Uday Devgan, M.D., F.A.C.S is Board Certified eye surgeon in Los Angeles who is an internationally recognized expert in eye surgery. At Maloney Vision Institute, Dr. Devgan will be performing cataract surgery in Los Angeles and lens replacement surgery using presbyopia correcting multifocal intraocular lenses (IOL) such as the ReSTOR Lens Implant and the ReZoom Lens Implant to help correct vision at far, near and distances in between without bifocals or eyeglasses.
Dr. Devgan has provided cataract surgery in California at his highly regarded cataract surgery and refractive lens practice for the past 10 years in Sun Valley, California. His expertise in the areas of cataract removal, refractive lens exchange, and multifocal lens implants will provide patients with more surgical options as well as successful alternatives for those who are not suitable LASIK candidates.
After graduating as valedictorian of Santa Monica High School, Dr. Devgan accepted multiple scholarships to the University of California-Los Angeles where he majored in microbiology and molecular genetics. He earned his medical degree with Highest Distinction at the top of his class at the University of Southern California School of Medicine where he was co-president of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He completed his Residency in Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California Los Angeles, where he won awards for outstanding achievement as well as research.
Serving as Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at UCLA and Chief of Ophthalmology at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Devgan has won the annual UCLA teaching award for his work, and annually he awards the best UCLA resident ophthalmologist with the Devgan Award for Surgical Excellence. In addition to performing eye surgery and teaching other eye surgeons, he is the author of regular columns in multiple eye surgery journals, creates award-winning eye surgery instructional videos for Bausch & Lomb, and designs surgical instruments that are distributed world-wide.
Dr. Devgan is not only a highly experienced cataract surgeon in Los Angeles, but he is committed to sharing his eye surgery techniques and expertise with other eye surgeons. He has traveled to 20 countries in the past 2 years to teach and perform eye surgery. Dr. Devgan has the distinction of having recently taught the first course in modern cataract surgery in Vietnam. He has trained and instructed hundreds of other surgeons, and has personally performed more than 5000 intraocular surgeries.
For those seeking LASIK in Los Angeles at Maloney Vision Institute and found not to be suitable candidates, in particular those seeking correction of presbyopia and near vision without eyeglasses or contact lenses, Dr. Devgan is able to offer advanced lens replacement surgery options with a personal caring practice style.
