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Firas M. Rahhal, MD

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1245 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 380
Los Angeles, CA 90017
1976.1 miles away
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, Los Angeles County
Saint John's Physician Partners Affiliated Providers
Speaks: English
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Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group

1245 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 380, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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About Firas M. Rahhal

Dr. Firas M. Rahhal received a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, then received his MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He completed an Ophthalmology Residency at Cornell University Medical Center in New York City and subsequently a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery and uveitis at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center. After fellowship, Dr. Rahhal returned to Cornell University as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and was appointed the Director of the Retina Service, staying in that position for five years.

Dr. Rahhal is currently a partner at Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group in Los Angeles and is an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the UCLA School of Medicine – Jules Stein Eye Institute. He is an extremely busy and respected clinician and clinical researcher. He has published dozens of scientific papers in reputable peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent presenter at major international scientific meetings. He has been an investigator in over 100 clinical trials, many of which were national or international trials leading to novel therapies for vitreoretinal diseases. Among numerous other awards, Dr. Rahhal has been consistently named “Top Doctor” by his physician peers in the Los Angeles Magazine annual review. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, and The Retina Society.

Medical School

University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
1990

Internship

University of California Los Angeles
1991

Residency

Cornell University Medical Center
1994

Fellowship

Shiley Eye Institute
1996

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology
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Clinical Interests

  • Abnormal Pupil Function
  • Abnormal Red Reflex
  • Abnormalities Of The Eyes
  • Absence Of Eye
  • Accommodating Lens Implant
  • Accommodation
  • Achromatopsia
  • Acute Inflammation Of Orbit
  • Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy
  • Agenesis Of Eye
  • Allergic Conjunctivitis
  • Alternating Hyperphoria
  • Angiod Streaks
  • Aniseikonia
  • Anisocoria
  • Anisometropia
  • Anterior Uveitis
  • Aphakia
  • Arterial Biopsy
  • Aspheric Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Astigmatism
  • Astigmatism Lenses
  • Autoimmune Retinopathy
  • Benign Neoplasm Of Retina
  • Benign Tumor Of Choroid
  • Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy
  • Bilateral Diffuse Uveal Melanocytic Proliferation
  • Biopsy Of Eye
  • Blepharoptosis
  • Blepharospasm
  • Blind In One Eye
  • Blood Clot In Eye
  • Blurred Vision
  • Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion
  • Brown Syndrome
  • Buphthalmos
  • Cataract
  • Cataract Removal
  • Central Areolar Chorodial Dystrophy
  • Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
  • Chloroquine Retinopathy
  • Chorioretinal Coloboma
  • Chorioretinal Scar
  • Chorioretinitis
  • Choroid Hemorrhage
  • Choroidal Disorders
  • Choroidal Neovascularization
  • Choroidal Senile Atrophy
  • Ciliary Body Adenocarcinoma
  • Ciliary Body Degeneration
  • Coats Syndrome
  • Coloboma
  • Color Blindness
  • Combined Hamartoma Of The Retina And Retinal Pigment Epithelium
  • Complex Cataract Surgery
  • Cone Rod Dystrophy
  • Congenital Chorioretinal Degeneration
  • Congenital Vitreous Anomalies
  • Conjunctival Injury
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Contact Lens Induced Corneal Edema
  • Contact Lens Infections
  • Contact Lenses
  • Corneal Diseases
  • Cotton Wool Spots
  • Cryopexy
  • Crystalline Deposits In Vitreous
  • Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
  • Dacryocystorhinostomy
  • Diabetic Eye Exam
  • Diabetic Macular Edema
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis
  • Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation
  • Diplopia
  • Disorders Of The Vitreous
  • Dissociated Vertical Deviation
  • Divergence Insufficiency
  • Dome Shaped Macula
  • Dry Eyes
  • Eales Disease
  • Ectopia Lentis
  • Ectropion
  • Enhanced S Cone Syndrome
  • Entropion
  • Epiretinal Membrane
  • Esotropia
  • Extramacular Disciform Lesions
  • Eye Cancer
  • Eye Health
  • Eye Lesions
  • Eye Pain
  • Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy
  • Farsightedness
  • Flashing Lights
  • Floaters
  • Floppy Eyelid Syndrome
  • Focal Choroidal Excavation
  • Foreign Body (Cornea)
  • Fuchs Dystrophy
  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Giant Retinal Tear
  • Glaucoma
  • Grave's Disease
  • Gyrate Atrophy
  • Hemangioma Of Retina
  • Hereditary Retinal Dystrophy
  • Herpes Simplex With Ophthalmic Complication
  • Histoplasmosis With Retinitis
  • Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity
  • Idiopathic Juxtafoveal Telangiectasis
  • Idiopathic Orbital Inflammatory Disease
  • Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis, Aneurysms, And Neuroretinitis
  • Infectious Uveitis
  • Inflammation Of The Eyelid
  • Intraocular Lens Dislocation
  • Intraocular Lens Explantation
  • Intraocular Lymphoma
  • Intravitreal Injection
  • Iritis
  • Jensens
  • Kearns Sayre Syndrome
  • Keratitis
  • Keratoconus
  • Knobloch Syndrome
  • Kuhnt Junius Degeneration
  • Laceration Of Eye
  • Laser Vision Correction
  • Legal Blindness
  • Leukocoria
  • Linear Nevus Sebaceous Syndrome
  • Lipemia Retinalis
  • Lipiflow
  • Lipiview
  • Lupus Eye Conditions
  • Macular Cyst
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Macular Diseases
  • Macular Edema
  • Macular Hole
  • Macular Scars
  • Macular Stains
  • Macular Telangictasia
  • Macular Translocation
  • Maculopathy
  • Malignant Neoplasm Of Choroid
  • Mechanical Vitrectomy
  • Melanoma Of Eye
  • Microsurgery
  • Monofocal Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Multifocal Lens Implant
  • Myopia
  • Myopic Degeneration
  • Neoplasm Of Retina And Choroid
  • Neuroretinitis
  • Neurotrophic Keratopathy
  • Night Blindness
  • No Stitch Cataract Surgery
  • Non Infectious Uveitis
  • Norrie Disease
  • Nystagmus
  • Nystagmus Testing
  • Ocular Hypertension
  • Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
  • Old Partial Retinal Detachment
  • Ophthalmic Trauma
  • Optic Nerve Disease
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Optic Neuropathy
  • Optic Neve Hypoplasia
  • Optical Coherence Tomography
  • Orbital Floor Fracture
  • Papilledema
  • Pars Planitis
  • Partial Central Choroidal Dystrophy
  • Persistent Fetal Vasculature
  • Pneumatic Retinopexy
  • Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
  • Premium Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Presbyopia
  • Presumed Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome
  • Pseudophakia
  • Pseudostrabismus
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Pterygium
  • Punctal Plugs For Dry Eyes
  • Red Eye
  • Red Reflex Exam
  • Refractive Amblyopia
  • Refractive Lens Exchange
  • Repair Of Retinal Detachment
  • Repair Of Retinal Tear
  • Replacement Of Contact Lens
  • Retained Lens Fragments
  • Retina
  • Retinal Angiomata
  • Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm
  • Retinal Artery Occlusion
  • Retinal Cancer
  • Retinal Cyst
  • Retinal Damage
  • Retinal Degeneration
  • Retinal Detachment
  • Retinal Detachment Surgery With Silicone Oil Injection
  • Retinal Disorders
  • Retinal Disorders In Pediatrics
  • Retinal Drusen
  • Retinal Dystrophy
  • Retinal Edema
  • Retinal Exudates And Deposits
  • Retinal Function Tests
  • Retinal Hemorrhage
  • Retinal Imaging
  • Retinal Ischemia
  • Retinal Laser Surgery
  • Retinal Microaneurysm
  • Retinal Neovascularization
  • Retinal Nerve Fiber Bundle Defects
  • Retinal Tear
  • Retinal Telangiectasia
  • Retinal Vascular Abnormalities
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Retinal Venous Engorgement
  • Retinitis
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa
  • Retinopathy
  • Retinopathy Of Prematurity
  • Retinoschisis
  • Ruptured Vessel Of Eye
  • Scarred Retina
  • Scleral Buckle Surgery
  • Scleritis
  • Sclopeteria
  • Sensitivity To Light
  • Separation Of Retinal Layers
  • Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Test
  • Shingles Of The Eye
  • Sickle Cell Retinopathy
  • Silicone Oil Removal (Sor)
  • Sjogrens
  • Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Strabismus
  • Stye
  • Sudden Vision Loss
  • Tear Osmolarity Test
  • Toric Intraocular Lens Implant
  • Toric Lenses
  • Toxic Maculopathy
  • Transient Arterial Retinal Occlusion
  • Uveitis
  • Uveitis Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Viral Conjunctivitis
  • Vision Loss
  • Visual Discomfort
  • Visual Disturbance
  • Visual Field Defects
  • Visual Impairment
  • Vitrectomy
  • Vitreomacular Adhesion
  • Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome
  • Vitreoretinal Dystrophy
  • Vitreous Abscess
  • Vitreous Hemorrhage
  • Vitreous Prolapse
  • Vitritis
  • Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease
  • Weakness Of Eye Closure
  • Xerophthalmia