Professor Isaac Avni

Isaac Avni is a renowned professor of ophthalmology in Israel and abroad. Specializing in the treatment of one of the body's most vulnerable organs, the eyes, he develops gentle approaches that reduce the risk of vision loss to a minimum. Avni is a gifted clinician and researcher who introduced and advanced progressive therapies for keratoconus. Of all the operations he has performed for severe eye disorders, 94% achieved the best possible outcome for the individual case.

Isaac Avni graduated from the Faculty of Biology at Tel Aviv University in 1971 and then retrained as an ophthalmologist. Seven years later he successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, and later trained in the USA at Louisiana University, where he received an international license. After returning to Israel he studied health systems management and earned a master's degree in 2000.

Professor Avni is a recognized expert in ophthalmology and eye surgery whose clinical and scientific work is highly respected in Israel, Europe and America. He is an honorary member of the American Ophthalmological Society, the Israeli Corneal Diseases Association and the Israeli Vision and Eye Research Society. He takes an active part in developing pharmacological drugs for eye treatment and has published more than 100 scientific papers on chronic progressive disorders of the organs of vision and their treatment.

The professor diagnoses and treats the following conditions:

• Cataract
• Glaucoma
• Keratoconus
• Retinal detachment
• Progressive vision disorders
• Entropion and ectropion of the eyelid
• Strabismus
• Subatrophy of the eyeball

Meticulousness, expertise and responsibility are the three pillars that allow Isaac Avni to realize his professional potential, with tens of thousands of healthy patients speaking of his work with great gratitude.