20 Aug The VDM Project Webinar
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....
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14 Feb Dr. Sebag spoke on Vitreous Floaters to the European Society of Ophthalmology, as the Inaugural Robert Machemer Lecturer
Representing the VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of Vitreous, Macula, and Retina in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, Dr. Sebag was selected as the keynote lecturer of retina at the 2019 European Society of Ophthalmology’s biennial congress....
10 Apr Dr. Chong Honored With Prestigious SNNO Award
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...
26 Oct Curing Floaters
At it’s 2016 annual meeting in Chicago, The American Academy of Ophthalmology invited Dr. Sebag to lecture on the approach to curing floaters at The VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina. On that day Dr. Sebag was interviewed by the American Society of Retina Specialists on the merits of limited (minimally invasive) vitrectomy surgery for curing vitreous floaters. In...
07 Oct Vitrectomy for Floaters in France
On July 9, 2016 Dr. Sebag of VMR Institute lectured to The Club Jules Gonin, the exclusive international vitreo-retinal society headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting was held in Bordeaux, France. The topic of the lecture was vitrectomy for vitreous floaters. Our results of curing floaters...
13 Apr Dr. Sebag’s Early Years
In an exclusive Q&A with Renée Ward, Jerry Sebag, MD, FACS, FRCOphth, FARVO, the world’s leading authority on the vitreous of the eye, shares why he chose medical science over computer science in his teen years and offers tips to young adults today who...
21 Feb Vail Vitrectomy 2016
The History of Vail Vitrectomy [caption id="attachment_5263" align="alignright" width="382"] Vail Vitrectomy 2016 at The Marriott Hotel[/caption] In 1972, a group of four vitreous pioneers began backpacking trips near Telluride, Colorado. Robert Machemer, Tom Aaberg Sr., Paul Wetzig and his son Rich, and Guy O’Grady took a trip every summer for...
10 Jan Dr. Chong Named Top Doc 2016
Dr. Lawrence P. Chong Named Top Doctor 2016 Dr. Lawrence P. Chong has been named one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly once more in 2016 Huntington Beach, Calif., January, 10, 2016 — VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of vitreous, macula, and retina...
28 Aug 2014 ASRS Meeting
The 32rd annual meeting of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, formerly The Vitreous Society, took place in August this year. VMR Institute's founding director Dr. Sebag presented on VMR Institute’s experience with limited vitrectomy for floaters. In our scientific study of the effects of floaters...