Dr. Ella Faktorovich, has devoted her career to the research, teaching and practice of advanced vision correction techniques. She has set the standard in the Bay Area for innovation, leadership and perfection. Her career is filled with a series of industry-firsts - in procedures conducted, certification obtained, new findings published and equipment used. She is one of the select group of surgeons in the U.S. to specialize exclusively in refractive and laser eye surgery and has performed tens of thousands of procedures.
Many major Bay Area TV news stations, newspapers, and magazines have featured advanced vision correction procedures and technologies introduced by Pacific Vision Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area community.
Dr. Faktorovich has been named in the Best Doctors in America and listed as one of the the Top 100 Health Professionals in the World. She has been selected by Castle Connolly's Top Doctor for more than 10 years in a row as one of the best eye surgeons in San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Faktorovich has also been featured in the Trusted LASIK Surgeons™ and Trusted Cataract Surgeons™ Directories since its founding in 2008.
Trusted LASIK Surgeons® is committed to helping prospective patients find the best and most trusted LASIK and cataract surgeons in the United States, those with proven expertise to properly diagnose and help correct your vision problems.
Every month, we are highlight a vision correction LASIK or cataract expert surgeon in the United States who is featured on our website. Please read on for their most recent accomplishments, awards, milestones, new treatments, and surgical procedures. Our “Surgeon of the Month” for this month is Dr. Ella Faktorovich
Recent Highlights
Dr. Faktorovich recently published an article in Ocular Surgery News entitled “Refractive Surgery On the Rise During Covid-19 Pandemic.”
She is the only LASIK/PRK surgeon in San Francisco to be included in the annual Best Doctors issue of San Francisco Magazine. Dr Faktorovich has been selected by Castle Connolly's Top Doctor for more than 10 years in a row as one of the best ophthalmologists in San Francisco Bay Area. Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors are selected after peer nominations, extensive research and careful review and screening by its doctor-directed research team. Dr. Faktorovich has also been listed in the in the Top 100 Health Professionals in the World and in the Best Doctors in America.
Meet Dr. Ella Faktorovich:
For over 20 years, Dr. Ella Faktorovich, has led her practice at the Pacific Vision Institute to biring the newest vicions correction diagnostic and treatment technologies to patients in San Francisco and Silicon valley. She devoted her career to the research, teaching and practice of advanced vision correction techniques. Dr. Ella Faktorovich has set the standard in the Bay Area for innovation, leadership and perfection. Her career is filled with a series of industry-firsts - in procedures conducted, certification obtained, new findings published and equipment used. She is one of the select group of surgeons in the U.S. to specialize exclusively in refractive and laser eye surgery and has performed tens of thousands of procedures.
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley, Dr. Faktorovich received her Medical Degree with honors from UCSF School of Medicine. After her ophthalmology residency at UCSF, she devoted two years to advanced sub-specialized training and research in laser and refractive surgery at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine. And while at the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology, she was one of the first surgeons in San Francisco to perform automated lamellar keratoplasty - a precursor to the LASIK procedure to correct nearsightedness. She has developed methods for intra-corneal implantation of ultra-thin lenses to correct nearsightedness and. farsightedness. She is highly respected in her field and has published and presented both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Faktorovich has received dozens of awards and honors for her dedication and innovation in her field. Her research on corneal healing following laser vision correction has advanced the field of refractive surgery. In addition to publishing numerous articles, abstracts and book chapters on corneal transplantation and laser and refractive surgery, she has lectured extensively both in the United States and abroad. She is currently on the faculty of the San Francisco VA hospital department of ophthalmology, and it’s Cornea Clinic. She is also the founder remains the chair of the annual Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgery Symposium and Pacific Vision Institute Research Foundation.
Dr. Faktorovich’s commitment to innovation and the advancement of refractive options for patients has led her to be considered one of California’s leading ophthalmologists. She is listed in the Best Doctors in America and in the Top 100 Health Professionals in the World. Under her leadership, Pacific Vision Institute invests in the most state-of-the-art technology of any refractive surgery practice in San Francisco. She lives in Burlingame with her husband, her daughter, and their two Doberman Pinschers.
Education:
- Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. in Genetics
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Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
- Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
- Alpha Omega Alpha Research Fellowship
Dean’s Prize for Outstanding Research
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Sadie Berkove Award for the Outstanding Graduate
American Medical Women’s Association Award for Scholastic Achievement
- Residency: Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Asbury Award for Outstanding Research, Department of Ophthalmology
- Fellowship (in Corneal and Refractive Surgery): University of California Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute
- Clinical Research Award
Heed Foundation Fellowship Award
Heed/Knapp Foundation Fellowship Award
For more information about LASIK and Cataract surgery expert Dr. Faktorovich., please visit Dr Ella Faktorovich, M.D.- Trusted LASIK Surgeons® profile page.
Contact Information
Dr. Ella Faktorovich contact form
Address (located in the historic Fisherman's Wharf district)
505 Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94133.
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