Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is a specialty that focuses primarily on the eye and tissues around the eye. The surgeons at Kaiser Permanente Orange County offer state-of-the-art ophthalmic services, ranging from routine ophthalmic evaluations to complex medical management and surgical care. The department provides sub-specialty management and treatment of all ophthalmic conditions with subspecialists in the fields of Pediatrics, Retina, Glaucoma, Cornea, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Uveitis and Oculoplastics. The surgeons at Kaiser Permanente Orange County are experts that provide our patients with compassionate and comprehensive surgical care. Our ophthalmologists utilize innovative technologies to evaluate, treat, and manage ophthalmic diseases. Our goal is to provide compassionate and outstanding medical and surgical care to our patients.
Procedures we perform
- Cataract Surgery
- Glaucoma Surgery:
- Trabeculectomy
- Glaucoma Tube Shunt
- Office-based and intraoperative laser treatments
- MIGS surgery
- Retina Surgery:
- Vitrectomy
- Office-based and intraoperative laser treatments
- Retinal Detachment repair
- Macular hole/pucker repair
- Oculoplastics Surgery:
- Eyelid repair
- Skin cancer reconstruction
- Orbital tumor resection/reconstruction
- Corneal Surgery:
- Corneal transplantation
- Conjunctival resection of cancer
- Pterygium surgery
- Pediatric/Adult Strabismus:
- Strabismus (Eye Muscle Surgery)
- Nasolacrimal Duct Surgery
- Removal of Periorbital lesions of childhood
Prepare for your Surgery
Your preoperative instructions
- Planning for Your Surgery — Anaheim Medical Center PDF
- Planning for Your Surgery — Anaheim Medical Center — Español PDF
- Planning for Your Surgery — Irvine Medical Center PDF
- Planning for Your Surgery — Irvine Medical Center — Español PDF
- Surgery Patient Calendar PDF
- Surgery Patient Calendar — Español PDF
Additional resources
Department Physicians
- Kenneth B. Krantz, MD
- Noor Amra, MD
- Suri N. Appa, MD
- Sheila Bazzaz, MD
- Jason Chancer, MD
- Rishi R. Doshi, MD
- Guy V. Jirawuthiworavong, MD
- Ahsan M. Khan, MD
- Jonathan Wano Kim, MD
- Graham C. Kuizin, MD
- Pauline Lim, MD
- Christa L. Litzenberger, MD
- Dennis C. Lu, MD
- Ashish M. Mehta, MD
- Stephen J. Munz, MD
- Andrew Nguyen, MD
- Shaival S. Shah, MD
- Jeanne H. Smith, MD
- Jeffrey Jing Tan, MD
- Sean W Tsao, MD
- Lynn E. Vaughn, MD
- Alison L. Wong, MD
- Elizabeth Yang, MD
- Peter N. Youssef, MD
- Kevin R. Yuhan, MD
- Feilin Zhu, MD