OLLI Course on Eye Care, Disease and Surgery Lecture #1 6/5/2024

Have you ever wished you had more time to discuss your visual problem and its treatment options with your ophthalmologist? Mike Lahey, retinal surgeon and ophthalmologist, will cover multiple facets of eye care, including common visual diseases of the aging eye, such as cataract, macular degeneration, glaucoma, vascular retinal disease, and dry eye. He will get into the how and why of modern ophthalmic treatment often not afforded by typical office visits. Ophthalmic testing, laser types, kinds of surgery, and treatment of common diseases will be discussed along with the embryology, anatomy, and physiology of the eye. The eye is a fascinating organ; participating in this course shall help you understand its beauty and function in health and disease.
Dr Lahey is a semi-retired retinal surgeon who graduated from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and trained in ophthalmology at UCSF followed by a UCLA fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery. Thereafter he was one of the busiest retinal surgeons in the bay area at Hayward Kaiser Permanente. Currently he works with veterans at the VA Hospital in Livermore.