Dr. Joseph Dello Russo is one of a handful of doctors who in 1990 pioneered all of the present laser industry. No other laser surgeon in the eastern half of the country has performed as much surgery over the past twenty-two years. He introduced most innovations and protocols which make LASIK even safer and more precise. That is why he has been called the "godfather of laser vision correction" by radio host Howard Stern.Dr. Dello Russo has personally performed almost 160,000 laser vision correction procedures, making him among the top three surgeons in the country, consistently every year, according to laser manufacturers.Since 1990, Dr. Dello Russo has shared his experience with future LASIK surgeons by lecturing at national and international meetings, publishing many articles based on his surgical results, and offering free open seminars in his office where hundreds of present-day LASIK surgeons were trained by him and his son.