AEI Accomplishments

The Collective Accomplishments of AEI Refractive Surgeons Include the Following:

• Four surgeon investigators for the VISX laser FDA study of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles with 5 years experience with PRK on hundreds of eyes
• Editor and contributing authors to the first textbook covering all aspects of laser vision correction, Corneal Laser Surgery (Editor in Chief: James J. Salz; Contributing authors: Ezra Maguen, M.D., Jonathan I. Macy, M.D., Anthony B. Nesburn) published by Mosby
• Over 200 articles in peer reviewed ophthalmic journals, the majority on the subject of refractive surgery (see abstracts.)
• Over 15 book chapters, the majority dealing with refractive surgery
• Primary surgeon for the National Eye Institute study of radial keratotomy, Prospective Evaluation of Radial Keratotomy (PERK) at the University of Southern California
• Instructors to hundreds of other opthalmologists at national and international courses on RK and PRK techniques
• Founding editor of Journal of Refractive Surgery and current member of editorial board
• Past president of International Society of Refractive Surgeons

  • The Credentials of the AEI Physicians Include the Following:

  • Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Members of the International Society of Refractive Surgeons
  • Members of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • Teaching appointments at University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California
  • Listing in Best Doctors in America (Anthony B. Nesburn, M.D.)
  • Directors, Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  • Board of Directors, Discovery Fund for Eye Research
  • Attending Staff, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
  • Director and Associate Director of Eleanor and Arthur Ellis Eye and Laser Center

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