Ophthalmologist in West Hills
Jonathan M. Davidorf, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and Director of the Davidorf Eye Group in Los Angeles, California, where he specializes in laser vision correction and cataract/lens implant surgery.
He is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA’s Stein Eye Institute and has served as Director of Surgeon Training for Refractec, Inc., Chief Ophthalmologist for the Women’s World Cup, and Co-Director of Friends of Vision Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides medical and surgical ophthalmologic care to underdeveloped nations.
Dr. Davidorf was an Academic All-American at the University of California, Berkeley; he continued his training at the University of California, San Diego, UCLA, and The Ohio State University. He completed an international fellowship in refractive surgery in South America, where he researched and helped develop LASIK and other refractive surgery techniques, several years before their approval in the United States.
Among his over 400 publications and presentations are the definitive scientific papers on implantable contact lenses and Bioptics vision correction surgery and pioneering work on pediatric LASIK. Dr. Davidorf is also co-author of LASIK: Principles and Techniques, the first medical textbook on LASIK.
He has served as an investigator for many clinical trials, including the investigations that led to FDA approval of LASIK. In 1999, Dr. Davidorf received recognition from the International Society of Refractive Surgery for best research by a vision scientist.
Dr. Davidorf has delivered award-winning presentations to national and international audiences on the subject of refractive surgery and continues to train other ophthalmologists on advanced surgical techniques. His course, “Emerging Technologies in Cataract and Refractive Surgery,” is attended by ophthalmologists and surgeons from around the world.
He is a lecturer and course director for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the International Society of Refractive Surgery.
Dr. Davidorf received Bausch & Lomb’s Clarity Award in 2003 for his leadership and experience with Wavefront technology, has been selected multiple times as one of “America’s Top Ophthalmologists” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, was recognized as a Leading Innovator in the field of premium refractive cataract surgery by Ocular Surgery News in 2016, and was selected as one of the 10 Best Corrective Eye Surgeons for California in 2017.
His media appearances include news telecasts for ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. He has also been interviewed for numerous radio programs and has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles from coast to coast.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Davidorf was a Volunteer Physician to protect against a local Coronavirus surge and was among 180 scientists and doctors who helped get a highly publicized COVID-19 Lancet article retracted for its many inconsistencies.
