband, Dan, talked about Jessica's struggles with her Lasik complications after the surgery with her employer, Fox2 Detroit.
Max Cronin
Max Cronin had his whole life ahead of him, filled with promise. Max joined the U.S. Army and served in the war in Iraq. In 2009 while stationed at Ft. Hood, Max had Lasik eye surgery. After leaving the Army, Max returned to Texas. In July, 2015, Max opted to have a PRK laser eye surgery retreatment because his vision was declining. Max experienced several Lasik complications such as dry eyes, constant eye pain, declining vision, corneal haze, and night driving problems. The complications he suffered took a huge toll on his quality of life and prevented him from working and continuing his education. To add insult to injury, Max felt that his laser eye surgeon was arrogant and lacked compassion. Max wrote several suicide letters stating that he was going to kill himself because his laser eye surgery had ruined his eyes and his life.
Colin Dorrian
Colin Dorrian was a promising law school student when he sought relief from a chronic dry eye condition by undergoing Lasik laser eye surgery. However, rather than improving his vision and freeing him from his contacts, the Lasik complications left him with so much eye pain and fuzzy vision that after six years, he took his own life... Dorrian, who ended his own life six years after having Lasik surgery, should have been disqualified from having the surgery. His pupils were overly large, and he suffered from extreme dryness of the eyes—two conditions that should have disqualified him from having the procedure. And yet he was cleared for it.