The Femtosecond Laser in Residency Training (FLIRT) Pilot Study

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients of the Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center (LAC+USC) who are 40 years or older with visually significant cataracts asking for surgical intervention. * Cataract must be visually and clinically significant on examination as determined by the resident surgeon and the attending physician. Exclusion Criteria: * Age less than 40 * Visual acuity 20/30 or better with refraction in the study eye * Any previous ocular surgery * Patient request for monovision or for correction at near at the expense of distance * Patient and physician decision to use an IOL implant other than monofocal IOL * Corneal pathology (e.g. Fuch's dystrophy, corneal opacity or scar, corneal ectasia) * Posterior or anterior capsular plaque * Posterior polar cataract * White cataract * Subluxated lens, weak zonules, or phacodonesis * Pseudoexfoliation syndrome * Failure of preoperative pupillary dilatation (\< 6 mm dilation) * History of uveitis * History of retinal detachment * Untreated or active proliferative diabetic retinopathy * Untreated or active diabetic macular edema * Ocular diseases that may affect visual acuity or the operation (including and not limited to macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, macular hole, advanced or end-stage glaucoma) * Neurological or systemic diseases that may affect visual acuity or the safety of the operation