Professor Ehud Assia
Ophthalmologist. An expert in treating glaucoma, cataract, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Head of the Ein Tal clinic and head of ophthalmology at the clinic.
Professor Ehud Assia is one of the best ophthalmologists in Israel, a specialist in the true sense of the word, competent in treating all currently known eye diseases in adults and children. With great experience in eye microsurgery and surgical correction of age-related vision, Ehud Assia is in extremely high demand not only among Israeli but also among foreign patients with a wide variety of visual disorders.
Ehud Assia graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University, receiving his diploma with honors and an M.D. degree in 1987. After a two-year fellowship in ophthalmology and eye microsurgery at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, he mastered the surgical treatment of cataract and intraocular lens implantation at the Center for Intraocular Lens Research at the university clinic of South Carolina (USA). Returning home, Ehud Assia joined the staff of operating ophthalmologists in the eye pathology department of Sheba Hospital and soon became head of that department.
Today Professor Ehud Assia heads the ophthalmology department at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, one of several Israeli centers with JCI accreditation, which guarantees medical services of the highest quality, and is a leading specialist in eye microsurgery and implantation of corrective intraocular lenses at Herzliya Medical Center. Professor Assia lectures on ophthalmology to students of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, conducts intensive research on the use of high technology in eye surgery, belongs to several professional societies of Israel, Europe and the USA, is the chief organizer of the annual international congress of eye microsurgery specialists, and is editor-in-chief of the Israeli Journal of Eye Update. The talented ophthalmologist has written more than 100 scientific papers and co-authored several ophthalmology textbooks. He has received awards from the International and American academies of eye pathology for his valuable contribution to the treatment of eye diseases.
Professor Ehud Assia's expertise covers the most modern methods of treating age-related eye diseases and vision disorders, including:
- modern cataract treatment with implantation of premium intraocular lenses;
- treatment of glaucoma and keratoconus, keratoplasty;
- treatment of diabetic eye disease; laser vision correction;
- treatment of blepharoptosis, etc.
Mastery of advanced medical technologies and many years of practical experience allow Professor Ehud Assia to achieve positive eye treatment results in the most complex clinical cases, preserving his patients' vision and high quality of life.