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Patient Care Services
The Institute’s program of care for patients encompasses
the full range of eye diseases. Nationally and
internationally renowned faculty, along with highly
skilled clinical fellows and physician residents, provide
integrated consultation and treatment, including new
diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that have been
made available through recent scientific advances.
Institute ophthalmologists are supported by optometrists,
orthoptists, technicians, and nurses. Care is
delivered in distinctive subspecialty treatment centers,
service areas, and clinical laboratories, as well as in
specially equipped ophthalmic surgical suites and a
dedicated inpatient unit. The newly established UCLA
Jules Stein Eye Center, Santa Monica, offers the
premier service of the Jules Stein Eye Institute in a
convenient neighborhood location.
Faculty Consultation Service
Institute faculty members provide direct consultation
and treatment, including emerging therapies, to patients
through the Ophthalmology Faculty Consultation
Service. Faculty members have extensive, advanced
training in ophthalmic subspecialties, providing refer-
ring physicians and patients with a valuable resource
for special eye problems.
Inpatient Consultation Service
Jules Stein Eye Institute, Westwood
The Ophthalmology Inpatient Consultation Service,
operating 24 hours a day through the Ronald Reagan
UCLA Medical Center, provides consultation and
treatment to pediatric and adult patients admitted to
the hospital’s medical, surgical, and psychiatric inpatient
services. Led by Dr. Meryl L. Shapiro-Tuchin, the
consultation team consists of physician-residents.
Subspecialty coverage from faculty is provided
as needed.
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Jules Stein Eye Center, Santa Monica
The Ophthalmology Inpatient Consultation Service, operating
through the Jules Stein Eye Center, Santa Monica,
provides consultation and treatment to pediatric and
adult patients admitted to the hospital’s medical,
surgical, and psychiatric inpatient services. Led by
Dr. Laura Bonelli, the consultation team consists of
physician-residents. Subspecialty coverage from faculty
is provided as needed.
Surgical Services
Ophthalmic surgery of all types, from cataract extraction
to removal of ocular and orbital tumors, is performed in
the Institute’s dedicated operating rooms. Additionally,
laser vision-correction surgeries, such as laser-assisted
in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), and certain aesthetic and
retinal laser surgeries and injection procedures, are
performed in designated outpatient procedure rooms.
Faculty members perform surgical procedures according
to their specific ophthalmic specialty. They are
joined by other medical specialists, including anesthesiologists,
nurses, and technicians to ensure the
highest quality preoperative and postoperative care.
University Ophthalmology Associates
Comprehensive and subspecialty eye care in all medical
and surgical areas of ophthalmology is offered through
University Ophthalmology Associates. Dr. John D.
Bartlett is medical director and ophthalmologists
who are members of the UCLA Medical Group staff
the practice.
Jules Stein Eye Center, Santa Monica
The Jules Stein Eye Center, under the direction of
Dr. Colin A. McCannel, offers the world-renowned
comprehensive and subspecialty eye care of the
Jules Stein Eye Institute at a convenient new location
in Santa Monica. Established in 2011, the Jules Stein
Eye Center features well-equipped exam rooms, an
optical shop, convenient on-site parking for easy access,
and testing facilities offering a wide range of examinations
including visual field, corneal map (corneal
topography), intraocular lens measurement, retinal
imaging—including fluorescein angiography—and others.