On March 20, 2021, Dr. Sebag, Dr. Gui of the VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina and colleagues at the Doheny Eye Institute at UCLA and the Beverly Hills Institute of Ophthalmology published a letter to the editor in the Journal Experimental Eye Research entitled “Importance of the...
To date, most doctors considered ‘floaters’ to be little more than nuisances. However, recent studies have shown that there can be severe effects on vision, specifically the ability to discern shades of gray, which is an important component of vision. This condition has been named...
Dr. Sebag is pleased to announce he has been invited to speak as a special guest speaker at the Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment – understanding and avoiding failure virtual meeting. The meeting, organized by Alcon Experience Academy, will be held on April 28th, 2021. In his...
At VMR, we began to pay closer attention to vitreous floaters in 20111 and developed better ways to evaluate sufferers. Because of our sustained success in pioneering methods to identify patients who would benefit from limited vitrectomy (removal of the gel in the center of the...
This webinar was conducted on April 26, 2020 to inform the public about VDM and The VDM Project. Please support our efforts by donating to the VMR Research Foundation....
Dr. Sebag Will Deliver the Inaugural Robert Machemer Lecture at the Soe Biennial Congress. VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of Vitreous, Macula, and Retina in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, announced today that Dr. Sebag has been named the keynote...
On June 9, 2018 Dr. Sebag delivered an invited lecture at Harvard Medical School in Boston. The annual meeting of the department of Ophthalmology was held at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, where Dr. Sebag trained as a resident in Ophthalmology and as a...
The XXIII North-East Congress of Ophthalmology event took place in mid-March this year in João Pessoa, Brazil. The three day event featured lectures, panels, and courses, with the 286 participating speakers, both Brazilian and foreign, as well as 40 companies, 170 exhibitors, and a total of 776...
The 18th Annual Retina Fellows Forum Meeting took place in Chicago, Illinois in January this year. VMR Institute's Dr. Chong was invited to give a speech about something personal and meaningful. The annual meeting which invites over 90% of the graduating fellows in the country to learn their...
Curing Patients of Debilitating Eye Floaters In December, Dr. Sebag was asked to be interviewed by Straight From The Cutter's Mouth: A Retina Podcast from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, which interviews the leaders of the field of vitreoretinal surgery. He was asked to discuss his...