IROC - your eye clinic in the heart of Zurich
The Institute for Refractive and Ophthalmic Surgery (IROC) in Zurich is an eye clinic offering the entire spectrum of eye care and is run by a very experienced team of Zurich ophthalmologists. Our ophthalmologists in Zurich are beside other eye treatments, deeply specialized in laser eye surgery (including laser eye surgery corrections) and cataract surgery. What could say more about our expertise than the fact that the world’s first laser eye surgery in 1986 was performed by our founder and chairman Professor Theo Seiler, MD, PhD. Our founder, Professor Seiler, is the main laser eye surgeon in our eye clinic and also the leader of our highly professional team of ophthalmologists in Zurich.
Professor Maya Müller will succeed Professor Theo Seiler as medical director
We are pleased to announce that Professor Maya Müller will succeed Professor Theo Seiler as medical director of IROC. Starting in February 2020, Professor Müller will join the IROC-team to become the new medical director. Professor Müller is specialized in the fields of cataract, glaucoma, vitreoretinal and refractive surgery. Professor Müller’s excellent work is corroborated by many scientific publications in the field and many thousands of successfully treated patients.
No more spectacles or contacts
Freedom gets a new understanding after laser eye surgery! By wearing glasses or contact lenses, one person’s possibilities can be very limited. Imagine doing sports, swimming, or going to vacation without having to worry about all of these eye accessories? With a laser eye surgery you can finally improve your life quality and feel unrestricted in your daily activities.
Re-treatment after laser eye surgery
Have you already had a laser eye surgery in the past, but you are not satisfied with the result or did a complications occur? Our ophthalmologists in Zurich are having huge experience in laser eye surgery corrections after previous laser eye treatments. Highly individual approaches must be considered in these situations - every human eye is unique and it requires a precise individual approach by ophthalmologists, even more in an eye that alleady had a less or unsuccessful result. If you are in doubt, contact us for a consultation with our ophthalmologists.
Emergency ophthalmologist in Zurich
You have a red eye, pain and/or a deterioration of vision? We are offering same-day emergency appointments with ophthalmologists at our eye clinic in Zurich. Do not hestitate to contact us for any kind of an emergency regarding your eyes – our emergency ophthalmologists in Zurich will help you immediately.
Interested in costs for laser eye surgery, or costs for cataract surgery?
We keep our prices transparent. Prices for laser eye surgery are carefully tailored to be affordable to each of our potential patients. In our eye clinic in Zurich, we are using the most modern eye laser systems so that our experienced ophthalmologists can provide you laser eye surgery on the highest possible level. You can review our costs for laser eye surgery, costs for cataract surgery, or for any other eye laser treatment that we are offering at our eye clinic in Zurich with detailed explanations on our Price page.
Your ophthalmologist in Zurich
In order to provide the best-available laser eye treatment for our patients and to achieve optimal visual outcomes, the IROC eye clinic in Zurich values excellent ongoing education of our Zurich ophthalmologists, innovation in science and a pleasant atmosphere within our clinic team and with you. Ongoing scientific cooperation with leading ophthalmologic companies enable IROC access to the newest technical developments in ophthalmology.
IROC ophthalmologists in Zurich also emphasize the continuous exchange of knowledge across all borders and share our experience and research results in the field of ophthalmology with other eye doctors. More than 200 ophthalmologists from all over the world have come to our Swiss eye clinic for advanced training by our ophthalmologists in Zurich during the past 10 years. In 2014, our chairman Professor Theo Seiler, was elected by more than 30,000 ophthalmologists as „#1 Most Influential Eye-Doctor” worldwide.
IROC ophthalmologists can look back on decades of experience in the field of refractive surgery and, through permanent research collaborations, are instrumental in the worldwide development of the currently state-of-the-art treatment systems. Therefore, the IROC eye clinic, and our team of Zurich ophthalmologists can provide the best-possible eye care with a wide spectrum of eye treatments to our patients. All eye treatments from laser eye surgery (LASIK, PRK, SMILE), cataract surgery, keratoconus and crosslinking, macula treatments to cosmetic eyelid surgery are performed routinely in our eye clinic in Zurich.