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John Michael Garrett, M.D.
John Michael Garrett M.D. graduated from Indiana University
School on Medicine in 1973. After completing a 2 year Internship and
Internal Medicine Residency at the University of South Florida in
Tampa, Dr. Garrett began a 3 year residency in Ophthalmology at the
Medical College of Georgia, in Augusta. He followed this with a
fellowship in microsurgery, including Phaco-emulsification
cataract
removal and corneal transplant techniques under Richard Schulze
M.D., in Savannah, Georgia. Upon completion, he began an
Ophthalmology practice here in Iron Mountain, opening in January
1979.
As a Board certified eye surgeon, Dr. Garrett has performed
thousands of cataract and
glaucoma procedures, as well as thousands
of laser operations for glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and retinal
diseases.
Dr. Garrett has had additional training in Radical Keratotomy (RK),
Astigmatic Keratotomy (AK), Excimer Laser Photorefractive Keractomy
(PRK), and Laser Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK).
Dr. Garret founded the first FDA approved laser center in Wisconsin,
located in Green Bay, and was the first U.P doctor to perform Laser
Vision Correction.
Dr. Garrett began performing near-sighted correction surgical
procedures in 1993. The RK, PRK, AK and the Lasik procedures are
conveniently performed in the sterile environment if the U.P.'s
first ASC at the Garrett Eye Center, here in Iron Mountain.
By working with referring Optometric doctors from Michigan and
Wisconsin, Dr. Garrett has developed a coordinated program to offer
the highest possible quality of care, while facilitating convenience
and continuity for his patients.
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