"Best Doctors in America"

Best Doctors is an international company founded in 1989 by doctors affiliated with the Harvard University School of Medicine and is a leader in helping people get the best medical care.  Best Doctors has pioneered a worldwide database of 50,000 top medical specialists in more than 400 subspecialties.  These doctor's are chosen by their own peers for one simple reason:  They are among the best.

At the University of California, Irvine Department of Ophthalmology, we are proud that several of our faculty have been chosen as one of the "Best Doctors in America".

They are:

• George Baerveldt, MD (Glaucoma) - since 1997

• Swaraj Bose, MD (Neuro-Ophthalmology) - since 2003

• Ronald Gaster, MD (Cornea) - since 1996

• Baruch Kuppermann, MD, PhD (Retina) - since 1996

• Ron Kurtz, MD (Retina) - since 2005

• Linda Lippa, MD (Comprehensive Ophthalmology) - since 2005

• Donald Minckler, MD (Glaucoma) - since 1995

• Jennifer Simpson, MD (Pediatric Ophthalmology) - since 2006

• Roger Steinert, MD (Cornea) - since 1994

In addition, we are proud that more than 80 UC Irvine Healthcare physicians have been named "Best Doctors in America".  For a complete list of UC Irvine Healthcare physicians on the Best Doctors list, please visit the UCI Health website at http://www.ucihealth.com/07bestdoctors.asp.

For more information on Best Doctors and how physicians are chosen, please visit their website at www.bestdoctors.com.