About Our Doctors

Yaron S. Rabinowitz, M.D.

Yaron S. Rabinowitz, M.D.

Yaron S. Rabinowitz M.D. is an internationally recognized Los Angeles LASIK and cornea surgeon. He is has had two years of fellowship training after completing his eye residency: at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University and the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California.

He has been at the forefront of Laser Vision correction since its inception at his state of the art LASIK LA facility. He was one of the first doctors in the Los Angeles area to perform customized bladeless LASIK at his facility which was the first laser center in the Los Angeles area to own an Intralase Laser offering both iLASIK and Allegretto wavefront optimized treatments. He was the first doctor in Los Angeles to perform Cornea Transplants with a laser and has more experience with this procedure than any other Los Angeles doctor.
From 1996 to 2001, he was the Chairman of the Division of Ophthalmology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center a position he relinquished to focus on his research. He is currently the Director of Eye Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at U.C.L.A. School of Medicine. He has been a recipient of a grant from the National Eye Institutes of Health for the past 16 years for his groundbreaking research on keratoconus and the shape of the eye.
He has received numerous awards including the American Academy of Ophthalmololgy Honor Award, the International Society of Refractive Surgery Kritizinger Award for excellence in research, the Jules Stein Eye Institute research Award, the VISX star Award and has been an honoured guest of the French Eye Society. He has been rated by his peers as one of the leading doctors in Los Angeles as noted in LA Magazine’s "Superdoctors” survey.

Dr. Rabinowitz is the author of a book on corneal topography(studies of the shape of the eye for laser surgery), the inventor of a computer program used worldwide for screening prior to laser surgery and the Author of over 80 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He has given over 130 lectures in over a dozen countries (follow this link to review a detailed CV). He has performed thousands of laser eye surgeries including over 50 doctors many of whom are cornea specialists, ophthalmologists and doctors of optometry.

An avid reader, traveller and tennis player, he is married and lives with his wife Nancy, and three children Leah, Alec and Sara in Marina del Rey, California

Email contact: rabinowitzy@cshs.org

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Yuri S. Oleynikov, M.D., PhD

Yuri S. Oleynikov, M.D, PhD

Yuri S. Oleynikov, MD, PhD, is a sub specialist ophthalmologist specializing in Cornea, Refractive (LASIK and PRK) and Cataract Surgery who recently joined Dr.Yaron Rabinowitz at Cornea Genetic Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Dr.Oleynikov joins us from Cornea, Refractive and Uveitis Division at Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. At JSEI he performed new keratorefractive surgical procedures and conducted research as an Associate Refractive Surgeon in the Laser Refractive Center at UCLA. Dr. Oleynikov attended to patients with corneal and external ocular disease and cataracts in the

Institute’s University Ophthalmology Associates practice where he performed cataract surgery, whole cornea and DSEK transplant surgery and advanced artificial cornea implantations.

Dr. Oleynikov joined the Jules Stein Eye Institute in July 2006 after completing his training at Columbia University, New York, where he was a recipient of the first B.D.Srinivasan Research Award.

His research focused on fundamental mechanisms of angiogenesis in a developing eye.

Dr. Oleynikov is actively involved in ophthalmic research. He has authored multiple journal articles and presented at national and international ophthalmology and molecular biology meetings. Dr. Oleynikov’s research at this time is focused on safety and predictability of keratorefractive surgery. His clinical interests include wavefront technology, phakic intraocular lenses, keratorefractive surgery, corneal transplant surgery, and cataract surgery. He is also an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Education
- PhD in Molecular Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY.
- Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in Biomedical Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
- Internship in Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, New York, NY
- Residency in Ophthalmology, Edward Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY.
- Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellowship, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
E-mail Contact: yurioleynikov@gmail.com

Dr. Rabinowitz has decades of experience with cornea transplants and is also a highly sought after LA LASIK surgeon. He is also highly regarded as a leading Santa Clarita IntraLase specialist, in addition to helping cataract surgery-patients and those individuals seeking laser eye surgery in Lancaster.