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...
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...
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...
Dr. Lawrence P. Chong Named Castle Connolly Top Doctor Dr. Lawrence P. Chong Named Castle Connolly Top Doctor Huntington Beach, Calif., August, 14, 2014 — VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of vitreous, macula, and retina in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, announced...
Back in October of 2013, we were thrilled to announce that Dr. Sebag's research on floaters and the safety of a surgery used to treat them, was accepted for publication in Retina: the Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, a top ranked medical journal. We are...
Dr. Chong was an international guest speaker and on the scientific committee of the 37th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Retina and Vitreous held in Campinas, Brazil April 12-13, 2014. [divider scroll_text=""] After the meeting, Dr. Chong took two of his former students, Professor Marcello Casellas...
The Aging Eye lectures were a success! We are so grateful to all of those that made it out to hear Dr. Sebag, Dr. Hertzog, and Dr. Chang speak on the topic. A huge thank you to Dr. Hertzog and Dr. Chang for being our...
VMR Institute Tech Presents at Prestigious 2014 Annual ARVO Meeting The VMR Institute’s technician, Kenneth Yee, will present on his current research at the event. [divider scroll_text=""] Huntington Beach, Calif., March 6, 2014 — VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of vitreous, macula, and retina...
Dr. Sebag Makes OC Medical Association and OC Magazine Top Doc List Orange Coast Magazine with the Orange County Medical Association published the coveted list of Top Doctors (Physicians of Excellence) in its January 2014 issue. As a member of this prestigious list, Dr. Sebag was featured...
VMR Institute Doctors Voted Super Doctors of 2014 Dr. J Sebag and Dr. Lawrence P. Chong of the VMR Institute named for the sixth time. Huntington Beach, Calif., January 17, 2014 — VMR Institute, a state-of-the-art facility for treatment of disorders of vitreous, macula, and retina in...