Dr Carones is chairman and founder of Advalia Vision in Milan. He has been involved in refractive surgery since 1989 when he started pioneering the use of excimer laser and participated in several clinical trials, including the first human study on hyperopia correction using erodible masks. He explored mitomycin C after laser surgery and was among the first to have access to the tracker-assisted flying-spot ablation technology and to propose LASEK. He was also the first to implant a toric multifocal IOL, as well as a low power add multifocal IOL. Among his many roles, he is associate editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery and member of several editorial boards, involved with World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences, Refractive Surgery Alliance and American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery. Dr Carones is on the advisory board of major ophthalmic companies, and is popular on the ophthalmic speaker circuit with published 161 peer-reviewed papers, books and book chapters on refractive and cataract surgery and corneal topography.