Professor Irit Bareket

Professor Irit Bareket is a specialist in laser surgery and eye microsurgery and in the treatment of glaucoma and cataract, and an expert in photorefractive keratectomy and optical-reconstructive operations on the cornea. She is also a specialist in retinal diseases.

Irit Bareket graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University in 1986. After completing the required clinical training as a general practitioner, she chose ophthalmology as her further specialization and in 1991 joined the ophthalmology department of Sheba Medical Center, where she trained as an ophthalmologist until 1996. For the following two years she lived and worked in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. During this time she practiced extensively in laser eye surgery, including corneal operations and surgical vision correction, and conducted active research on the diagnosis and treatment of eye infections in the clinical research laboratory at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University hospital. After returning to Israel, Irit Bareket took the position of lead ophthalmologist in the medical center's eye department.

Today Professor Irit Bareket is one of Israel's most sought-after ophthalmologists, a diagnostician and a brilliant surgeon. Colleagues turn to her for help and professional advice in complex and ambiguous cases; her assessment of a clinical situation always carries great diagnostic weight, and her treatment recommendations are highly valued and are not questioned even by equally talented colleagues.

Her professional record includes managing the Institute of Laser Eye Surgery at the Herzliya Medical Center and a leadership post in the united Israeli ophthalmologists' association. Professor Bareket is also a member of a number of Israeli and American professional societies, including the Israel Society for Eye and Vision Research, the Israeli Ophthalmological Society and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. She writes scientific articles, takes part in clinical studies on expanding the possibilities of laser eye surgery, and teaches a course on eye diseases to students of Tel Aviv University.

Professor Irit Bareket is competent to perform routine and complex eye surgeries:

• Laser cataract removal;
• Glaucoma treatment: laser iridoplasty, trabeculoplasty, iridectomy, etc.;
• Various methods of keratoconus treatment;
• Laser vision correction, including photorefractive keratectomy;
• Laser coagulation of retinal vessels in diabetic retinopathy;
• Eye microsurgery: laser treatment for retinal detachment;
• Specialization in eye diseases;
• Specialization in eye infections in the USA (The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute);
• Specialization in the treatment of anterior segment diseases of the eye in the USA;
• Specialist in retinal diseases

Mastery of advanced medical technologies such as Epi-LASIK, LASEK, ASA, femto-LASIK and others allows Professor Irit Bareket to perform highly complex surgical interventions on the cornea, lens and retina, achieving the greatest possible preservation and restoration of vision.