Floaters
22 Oct Dr. Sebag Lectures on Limited Vitrectomy to the American College of Surgeons
On October 22, 2024 Dr. Sebag lectured at the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons, held this year in San Francisco. The results of limited vitrectomy in 289 cases of Vision Degrading Myodesopsia (clinically significant vitreous floaters) showed excellent efficacy with significantly decreased...
04 Sep Interview With Dr. Sebag on Managing Floaters
Floaters are a common vision complaint of people young and old. Recent R & D has identified the causes and developed new diagnostic approaches for clinical evaluation. These improvements have facilitated medical decision-making enabling treatments that improve vision. This interview discusses the current management of...
25 May Dr. Sebag Attends The Club Jules Gonin 34th Biennial Meeting
Dr. Sebag presented a lecture on Limited Vitrectomy for Vision Degrading Myodesopsia from Vitreous Floaters. The lecture described the origin(s) of floaters, the clinical tests performed to diagnose advanced cases (called Vision Degrading Myodesopsia), and the successful results obtained with limited vitrectomy surgery. The data...
08 Jun Near-Sightedness (Myopia) causes Vitreous Floaters
Floaters arise from the vitreous body, the gel that fills the center of the eye. Myopia is the clinical term for near-sightedness that is due to abnormal elongation of the eye. A common reason to perform vitrectomy (surgery to remove the gel in the center of...
26 Apr Dr. Sebag’s Research on Vision Degrading Myodesopsia (Floaters) Published in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Journal
To date, most doctors considered ‘floaters’ to be little more than nuisances. However, recent studies have shown that there can be severe effects on vision, specifically the ability to discern shades of gray, which is an important component of vision. This condition has been named...
13 Apr Dr. Sebag to Lecture on Vitreous Floaters at the Congress of the European Society of Ophthalmology
Dr. Sebag Will Deliver the Inaugural Robert Machemer Lecture at the Soe Biennial Congress. VMR Institute, a leading facility for treatment of disorders of Vitreous, Macula, and Retina in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas, announced today that Dr. Sebag has been named the keynote...
13 Sep Hope, Happiness, and Action With Dr. Sebag: Eye Floaters Podcast Interview
Hope, Happiness, and Action With Dr. Sebag: Eye Floaters Action Movement Podcast Interview In August, Jonathan Reed, host of The Eye Floaters Action Movement podcast--a podcast dedicated solely to eye floaters with the goal of providing its subscribers and listeners updates on research and cures to fight...
30 Aug VMR Institute Goes to Harvard
On June 9, 2018 Dr. Sebag delivered an invited lecture at Harvard Medical School in Boston. The annual meeting of the department of Ophthalmology was held at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, where Dr. Sebag trained as a resident in Ophthalmology and as a...