Jerry Sebag 's Online Review Report Card

I suffered with annoying right eye floaters for as many years as I can remember and was always told there was no way to effectively remove floaters.  My brother in law had floaters in both eyes which significantly handicapped his playing golf.  After my brother in law had his floaters removed by Dr. Sebag at VMR Institute he raved how incredible his vision was without floaters.  I went to the VMR Institute for an examination by Dr. Sebag and his staff and was told I would be a good candidate for the surgery. In every visit the staff prepared my eyes for examination by Dr. Sebag and I thought they worked well as a team.  After seeing a video on the invasive surgery I got scared and delayed my surgery date.  I finally built up the courage to have surgery three weeks later my floater is totally gone!  What a pleasure not to have a glob floating around in my right eye.I found Dr. Sebag to be a very competent eye doctor.

For many years I put up with a glob of floaters in one eye that constantly distorted my vision.  Most eye doctors tell you there isn't anything you can do about them and so I resigned myself to deal with them.  I was referred to Dr. Sebag for a followup after a torn retina and he didn't dismiss my complaints about the floaters, which I really appreciated.  They did an ultrasound and the glob was actually visible on the ultrasound. He informed me that he could do "vitrectomy surgery" to remove them.  After having already had cataract surgery at a young age and surgery for a torn retina, it took me a few years to get up the nerve to have the vitrectomy surgery but I finally did it in 2016. I should have done it years ago because my vision is significantly better!  Dr. Sebag's office conducted contrast sensitivity tests before and after the surgery and the improvement actually surprised me.  I knew my vision was impaired but the contrast sensitivity tests proved how impacted it really was.  A month after the surgery my contrast sensitivity was three times better!The surgery is an outpatient procedure and only takes around 15 minutes.  (However, there is a lot of waiting around and prep time.)  Per his instructions I took a week off from work.  The pain was minimal, mostly just a slight headache.  If you want to learn more, go to Youtube and search "Dr. Sebag Answers Questions About Vitrectomy For Floaters".  Note: When going to his office, plan on being there for a couple of hours.  Bring a book and just chill and go with the flow.  He's a very matteroffact kind of guy so if you want soft warm fuzzies from your doctor he may not be the right fit for you.  But if you want an excellent eye doctor, he's your guy.

This is a rude doctor who talks to patients and staff in an ugly tone.  I was referred to this doctor by another doctor.  I never would've gone to this doctor on my own.  I'm definitely not returning to this doctor's office based on the way this doctor is.  It's obvious to me his staff can put up with his rude bedside manner.  I pay $ for my treatment and I don't need to be pay $ to be disrespected.

I had floater surgery on my right eye and I am so pleased at the outcome.  I had so many floaters in both eyes and so I am getting ready to have him do my left eye soon.  I highly recommend Dr. Sebag, he knows what he is doing!!!

Dr Sebag literally changed my life. I got a very large, dark floater in my eye when I was in my early 20s. It was hard to do anything, especially work on a bright computer screen. I saw countless ophthalmologists who all told me I was "too young" and that they "couldn't see anything" before flying out to LA. Dr. Sebag not only saw my issue and validated my concerns, he was informative and knowledgable during the whole procedure. It has been almost 5 years, and I have had zero problems and my quality of life has improved greatly. If you have annoying floaters, you don't have to live with them! HIGHLY recommend Dr. Sebag. I will say that some of these reviews are poor due to his bedside manner (although he was lovely with me) but he deserves 5+ stars for knowledge and technique, which is the most important in my book.

Dr. Sebag literally (and I do mean literally) wrote the definitive book on the anatomy and disease of the vitreous.  He cured a lifelong problem with "floaters" for me in both eyes.  Note that this is an area where Dr. Sebag is an active clinical researcher developing objective methods for assessing the qualify of life impact of floaters.  I've found him to be a compassionate and skilled surgeon, and travel to see him from Northern California.  He is a superstar!