Ophthalmologist
Dr. Richard L. Rabin is an Ophthalmologist in Walnut Creek, CA
with special training and skill in performing eye exams, diagnosing and treating eye disease, prescribing medications and performing eye surgery.
As an Ophthalmologist, Richard L. Rabin, MD performs
eye exams, vision care, eye disease diagnosis and treatment, and eye surgery. Ophthalmology is
the diagnosis and treatment of all eye and visual ailments including vision services (glasses and contacts) and surgery, as well as the prevention of medical eye disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Ophthalmologists include amblyopia (lazy eye), astigmatism, cataracts, conjunctivitis, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye, eye cancer, glaucoma, hyperopia, macular degeneration, myopia, presbyopia, retinal detachment, strabismus, and uveitis.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Ophthalmologists
include eye exams, blepharoplasty, intraoccular lens, laser eye surgery, and photodynamic therapy.
An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.
Ophthalmologists in Walnut Creek, CA
Cataract Surgeon
Dr. Richard L. Rabin is a Cataract Surgeon in Walnut Creek, CA
with special training and skill in surgically removing cataracts - the fissures on an eye lens cortex - to improve a patient's quality of life.
As a Cataract Surgeon, Richard L. Rabin, MD performs
phacoemulsification, laser-assisted surgery, and extracapsular cataract extraction. Cataract Surgery is
the removal of cataracts from the cortex, as well as the insertion of a corrective plastic lens. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Cataract Surgeons include cloudy vision caused by congenital, nuclear, cortical, and posterior subcapsular cataracts.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Cataract Surgeons
include performing presurgical ultrasounds to determine corrective lens prescription, cataract removal and lens insertion surgery, as well as post-surgical care to prevent infections and determine a patient's new vision.
Cataract Surgeons in Walnut Creek, CA
Glaucoma Ophthalmologist
Dr. Richard L. Rabin is a Glaucoma Ophthalmologist in Walnut Creek, CA
with special training and skill in eye surgery and eye disease.
As a Glaucoma Ophthalmologist, Richard L. Rabin, MD performs
diagnostic testing, medication prescription, laser surgery, and operating room surgery. Glaucoma Ophthalmology is
an osteopathic or medical specialty providing eye and vision care for patients with glaucoma. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Glaucoma Ophthalmologists include glaucoma.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Glaucoma Ophthalmologists
include ophthalmoscopy, perimetry, tonometry, gonioscopy, pachymetry, medication prescription, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, iridotomy, trabeculoplasty, trabeculectomy, and glaucoma drainage device implantation.
An ophthalmologist who specializes in the treatment of glaucoma and other disorders related to increased intraocular pressure and optic nerve damage. This specialty involves the medical and surgical treatment of these conditions.
Glaucoma Ophthalmologists in Walnut Creek, CA
