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PRK pioneer Donald Johnson, MD, dies in car crash
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia — Donald Johnson, MD, best known for developing the “no touch” technique for photorefractive keratectomy, was killed in a car crash late last week.
Dr. Johnson, 60, the chief surgeon and medical director of London Place Eye Centre, based here, was considered a pioneer in refractive surgery. He performed the first laser vision correction procedure in British Columbia.
Dr. Johnson was on the advisory boards of several laser manufacturers and was president of the Canadian Implant & Refractive Surgery Association in 1995. In 1997 he received a U.S. patent for his "no touch" surgical technique. Dr. Johnson was appointed to the editorial advisory board of Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition in 1996, a position he held until his death.
Dr. Johnson was killed when a speeding van traveling the wrong way struck a car in which he was a passenger.