Outstanding Eye Surgeons Serving Residents of Los Angeles, Orange County, and Beyond
Internationally recognized as leading researchers, authors, lecturers, teachers, and eye surgeons, Dr. Sebag and Dr. Chong have helped countless residents in Los Angeles, Orange County, and throughout the region suffering from disorders and diseases of the eye. This honor was once again bestowed on Drs. Sebag and Chong by their peers in 2011 and will be announced in the January 2011 issue of Los Angeles magazine.
The VMR Institute has provided the community with outstanding specialty care and advanced eye surgery since 1986, or 24 years (and counting). Medical professionals throughout the world have referenced the ever-expanding collection of published materials by Dr. Sebag and Dr. Chong and continue to refer their patients to the VMR Institute for treatment. As premier eye surgeons in the Los Angeles and Orange County area, Dr. Sebag and Dr. Chong have served as co-investigators in many clinical research trials, and offer new treatments and surgery options unavailable at many other facilities.
We invite you to meet the doctors of the VMR Institute in Huntington Beach. If you are in the Los Angeles, Orange County, or surrounding areas, contact the VMR Institute for more information.
J. Sebag, MD, FACS, FRCOphth, FARVO
- Background Information
- Awards & Honors
- Hospital Affiliations (full surgical privileges)
- Professional Certification & Societies
- Current Academic Appointments
- Professional Activities
- Personal Information
J. Sebag, MD, FACS, FRCOphth, FARVO
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Specialty: Laser Therapy, Injections & Surgery of Vitreous - Macula - Retina
Degrees : MD
Fellowships : American College of Surgeons (FACS), Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK (FRCOphth), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (FARVO)
College: Columbia College, New York
Medical School: College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
Internship: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA, Los Angeles
Ophthalmology Residency: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Vitreo-Retinal Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Board Certification: American Board of Ophthalmology
Special Expertise: World's leading authority on Vitreous
AWARDS & HONORS
1973 Thord-Gray Fellowship, American-Scandinavian Foundation
1977 AMA-ERF AMSA Award for Meritorious Research, American Federation of Clinical Research (AFCR) Annual Meeting, Carmel, CA
1978 1st Prize,
National Competition on Preventive Medicine, American Health Foundation
1979 Doctor Alfred P. Steiner Research Award, Columbia University
1979 Titus Munson Coan Prize For Excellence In Research, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1979 Edith & Denton McKane Award for Outstanding Research in Ophthalmology, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
1982 Harvard Medical School - Bicentennial Prize Essay Contest
1983 The John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation Fellowship Award
1984 The Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship
1984 Lauréat de la Société Française d'Ophtalmologie- 1er Prix Biophysic Medical
1984 Frank B. Walsh, M.D. Award, World Meeting of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Belgium
1985 Knapp Fellowship, Heed Ophthalmic Foundation
1986 The Treacher Collins Prize, Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
1994 Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
1998 Humanitarian of the Year Award, Latino Health Access, Orange County, California
2000 National Registry of Who’s Who, Life Member (#86360)
2002 Honor Award, Vitreous Society
2004 Honorary Member, Fondazione G. B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia
2006 Humanitarian of the Year Award, Latino Health Access, Orange County, California
2008 Career Award for Humanitarian Services to the Indigent and Uninsured, LHA, O.C.
2010 Los Angeles Magazine “Southern California Super Doctor as Chosen by His Peers”
2010 Fellow, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO
2011 Los Angeles Magazine “Southern California Super Doctor as Chosen by His Peers”
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION & SOCIETIES:
1975 American Medical Association
1978 International Health Evaluation Association
1981 Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology
1983 Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology
1984 Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
1984 La Société Française d'Ophtalmologie - member
1985 Pan American Association of Ophthalmology - member
1986 American Academy of Ophthalmology - Fellow
1987 The Society of Heed Fellows
1987 Western Retina Study Club
1988 Royal College of Ophthalmologists U.K. - Fellow
1988 Schepens International Society - Founding Member
1989 The Vitreous Society
1990 American Diabetes Association
1991 American College of Surgeons - Fellow
1992 The Retina Society - Active Member
1994 The Club Jules Gonin - Active Member
2000 Board of Directors, Schepens International Society
2004 American Society of Retinal Specialists
2004 Fondazione Bietti, Rome, Italy
2006 American Ophthalmological Society
2010 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Fellow
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2003 - Present Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Institute,
University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
1991-92 Chairman, Professional Education Committee American Diabetes Association, Orange County
1991 Medical Consultant, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Orange County
1993-95 President, American Diabetes Association, Orange County
1993 Co-Chair, Western Retina Study Club, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
1995-97 Member, Board of Directors, American Diabetes Association, California
1995-99 National Advisory Board, Schepens International Society
1999 - present Board of Directors, Schepens International Society
2005 – Present Editorial Board, Graefes Archives of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Dr. Sebag enjoys European travel, as he has lived in Stockholm, Sweden (1973-75) and Paris, France (1983-84). As a result, he is fluent in Swedish and French.
Dr. Sebag's hobbies include boating on his boat named "SeeKing". Below are photos taken from a helicoper when Dr. Sebag and Dr. Chong hosted colleagues from the Doheny Eye Institute research laboratory with whom they conduct eye research and students from USC School of Medicine.
With his wife, Jacqui, Dr. Sebag has recently taken up ballroom dancing. The photos below were taken during their performance in January 2011, entitled "Sergio & the Girl from Ipanema".
