Serving patients seeking cataract surgery with Crystalens IOLs; Verisyse or Visian ICLs in Lancaster, Santa Clarita and the surrounding area

Yaron S. Rabinowitz, MD, and Yuri Oleynikov, MD, PhD, are highly skilled, fellowship-trained ophthalmologists who specialize in cataract and refractive surgery. They have performed thousands of eye surgeries and boast more than 20 years' combined experience. In recognition of their outstanding ophthalmologic achievements, Dr. Rabinowitz and Dr. Oleynikov have received several prestigious awards, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award, the International Society of Refractive Surgery Kritzinger Award, Jules Stein Alumni Research Award, the VISX Star Award and the B.D. Srinivasan Research Award. In addition, Drs. Rabinowitz and Oleynikov have received funding from the National Eye Institutes of Health for the past 15 years for their groundbreaking research. Because of their extensive experience and expertise, they are invited to lecture to ophthalmologists around the world.

The surgeons of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center perform advanced cataract surgery with premium intraocular lenses (IOLs). They begin the procedure by creating a small incision in the eye and carefully extracting the clouded lens. Then, they implant an accommodating Crystalens IOL, which flexes with the eyes' muscles to improve the patient's ability to change focus between near to distant objects.

In addition to being leading cataract surgery and LASIK Los Angeles specialists, Dr. Rabinowitz and Dr. Oleynikov offer Visian and Verisyse implantable collamer lenses (ICLs). These lenses are used to treat patients with severe myopia who do not qualify for LASIK surgery. During the procedure, the surgeons place an ICL in front of the eye's natural lens.

To schedule a one-on-one consultation with Dr. Rabinowitz or Dr. Oleynikov and learn more about your vision correction options, contact Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at (800) 777-5498.

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Yaron S. Rabinowitz, MD, performed an ophthalmology residency at Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, a corneal genetics fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and a cornea and refractive surgery fellowship at the Estelle Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He serves as a Clinical Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Ophthalmology; and as Director of Ophthalmology Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he has also served as the Chairman of the Division of Ophthalmology. Dr. Rabinowitz has also been a clinical investigator for a number of FDA laser clinical trials. He has written several published journal articles and book chapters, as well as authored the book, A Color Atlas of Corneal Topography: Interpreting Videokeratography. He is the Director of Laser Eye Associates in Los Angeles and Co-Director of the Cornea Transplant Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Yuri S. Oleynikov, MD, PhD, completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in molecular cell biology and a Doctor of Medicine degree, with distinction, at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He then performed an internal medicine internship at the Beth Israel Medical Center and an ophthalmology residency at the Edward Harkness Eye Institute at Columbia University. After his residency, Dr. Oleynikov completed a cornea and refractive surgery fellowship at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Oleynikov has written numerous journal articles. In addition, he was the first doctor to perform cataracts surgery with Crystalens IOLs at the Eye Surgery Center of Beverly Hills. Dr. Oleynikov is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

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