Frank Jr Goes

Dr. Frank Goes Jr. (°1969) graduated in 1998 after a medical training in ophthalmology and eye surgery at the universities of Leuven, Ghent and Paris.After his training, he joined ‘the Goes Eye Centre’, a private practice with a team of 7 ophthalmologists in Antwerp, Belgium, where he became co-responsible for the department of Cataract & Refractive surgery.In 2011 he became the Medical Director of this team.The ambulatory eye center was completely rebuild in 2011, and became a hypermodern extramural eye surgery center with only the highest standards in sterility and hygiene and with a vast national and international clientele. Dr. Goes is an advisor for many ophthalmological companies, and a frequent speaker at national and international meetings.He was a member and president of many national societies, and is a member of many international societies, such as ESCRS, ASCRS, ISRS, AAO, and others.He has a vast experience in cataract and laser surgery, and a special interest in cataract surgery with multifocal implants. The Goes Eye center has over 20 years of experience using multifocal implant lenses. In 2011, he was the first ophtalmic surgeon in the Benelux to start using the new 'Small Incision Lenticular Extraction' (Smile) laser technique to correct nearsightedness and astigmatism.In 2015, he started 'laser' cataract surgery using the 'Catalys' femtosecond laser. In 2017 he became president of the Belgian Eye Laser society (Bels).In 2018 he was Co-responsable for merging 'Bels' with the Belgian Ocular Laser Society (Bolc) to become the biggest group of eye laser surgeons in Belgium.At present and in the future he hopes to be able to continue to help patients getting rid of their glasses using the most modern techniques available. He feels lucky to be an eye surgeon, the most beautiful profession in the world.