Dr. James J. Salz, LASIK Laser Eye Surgeon, Cataract Surgery, and Vision Correction Expert
Appointments and InformationJames J. Salz (310) 444-1134 Website: Dr. James J. Salz Email: drjjsalz@gmail.com Locations: West Los Angeles, Brentwood, Westwood, Santa Monica: 11620 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 711 Beverly Hills: 240 S. La Cienega Blvd., Suite 250 Please call today and mention Trusted LASIK Surgeons for your free LASIK consultation with a true LASIK expert who is a trusted cataract and refractive surgeon. Dr. Salz's exceptional qualifications are listed below.
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Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology University of Southern California Doheny Eye Institute Board of Directors Discovery Eye Foundation |
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Credentials and Qualifications
Dr. James Salz has extensive qualifications that that we estimate place him among the top LASIK and laser eye surgery and refractive and cataract surgeons in the United States.
For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Salz.has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly supplement his highly distinguished career.
Dr. Salz’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top vision correction, LASIK, and cataract surgeons include:
Experience
- Over 21 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
- Over 35 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK)
- Over 40 years experience in cataract surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
- Performed over 3,500 LASIK and laser vision procedures
- Performed over 2,500 lens implant (IOL) procedures
- Performed over 4,000 cataract surgery procedures (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
- Principal Investigator for 10 FDA Studies for manufacturers of lasers and other devices, products, and/or medications related to vision and eyecare (like Alcon and Visx) as well as a co-investigator for 3 other FDA clinical studies
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Refractive and Cataract Surgery Expert Witness:
Over 25 years experience providing expert witness services on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants,
including case review and expert testimony for cases involving the following refractive and cataract eye surgery procedures
- LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery, corneal transplants, cataract surgery, intraocular lens (IOL) implant procedures, including phakic lenses and monofocal lenses
- Reviewed or provided expert witness testimony for over 55 cases and reviewed over 125 cases
Premier Patient Care
- “All-Laser” LASIK (bladeless) using the IntraLase laser
- Wavefront Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery
- Use of iLASIK Procedure- WaveScan Technology, IntraLase, and Visx Advanced CustomVue treatments
- Offers
complete refractive surgery care
- LASIK and PRK eye surgery
- Intraocular lens implant surgery (IOLs) including Refractive Lensectomy (RLE) or Clear Lensectomy (CLE) using monofocal lenses, multifocal lenses, and accommodating lenses, as well as phakic implants and toric implants
- Other vision correction surgery: Conductive Keratoplasty (CK), and Limbal Relaxing Incisions
- Cataract Eye Surgery (including cataract surgery with lens implants)
- Prinicipal investigator for current FDA Optimal Keratoplasty Study for correction of low hyperopia without creating LASIK flaps
- Management of complications of surgery for new patients who had problems and complications from LASIK surgery or another vision correction operation or cataract surgery originally performed by another eye doctor
- Other eye surgeons, optometrists, opticians, employees of companies that specialize in refractive surgery instrumentation or their family members have had their LASIK or other refractive and cataract surgery performed by Dr. Salz
Professional Credentials
- Current Faculty Appointments
- Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University
of Southern California (Doheny
Eye Institute)
- Distinguished Alumnus Award
- Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University
of Southern California (Doheny
Eye Institute)
- Professional Societies and Organizations
- Member
of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- Honor Award
- Senior Honor Award
- Secretariat Award in 2007 for contributions as a media spokesperson
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Member of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS)
- Past member of Scientific Advisory Committee
- Member of the International Society of Refractive Surgeons (ISRS)
- Barraquer Award (honors an eye doctor who has made significant contributions in the field of refractive surgery during his or her career)
- Past President (several terms)
- California Academy of Ophthalmology
- Los Angeles Society of Ophthalmology
- Past President, Vice-President, Secretary
- Ophthalmic
Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC):
- Member of Board of Directors of Board of Directors
- Member of Claims Committee
- Member of Risk Management Committee, Specialty: Refractive Surgery, Cataract/IOL
- Los Angeles Research Study Club
- Member of Board of Directors
- Member
of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- Consulting Positions:
- Alcon: Medical Monitor for Laser Vsion Correction FDA trials—2005-2007
- National Vision Research Institute, San Diego, CA
- Lions-Doheny Eye Bank, Los Angeles, CA
- Presentation to FDA's Ophthalmic Advisory Panel on Evaluation of Excimer Lasers for Refractive Surgery
- Rand Corporation: Panel for Eye Care Workforce sponsored by American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Charitable Activities:
- Discovery Eye Foundation:
- Member of Board of Directors
- Past President
- Member of the Knights of Columbus
- Discovery Eye Foundation:
- Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
- Editorial Positions
- Journal of Refractive Surgery
- Founding Editor-in-Chief
- Member of Board of Directors
- Eyenet (publication of American Academy of Ophthalmology)
- Review of Ophthalmology
- Member of Advisory Board
- Journal of Refractive Surgery
- Published over 80 articles, over 15 textbook chapters, and 2 textbooks on refractive, cataract and lens implant surgery and contact lenses in major (peer-reviewed) ophthalmology journals
- Over 220 presentations at major meetings of ophthalmologists worldwide.
Additional Career Highlights
- Rated one America’s Top Doctors in the field refractive surgery since 2004
- One of the authors of the book entitled "The Art and Science
of Ophthalmology "
- an authoritative, insider's perspective on the various challenges in this field of medicine and the key qualities necessary to become a successful practitioner
- Co-Chairman:Eye Subcommittee of Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee (1982-1984)
- Member of Haute MD, an exclusive, invitation-only directory of doctors and surgeons; interviewed for their website and print magazine in the article "Q & A with Dr. Salz", November 2011
Education
- Undergraduate: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
- Medical School: Duke Medical School, Durham, NC
- Residency: University of Southern California (Doheny Eye Institute), Los Angeles, CA
- Fellowship Training: not applicable since Dr. Salz helped develop the specialty of refractive eye surgery
Surgeon Bio
James J. Salz, M.D.
Dr. James J. Salz received his M.D. from Duke University and completed his ophthalmology residency training at the University of Southern California. He first began researching refractive surgery techniques in 1979 and has performed clinical refractive surgery since 1980. He is one of the few ophthalmic surgeons in the United States to have performed all types of refractive surgery. Dr. Salz was appointed the Principal Investigator for multiple PRK and LASIK FDA Clinical Trials for Visx and Alcon from 1990-2004 for myopia, hyperopia and wavefront guided LASIK at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.
He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery. He was the co-editor of the book Refractive Corneal Surgery published in 1986 and is the Editor-in-Chief of the 1994 published textbook Corneal Laser Surgery (which was the first book to cover all aspects of corneal laser surgery). In addition to his published articles, Dr. Salz has over 15 book chapters, the majority dealing with refractive surgery. His most recent publications include articles relating to pupil size in refractive surgery, treating complications of LASIK surgery and a book chapter on the pre-operative examination of refractive surgery patients.
Dr. James Salz has devoted most of his career to research and development of refractive surgery techniques. He was only one of 10 surgeons selected to participate in a National Study of Radial Keratotomy (PERK). Dr. Salz has been actively involved in teaching refractive and cataract surgery techniques to other eye surgeons both in the US and abroad since 1981. He was the 1991 President of the International Society of Refractive Keratoplasty and has been a volunteer surgeon and lecturer on Project Orbis (the "flying eye hospital") in Yugoslavia, India and Cuba. He has been interviewed about eye surgery techniques on the Today Show, on CNN and on local TV stations. In November of 1994, he was the recipient of the annual prestigious International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) Barraquer Award honoring his contribution to refractive surgery. In 1997 he received the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Senior Honor Award and in 2003 received the ISRS/AAO Lifetime Achievement Award for his continued contributions to refractive surgery.
In addition to his practice, academic appointments, and research, Dr. Salz is a member of the Refractive Surgery Research Laboratory and an attending staff member Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
Dr. Salz also serves on the Board of Directors for the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC), Discovery Eye Foundation, and Los Angeles Research Study Club
Dr. Salz has been honored with the Barraquer Award in 1994 (for contributions to the field of refractive surgery) and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the International Society of Refractive Surgeons and the senior Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. James Salz, M.D., the President and primary physician of Laser Vision Medical Associates, performs laser vision surgery on patients with nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism (blurred vision), and presbyopia. Dr. Salz’s practice primarily serves the greater Los Angeles area, including Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles, Hollywood, West Hollywood, and Santa Monica, but patients have come from all over Southern California and even as far as England and South America to be treated by him.
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