Glenn Hagele, founder of patient advocacy
USAEyes,
has ask the courts to dispel several false rumors,
defamation, and outright lies created by a handful
of individuals who have conspired to attack Glenn
Hagele's reputation, and to stop the
publication of Glenn
Hagele's personal identity - including Social Security
Number - on their websites.
These people are CyberBullies.
Court orders Brent Hanson to remove
Glenn Hagele's personal identity information
- including Social Security number - from
his websites.
Court orders Nell Burch to remove Glenn
Hagele's personal identity information -
including Social Security number - from her
websites. Order rescinded by court after
information removed from website.
Brent Hanson,
and
Lauranell Burch, also known as
Nell Burch, have conspired to propagate distortions
and attacks upon Glenn Hagele and have used the
Internet as a weapon to destroy Glenn Hagele's reputation,
rather than a tool to inform and educate. What do
these people have in common? They have had poor
laser eye surgery outcomes. Although Glenn
Hagele has never told anyone privately or public
that they should have laser eye surgery and had nothing
to do with these individuals' outcomes, they have
decided to attack Glenn Hagele.
What is ironic is that Glenn Hagele created a
nonprofit Lasik
patient advocacy organization to help inform
the public of the potential risks and benefits of
Lasik surgery. The Council for Refractive Surgery
Quality Assurance that Glenn Hagele founded evaluates
Lasik doctors to determine if their outcomes are
at or above the norm. The organization's sister
website
ComplicatedEyes
assists those who have poor Lasik outcomes.
This website provides factual responses to some
of the unfounded accusations against Glenn Hagele,
and provides a bit of insight into the personalities
behind the attacks.
Hopefully those who use the Internet and happen
across these CyberBullys' nefarious acts and
false claims will also find the substantiated responses
in this website.
Glenn Hagele Files Suit
Against
Lauranell Burch, PhD and
Brent Hanson Court orders private info blocked.
Separate lawsuits in California and North
Carolina claim defamation and invasion of
privacy for publishing Glenn Hagele's Social Security
number on the Internet.
Why would these people attack patient
advocate Glenn Hagele?
Logic and reason would indicate that
people are not going to attempt to destroy
someone's reputation without provocation.
Glenn Hagele's provocations? He is not anti-Lasik,
and he exists.
Glenn Hagele had nothing to do with the
reportedly poor Lasik outcomes of these
individuals. He did not advise them to have
Lasik, he did not recommend their doctor,
they did not use the resources of the nonprofit
patient advocacy Glenn Hagele founded. By
logic and reason, they have no reason to
attack Glenn Hagele, but you cannot apply
logic and reason to illogical and unreasonable
people.
Attempted Reputation Assassination
of Glenn Hagele
It is a pity that an honest person must create web
pages to counter unscrupulous defamation and attacks
on his character, but that is the nature of the
Internet. Anybody can say just about anything about
anyone, and litigation is expensive, however Glenn
Hagele is
litigating for defamation.
Glenn Hagele and the organization he founded
had absolutely nothing to do with the perceived
Lasik difficulties of Brent Hanson, Lauranell "Nell"
Burch.
The real pity of these attacks is that each of
these people have a true tale of warning, but that
legitimate warning is often lost among the rhetoric,
lies, and distortions. No one benefits from lies
and distortions.
O! The Oprah Magazine Features
USAEyes.org Lasik Patient Advocacy Organization
Insights on Current
Lasik Laser Eye Surgery Strengths and Concerns
Are Contributed to the Popular Women's Publication
by USAEyes.org Founder
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June
6 /Forbes.com/ -- "We have been in the New
York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall
Street Journal, even Fox News, but Oprah
... now that is something," muses Glenn
Hagele, Executive Director and founder of
USAEyes.org, a nonprofit patient advocacy
that evaluates and certifies Lasik doctors.
"The power of any affiliation with Oprah
cannot be underestimated, and it is delightful
to be included."
The June issue if O,
The Oprah Magazine features a comprehensive
article about Lasik laser eye surgery that
includes contributions from Hagele, Kathryn
Colby, MD, PhD, director of the Joint Clinical
Research Center at the Massachusetts Eye
and Ear Infirmary, and Deepinder Dhaliwal,
MD, chief of cornea and refractive surgery
at the University of Pittsburgh.
Lasik laser eye surgery
was developed ten years ago to reshape the
cornea (clear front of the eye) and reduce
the need for glasses and contact lenses.
Most patients are able to return to normal
activities within hours or days. Although
over 5 million surgeries have been performed
worldwide, Lasik is not for everyone, according
to Hagele.
"Lasik may be appropriate
for the vast majority of people, but sometimes
something else is better," says Hagele.
"The very well presented article in Oprah's
magazine includes information about new
'helper lenses' that can be placed inside
the eye for people who have very bad vision
and new laser and non-laser technology to
reduce the need for glasses. I was delighted
to see Oprah's article's emphasis on surgeon
selection."
"The single most important
decision for someone considering Lasik is
the choice of doctor. There are so many
options and evaluations that the advice
and abilities of a highly skilled surgeon
are required," adds Hagele.
Hagele's organization
certifies Lasik doctors who meet patient
outcomes requirements and publishes at
http://www.USAEyes.org
the helpful 50 Tough Questions For Your
Lasik Doctor to assist a patient screen
a potential surgeon.
Communities & Forums
A Lasik related forum where Glenn Hagele
frequently contributes.
Glenn
Hagele is not alone in being victimized by CyberBullys.
Below is a list of just some of the doctors who have
been maliciously maligned.
Links will take you to biographies of the doctor.
George Waring, MD Atlanta, Georgia
Editor in Chief
Journal of Refractive Surgery
Editorial Board
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Robert Maloney, MD Los Angeles. California
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California at Los Angeles
Jack Holladay, MD Houston, Texas
Author of over 96 scientific articles, 30 book chapters,
and authored or edited 5 books on eye surgery.
Charles Casebeer, MD Retired
Editorial board of Refractive Eyecare, Review Of Ophthalmology,
Ophthalmology Management, Ocular Surgery News.
Terry
Kim, MD Durham, North Carolina
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of Fellowship Programs
Associate Director, Corneal and External Disease Service
and Refractive Surgery Service
Duke University School of Medicine
Stephen Slade, MD Houston, Texas
First surgeon to perform Lasik in the US, with Stephen Brint,
MD
Barrie Soloway, MD New York, New York
Director of Vision Correction
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Richard
Lindstrom, MD Minneapolis, Minnesota
Holds 28 patents in ophthalmology. Co-edited three books,
published over 300 journal articles and 50 chapters in books.
On April 25, 2008 the US Food & Drug Administration
(FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Panel (OPD) held hearings about
quality of life after Lasik. Glenn Hagele made four
presentations to the FDA, one on behalf of the
Vision
Surgery Rehab Network, one on behalf of Barry Elbasani
of the nonprofit
Focus on Independence, one about the
USAEyes CORE Lasik Patient Survey, and one on behalf of
Sandy Keller, who had a bad Lasik outcome.
Immediately
before Glenn's presentation of Sandy Keller's testimony
Gerald Dorrian testified how his 28 year old son who had been a
law student took his own life, in part, because of a bad
Lasik outcome. Mr. Dorrian was strong and eloquent as he
talked of the loss of his son, and the emotion and loss
was felt by those in attendance. When I reached the
point in Sandy Keller's presentation where she spoke of
her own suicidal thoughts, I became obviously choked with emotion
and at the ODP chairperson's suggestion, I returned to my
seat to make my additional presentations later.
Brent Hanson has published video of this
presentation. I do not know Brent Hanson's source of
this video or if his publication violates
any copyright law, but it is presented here embedded
directly from
YouTube. If YouTube finds that the publication of
this video is a copyright violation, it will
automatically be removed from this web page.
