Dr. Rom Kandavel
Dr. Rom Kandavel performs wavefront guided laser vision correction tailored to each patient’s optical needs, like a personalized fingerprint.
Dr. Kandavel grew up in the San Fernando Valley. He graduated from Harvard-Westlake high school with honors. He then attended UCLA, where he received his degree in Biology and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. Dr. Kandavel received his medical degree from UC Davis Medical School where he graduated at the top of his class with AOA honors on a full academic scholarship.
His ophthalmology training was completed at the prestigious UC Irvine Department of Ophthalmology where Dr. Kandavel has worked alongside the leaders in cataract, refractive surgery, and glaucoma surgery as a chief resident.
He then went on to receive post-graduate training specifically in field of refractive surgery using the most advanced laser technologies. Dr. Kandavel met his wife, Monica, at UCLA. She is also a physician, in pediatrics, here in Tarzana.
Dr. Kandavel Brings New Cutting Edge Technology
to Colvard Eye Center
Dr. Kandavel is widely published in field of ophthalmic surgery. With millions of LASIK surgery now performed worldwide, Dr. Kandavel published one of the first papers discussing the calculation of intraocular powers after LASIK surgery. This paper has now been used to direct further research on the subject and has been cited by other leaders in the field.
Some of the newest techniques in eye surgery involve the use of amniotic tissue grafting to reconstruct the ocular surface after trauma or ocular surgery. Dr. Kandavel has published numerous articles on the topic, and his most recent publication in the medical journal, Cornea, is the first publication to describe the use of specialized staining to make these difficult surgeries more facile for all ophthalmologists.
Philanthropic Missions
The need for ophthalmic surgery in other countries is great, and Dr. Kandavel also travels to bring these essential services to the underprivileged. Most recently Dr. Kandavel participated in a mission to Gujrat, India where he helped to perform hundreds of cataract surgeries. In addition strabismus or eye misalignment can cause blindness in children, but can be prevented with eye muscle surgery early in life. Such essential surgeries were also performed in the villages of Gujrat for over twenty young children during this eye mission.
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