For everyone in San Diego from teens to 98 years old, there is a pathway to your own personal best vision. Whether you suffer from nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism or cataracts, you can attain clear vision and achieve freedom from glasses and contacts.
Dr. Burns offers a variety of leading-edge procedures that have helped numerous patients throughout the greater San Diego area achieve their vision correction goals. As a highly regarded laser eye surgery specialist, he offers not only LASIK but also LASEK, PRK and LTK procedures. In addition, he specializes in cataract surgery and refractive lensectomy – an excellent alternative for patients who cannot undergo LASIK in San Diego.
ReStor
Dr. Burns is proud to offer ReStor IOLs for San Diego cataracts and refractive lensectomy (RLE) patients. Learn how ReStor lenses can help you achieve clear vision at all distances without glasses.
IntraLase
New Freedom Eye Center features the advanced IntraLase laser, which allows Dr. Burns to perform all-laser LASIK. Read how “bladeless” LASIK can improve the results and safety of your laser eye surgery.
Crystalens
Dr. Burns uses Crystalens IOLs to help San Diego RLE and cataracts patients achieve excellent vision without glasses. Learn how Crystalens can improve your near, intermediate and distance vision.
CustomVue™
New Freedom Eye Center features the leading-edge VISX STAR S4 excimer laser platform with CustomVue™ technology, as well as the advanced IntraLase femtosecond laser. Read how Dr. Burns uses this combination of sophisticated laser devices to provide his patients with highly customized iLASIK treatments.
Richard R. Burns, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in LASIK laser eye surgery, cataract surgery and refractive lensectomy (RLE). He has performed refractive surgery for more than 21 years and has corrected the vision of thousands of San Diego, Temecula, Hemet, Sun City and Murrieta patients.
Dr. Burns received his medical doctorate from the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Following medical school, Dr. Burns completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Diego, where he served his final year as Chief Resident. Following his residency, Dr. Burns served as a Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology at the UCSD School of Medicine.
Dr. Burns has his private practice located in San Diego and is also the Director of Refractive Surgery Services at California Eye Professionals, which has offices in Temecula, Hemet and Sun City.
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San Diego location
3969 4th Ave., Ste. 301
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 858-354-1809
Fax: 619-291-0049
Temecula location
41637 Margarita Rd., Ste. 100
Temecula, CA 92591
Phone: 951-837-4055
Palm Desert location
72660 Fred Waring Dr.
Palm Desert, CA 92260