Accomplished Board-Certified Ophthalmologist serving primarily in California. I also served as Attending Staff at the University of California San Diego Residency program and have trained young physicians and surgeons throughout my medical career.I have been primarily a solo practitioner and also was a salaried physician with Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA at the beginning of my career. I was one of the national instructors in Conductive Keratoplasty and a Center of Excellence, and I was designated a principal innovator of Topical Cataract Surgery. I aspire for meticulous surgical excellence with expertise and finesse.
Numerous dilated retinal exam; medical retina; cataract, pterygium and RK procedures. General ophthalmology including pediatrics
Comprehensive eye exams
Use of all ophthalmic examination equipment
Cataract surgery under topical anesthesia and peribulbar
Multifocal and Toric IOLs
Lasik,PRK,CK
Argon Yag lasers (capsulotomies, iridotomies)
Pan-Retinal Photocoagulation
Pterygium surgery with grafts
Glaucoma filtering surgeries
Minor orbit/lid procedures
BOTOX injections
Juvaderm fillers
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
Diplomat National Board of Medical Examiners
Diplomat American Board of Ophthalmology
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Fellow of the International College of Surgeons
American Academy of Ophthalmology
California Medical Association
National Board of Medical Examiners 1979
The American Board of Ophthalmology, Diplomat, 1986
Fellow American College of Surgeons, 1990
Qualified Medical Examiner- State of California 1992
Fellow International College of Surgeons 1996
Center of Excellence for Conductive Keratoplasty 2006
Journal of Ophthalmology, July 1996, Peer reviewed article, " Results of Chiron Gancyclovir Implant in CMV retinitis"
ASCRS Training Course, Seattle, WA, Annual national meeting, June 1996, "Converting to topical anesthesia from peribulbar blocks in cataract surgery"
Invited speaker for Refractec to annual meetings for CK pearls lecture series, 2003-2006