1730 St. Laurent Blvd.
Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5L1
Canada
Phone: 613-746-2244
To make an appointment, please call 1-613-746-2244.
Medical professionals: to refer a patient for BostonSight PROSE treatment at Precision Cornea Centre, please contact the Centre at 1-613-746-2244.
Precision Cornea Centre was established in 2019 as the first and only non-hospital academic subspecialty clinic in Canada devoted solely to cornea and anterior segment pathology. The Centre is part of public health care and welcomes patients from across Canada (all provincial health cards are accepted) and internationally. Precision Cornea Centre strives to be an international leader in providing evidence-based care and the highest quality service to people with conditions of the cornea, iris, and lens by: Listening to and working with our patients to provide them with the safest and most appropriate medical and surgical therapies; Educating ourselves and the next generation of eye surgeons, optometrists, technologists, and managers in an environment that fosters learning; Disseminating new knowledge gained from our efforts in research and innovation to our eye professional colleagues around the world; and Committing to a strong involvement in community service and global outreach activities.
BostonSight PROSE Clinical Fellow
Dr. Brittany Yelle is an American Board-Certified optometrist and graduate of the University of Montreal School of Optometry. Throughout her studies, she was an active member of the University’s student council as the Trustee for the American Optometric Student Association (AOSA). As part of her clinical rotations, Dr. Yelle completed a joint internship with EyeDOCS and Precision Cornea Centre in Ottawa, where she gained experience in the diagnosis and management of ocular disease with a concentration in cornea and anterior segment pathology. Dr. Yelle is passionate about community outreach work. She has traveled with Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) to provide eye care in Ecuador and has participated in the University of Montreal’s mobile clinic (Regard collectif) which offers full eye exams to the homeless population. She is also passionate about specialty contact lenses and ocular surface disease, her areas of interest at Precision Cornea Centre.
Surgeon
Dr. Kashif Baig, a Cornea, Anterior Segment, Cataract, and Refractive Surgeon, is the Founder/Medical Director of Precision Cornea Centre and the Medical Director at Herzig Eye Institute Ottawa. He currently serves as the President of the Canadian Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Society, and the Executive Director of the Sally Letson Foundation. Dr. Baig is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, Pediatric Cornea Consultant at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Clinical Investigator in Regenerative Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Director of the Cornea, Anterior Segment, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Program at the University of Ottawa Eye Institute. He completed his medical and residency training at McGill University, MBA Degree (specializing in Health Services Management) at McMaster University, and Fellowship training in the United States. Dr. Baig has a strong interest in the development and implementation of surgical innovations in corneal and anterior segment surgery.
