Dr. Daniel Briscoe

Dr. Daniel Briscoe is an outstanding Israeli ophthalmologist with many years of clinical practice and the reputation of a brilliant eye surgeon, which this talented doctor built by painstaking work and tireless self-improvement.

Today Dr. Briscoe is one of Israel's foremost specialists in eye surgery, performing highly complex eye operations using advanced ophthalmic surgical technologies.

Daniel Briscoe received his medical education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland medical school. After graduating brilliantly in 1988, he studied and worked as a clinical resident at Soroka Medical Center in Israel, learning all the subtleties of ophthalmic practice and ultrasound diagnosis of eye diseases. A fellowship followed at Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA) in eye surgery and at the Royal Eye Hospital in Manchester (England), where for several years he practiced ophthalmic surgery and oculoplastics as part of a team of renowned British eye surgeons. In modern endoscopic eye surgery Dr. Briscoe improved at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Returning to Israel, he became head of eye surgery at Beilinson Hospital.

Today Daniel Briscoe is one of Israel's best-known and most authoritative ophthalmic surgeons, recipient of several prestigious awards in operative ophthalmology and a recognized expert in eye microsurgery, whose articles on innovations in eye surgery are published in specialized medical journals worldwide. He heads the ophthalmology department at HaEmek Medical Center in Israel, and he is credited with organizing the oculoplastic surgery department at Meir Hospital, which he led for more than 10 years. Dr. Briscoe has a rich clinical practice, lectures at the medical faculties of Tel Aviv University and a Brazilian university, conducts research on the newest ophthalmic surgical technologies, serves as vice president of the European Ocular Oncology Society and director of the Israeli Oculoplastic Society, and belongs to a number of international professional societies engaged in scientific and practical research of the eye and vision.

Dr. Daniel Briscoe is competent in all aspects of modern clinical and outpatient ophthalmology and eye surgery and performs highly complex operations on the eyes, eyelids and orbital tissues, including:

• treatment of glaucoma and cataract by laser surgery, ultra-thin canaloplasty, microsurgical trabeculoplasty, drainage implant integration, laser capsulotomy, etc.;
• removal of tumors of the eyes, eyelids, tear ducts, etc. according to the latest clinical protocols;
• oculoplastic surgery (anatomical restoration of the eyes after radical operations or injuries) of any complexity;
• orbital surgery, including its reconstruction after facial bone fractures;
• correction of exophthalmos in Graves' disease, and many other issues in surgical eye treatment.

Dr. Briscoe masterfully uses progressive laser surgery and eye microsurgery techniques and has more than 20 years of experience performing ophthalmic surgical operations, which allows him to succeed in the most complex clinical cases.