Dr. Seibel Career Highlights

Highlights of Current and Past Accomplishments

Author and Illustrator:
     “Phacodynamics”,  Textbook of Cataract Surgery, 400 pages, 4 editions, 4 translations

Lecturer:
     Over 300 eye surgery lectures in 23 countries on 6 continents.

Inventor:
     20 Eye Surgery Instruments for LASIK and Cataract Surgery

Faculty:
     UCLA Geffen Medical School Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Faculty:
     Harvard Medical School Intensive Cataract Surgery Course

Visiting Professor:
     United States Navy Hospital San Diego

Recipient:
     UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute Resident Teaching Award

U.S. Patents
     Seibel 3-Dimensional Eyelid Speculum, Seibel Ultrasonic Tip, Laser Cataract Surgery, Water-Jet Cataract Surgery

Graduate:
     Rice University Phi Beta Kappa
     UT Medical School at Houston
     USC / Doheny Eye Clinic Residency

Producer:
     11 Educational Videos on Surgery Techniques for Cataract Surgery and LASIK

Chairman:
     National Clinical “Best Practices” Committee Permanente Laser Vision Correction

Director:
     All Surgical Skills Transfer Courses (including Cataract Surgery and LASIK) American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

FDA Research Investigator:
     VISX
     Ophtec

Consultant:
     Optimedica Laser Cataract Surgery
     Auris Surgical Robotics
     Eyemaginations
     Calhoun Light Adjustable Lens Implant
     Bausch & Lomb Surgical
     Johnson & Johnson Vision

Certified:
     American Board of Ophthalmology

Fellow:
     American Academy of Ophthalmology

Recipient:
     American Academy of Ophthalmology High Achievement Award

Member:
     American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Member:
     European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Staff:
     Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
     Specialty Surgical Center of Beverly Hills

Recipient:
     Southern California Super Doctors Hall of Fame All-Stars
     Castle Connolly Top Doctors
     Best of LA Viewers’ Choice Winner
     Marquis Who’s Who
     US News Top 1% Doctor

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CATARACT SURGERY
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Medical Eye Exams, and other

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