Dean Andrew Kantis

Dean Andrew Kantis is an American entrepreneur, jet salesman and anti-LASIK activist. He is the CEO and founder of Micro Jet Network, an online portal that matches buyers and sellers of aircraft who want to share in the costs of ownership. Kantis is a strong advocate of LASIK patients with bad outcomes.
He had a LASIK surgery in 1999 that resulted in some complications - both short term and long term. Since his LASIK treatment, he has experienced double vision, halos, starbursts, fluctuating vision and dry eye syndrome.
Personal life
Kantis was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. As a child, he participated in boating, fishing, golf, tennis, bicycling, swimming, beach volleyball, dirt bike riding. He married Nikki Licata in March 2011 and they went to Europe for their honeymoon in the same month. They spent twenty days sightseeing in Barcelona, Provence, Florence, Rome, Athens, Venice and other adjoining cities. The couple has a son, Preston Andrew Kantis, and they currently reside in Fort Lauderdale.
Micro Jet Network
In 2006, Dean Andrew Kantis founded Micro Jet Network, an online portal, which helps buyers and sellers of Very Light Jet (VLJ) connect with each other. The network specializes in selling Eclipse 500, Citation Mustangs, and the /.
Micro Jet Network offers a four part service namely Micro Jet Partners, Micro Jet Positions, Micro Jet Pilot and Micro Jet Management. Kantis is also a licensed aircraft consultant/broker.
Kantis spent six years creating this network.
Post LASIK complications
Kantis suffered eyesight problems since he was 11 years old. At the age of 30, he decided to have LASIK treatment. He got Lasik treatment on August 24 , 1999 Commenting about his post-LASIK problems in an interview with CBS, Kantis said, "My life is a blur. When I look at a computer screen I see two pages; when I look up at the moon, I see three of them."
In 2007, Kantis and Michael Patterson, Ph.D., petitioned the FDA. This petition was acknowledged by the FDA and they allowed the petitioners to present testimony at a special meeting of the Ophthalmic Device Panel (ODP) in April 2008.
Kantis addressed the FDA panel on April 25, 2008 about LASIK complications. He testified that he has spent $30,000 during the past 9 years to restore his post-LASIK vision. He also submitted a pamphlet that he created on the side effects of LASIK and asked the panel to make its use by refractive surgeons mandatory. At the end of his presentation, he asked that the panel establish a fund to help patients who are desperate after LASIK to obtain therapy. A copy of Kantis' slideshow presentation in front of FDA Panel is available on FDA’s website. Since October 2009, FDA has LASIK under a Quality of Life Collaboration Project (LQLCP). LQLCP is a government partnership among the FDA, the Department of Defense, and the National Eye Institute. This project examines patient-reported outcomes (PROs) following LASIK. This investigation was supposed to be concluded in 2012, however, no conclusions have been reached yet.
Kantis, along with some other people, tracked down Dr. Morris Waxler, On January 6, 2011 Waxler requested that, "the Commissioner of Food and Drugs withdraw FDA approval (PMA) for all LASIK devices and issue a Public Health Advisory with a voluntary recall of LASIK devices in an effort to stop the epidemic of permanent eye injury caused by lasers and microkeratomes used for LASIK eye surgery."
In 2013, Kantis produced In the Blink of an Eye,a documentary about the controversy about the safety and efficacy of LASIK. Kantis has been interviewed about his post-LASIK complications by The Tony Stiles Show, NBC, and NextNewsNetwork.<ref name=YT/>

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