Leading the way in technology for vision loss and blindness, our Huntington Beach office near Los Angeles is known for innovative diagnostic and therapeutic services, including state-of-the-art digital imaging for angiography and optical coherence tomography, and in-office multi-wavelength laser surgery. Dr. Sebag has been a leader in vitreous, macula, and retina laser therapy and surgery for many years.
Traditionally, laser equipment only generated a single wavelength or frequency. Each laser was distinguished by its unique wavelength properties. Since a range of frequencies provides the greatest amount of choice and versatility for laser surgery, particularly in more complex procedures, the advanced technology available at the VMR Institute is superior to any other available technology in the area. Multi-wavelength laser surgery is offered at the VMR Institute as part of our ongoing commitment to provide our patients with the latest and most effective treatments in laser eye surgery. In recognition of this, the American Academy of Ophthalmology has asked Dr. Sebag to teach laser surgery at a regional update course held in Palm Springs.
Additional technologies used at the VMR Institute include:
DIAGNOSTICS:
Digital Fundus Photography: To detect diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other disorders of the macula and retinal vasculature.
Digital Fluorescein Angiography: To determine if laser therapy can help diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and other retinal disorders.
Digital Ophthalmic Ultrasonography: To evaluate retinal detachments, tumors, intraocular foreign bodies, and trauma.
Computer-Generated 3-Dimensional Threshold Amsler Grid Testing: In collaboration with Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD (Vice-Chair of Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute of USC) and Wolfgang Fink, PhD (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech) research is being conducted at the VMR Institute that will improve the ability to detect diseases such as as macular degeneration in its early stages.
THERAPEUTICS:
Drug Therapy: For macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vein occlusions. The VMR Institute has been selected to participate in 4 national multi-center clinical trials testing new drugs to treat these diseases.
Multi-Wavelength Laser: To treat diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal holes/tears, and retinal vein occlusions.
Cryotherapy: To treat retinal holes/tears and neovascular glaucoma.
Microsurgery: Sutureless microsurgery is an area of expertise at the VMR Institute in Huntington Beach. This advanced form of therapy decreases operating time and increases the speed of vision recovery with less time off work.
In-Office repair of Retinal Detachments: Dr. Sebag has vast expertise in treating retinal detachments in the office, without the need for hospitalization. His excellent results have been presented at national and international meetings and the results have been published in the professional literature.
Drug-Enhanced Vitreous Surgery: The surgical removal of vitreous is often necessary during surgery for complex diseases of the inside of the eye. The VMR Institute has been selected as a participating center in a national research study to improve this surgery using novel drug therapy.
FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
In collaboration with scientists at NASA, USC, Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Texas at Houston, Dr. Sebag conducts pioneering research in the development of future ophthalmic technologies, both diagnostic and therapeutic.
For additional information on our treatments for medical conditions associated with vision loss and blindness, contact our Huntington Beach office. We also welcome Los Angeles and Orange County residents.
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VMR Institute
7677 Center Avenue,
Suite 400
Huntington Beach, CA 92647