Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

HOOPES VISION
Founded in the Salt Lake City area in 2000, Hoopes
Vision provides LASIK, PRK, ICL, custom laser cataract
surgery, clear lens exchange, and corneal transplants. Its
founder, Dr. Phillip C. Hoopes relocated to Utah from
Kansas City, where he had established an innovative and
successful surgery practice.
Hoopes Vision is in the forefront of vision correction technology,
offering the safest, most effective vision correction
procedures available. Hoopes Vision has pioneered every
major advance in eye surgery technology—from LASIK to
blade-free IntraLASIK, to wavefront-guided and wavefrontoptimized
laser treatments, ICL lens implants,
and laser cataract surgery. It dedicates an
entire department to clinical research, and is
involved in multiple FDA studies.
Formerly in Sandy, Utah, the main office
and surgical center is now located at 11820
South State Street in Draper, Utah, fulfilling
Dr. Phillip C. Hoopes’ dream to create a laser
vision correction facility combining advanced
technology and a warm environment.
Patients who travel to the Salt Lake City
area for the superior treatment provided by an
acclaimed team of eye care professionals find
a welcoming atmosphere with clean, beautiful
architecture, massage chairs, artwork and even
complimentary fresh-baked cookies.
The Draper building also houses an ambulatory surgical
center, EyeSurg of Utah; one of the world’s first designed
specifically for laser cataract surgery. It was the first center to
have two cataract lasers, Optimedica Catalys and Alcon
LenSx. ICL, corneal transplants and pterygium surgeries
are also performed here among one of the country’s bestequipped,
most technologically advanced eye surgery centers.
A second location at 105 East South Temple allows
delivery of advanced technology and world-class patient
care to more people across a greater area. The Eagle Gate
clinic focuses on post-operative care, testing and examinations
for new cataract patients. All surgery, as well as preoperative
testing and examinations for LASIK patients, is at
the Draper facility, which recently added an Oculoplastics
specialist, offering a broader range of procedures.
Several factors, including the surgeons’ experience,
clinical research center, and patient care set Hoopes apart
from other centers. With a staff of seventy, it is proud to be
the official eye care and LASIK provider of the Utah Jazz,
Salt Lake Bees, Real Salt Lake, and Miller Motorsports Park.
“We have developed great working relationships with
hundreds of optometrists in Utah and surrounding states,”
Dr. Hoopes says. “Gaining their trust is critical, as they refer
patients to our center. We will continue offering educational
seminars and materials to them and our patients, and
developing new ideas to improve patients’ experiences,
as ‘word of mouth’ is our top source of patient referrals.”
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