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Meet our Laser Team:

Christopher D. Seamone, MD, FRCSC, DABO E-mail: info@nova-vision.com Dr. Seamone is a native of Kentville, Nova Scotia. He attended Acadia University where he completed his B.Sc. in Biology in 1976. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Dalhousie University in 1981.

After a few years in General Practice, he became a resident in Ophthalmology at Dalhousie University in 1985. He completed his residency in 1989 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada the same year.

He went on to complete two years of fellowship training in Cornea, External Disease and Uveitis, one year being at McGill University in Montreal from 1989-90 and the second at the Proctor Foundation, University of California at San Francisco from 1990-91.
He became a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1991.

Since 1991, Dr. Seamone has been in private ophthalmologic practice in Halifax and associated with the Dalhousie University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor.

He is active in resident teaching and also in cataract surgery and corneal transplantation.

Additionally, Dr. Seamone is Medical Director of the New Brunswick Eye Bank in Saint John, N.B. and Co-director of the Eye Bank Division of the Regional Tissue Bank of the QEII Health Sciences Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Dr. Seamone was certified in laser vision correction in 1995. Currently, he is the Medical Director for Nova Vision Centre Incorporated and is responsible for laser vision procedures, pre and post-operative laser protocols as well as surgeon education and training.

		Leah Smith, COA, Clinic Director Leah Smith is a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), trained and certified by the Joint Commission of Allied Health Professionals in Ophthalmology. She started her career in Ophthalmology in 1989, working at one of North America’s first laser eye surgery centres; located in Vancouver, BC. At that centre, Leah took a lead role in providing training and advice to eyecare professionals from around the world.

Leah has extensive experience in the assessment of patients for routine eyecare and laser vision candidacy. Also, Leah has worked closely with surgeons, assisting in both cataract and laser vision procedures.

Her training has taken her all over North America, including a certification course at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Leah’s COA is re-certified by the Annual American Academy of Ophthalmology.

We are proud to have Leah as a part of our Laser Team and as Chief Technician specially trained to assess, manage and assist in laser vision correction procedures.

		Pauline Ryan, COA, Laser Technician Pauline Ryan joins Nova Vision after serving 10 years in a private ophthalmology practice in Halifax. Pauline is a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), having gained her certification through the Joint Commission of Allied Health Professionals in Ophthalmology. Her expertise in patient evaluation stems from her years of assessing and fitting contact lenses and assisting ophthalmologists with routine eye examinations and diseases of the eye.

Pauline's role at Nova Vision is an important one. She is specially trained to perform your laser vision consultation and assess your candidacy for this procedure.

As a key part of your All-Laser assessment, Pauline is specially trained in WaveScan wavefront measurements of your vision.

Pauline is an integral part of our Laser Team and will provide you with the information essential to making a decision about your vision correction needs.