Located in Vienna, Virginia, Dr. Nancy Tanchel and her team at Liberty Laser Eye Center offer state-of-the-art LASIK surgery to patients from all over the Washington DC and Mid-Atlantic Region. Laser vision correction allows people who currently use corrective contact lenses and/or prescription glasses to read, play sports, drive, and go about daily life without the hassle of contacts or glasses. LASIK Liberty Laser Eye Center was the first in the region to offer the new, blade-free Z-LASIK, which boasts faster healing and visual recovery for All-Laser LASIK patients. And in 2003, the team was the first to use the Intralase Femtosecond laser.
Nancy Tanchel, M.D., heads the team at Liberty Laser as medical director. Dr. Tanchel is one of the few full-time refractive LASIK surgeons in the country, and she was the first woman in the world to utilize the femtosecond laser in her Tysons Corner center. Since earning degrees from Emory University and John Hopkins University, Dr. Tanchel has performed over 15,000 LASIK, All-Laser LASIK, and PRK procedures. Dr. Tanchel says she has “the best job in the world” because she gets to “help people enjoy their lives more on a daily basis.”
