Our Focus is Your Clear Vision
About Us
Halifax Vision Surgical Centre has been a spearhead in advancing access to public cataract surgeries since 2020. HVSC was the first surgical clinic in Atlantic Canada to host public cataract surgeries and has completed over 15,000 operations on-site. HVSC hosted 5341 cataract operations in 2024 alone. Over 75% of the public cataract surgeries in Nova Scotia’s Central Zone have been performed at Halifax Vision Surgical Centre since the inception of the clinic’s contract.
As well as improving public health wait-times, surgical accessibility, and operating room efficiency, Halifax Vision Surgical Centre serves as a host for private-surgeon Dr. Dan Belliveau. Both privately-funded cataract and refractive lens exchange measurements, consultations, and operations are performed on-site. As well as surgical services, Dr. Belliveau provides clinical services in an on-site comprehensive ophthalmology clinic.
100% Compliance
Nova Scotia Health Hand Hygiene Audit
Accredited with Commendation
as an Independent Medical/Surgical Facility under Accreditation Canada
96%
Satisfaction Rate from Client Surveys
Technology
IOL Master 700
Optical biometer that measures the eye structures. This machine is crucial for calculating intraocular lens formulas to determine the best lens choice and strength for each individual patient
Refractive Power / Corneal Analyzer OPD-Scan lll
The OPD checks how well the eye(s) can focus and measures the shape of the front part of the eye (the cornea); aids in mapping problems such as astigmatism, dry eye, issues with how the eye focuses light
Cirrus 6000
The optical coherence tomographer (OCT) generates lightwaves that create high-resolution, 3D images of the back of the eye (the retina) to help see the retinal layers, measure their thickness, and detect any damage or disease
SL 800 Slit Lamp
This slit lamp is used by the doctor to examine the front section of the eye in great detail. A thin beam of light is shone into the eye to magnify the cornea, iris, lens and front chamber
Callisto Eye
The surgical microscope, produced by Zeiss, guides the surgeon with real-time overlays, helps position lenses correctly in the eye and reduces human error during surgery as well as magnifying the eye for the surgeon
Optos
A special Nikon-branded camera that takes wide-angled photos of the back of the eye (the retina) to provide the doctor with a big, detailed picture. It helps find signs of eye diseases even if the far corners of the retina are hard to see with other tools