Firas M. Rahhal

Dr. Rahhal is a partner at ExSight, a senior partner at Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group in Los Angeles, and is Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the UCLA School of Medicine – Jules Stein Eye Institute. He has published dozens of scientific papers in respected peer-reviewed journals, is a frequent presenter at major international scientific meetings, and has been an investigator in over 100 clinical trials, including trials leading to novel therapies for vitreoretinal diseases. Dr. Rahhal has been consistently named “Top Doctor” by his physician peers in the Los Angeles Magazine annual review. Dr. Rahhal received a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, his MD from the University of Connecticut, completed an Ophthalmology Residency at Cornell University Medical Center, and, subsequently, a two-year Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery and Uveitis at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Rahhal served at Cornell University as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Retina Service for five years.