• Dr. Oyakawa is a trusted, skilled, and experienced ophthalmic surgeon.
  • In practice over 26 years.
  • Over 1,800 LASIK and 12,000 ophthalmic surgeries performed.
    • He has had laser vision correction(PRK) with monovision. He has treated his daughter, brother, relatives, employees, physicians, and health care workers (including surgical scrub techs) with LASER vision correction.
  • Among the 20% of cataract surgeons who perform LASIK.
    • Many LASIK surgeons do not perform cataract surgery.
  • A pioneer in presbyopia correction cataract surgery.
    • First multifocal IOL implanted in March 2000.
    • Only a few surgeon are performing presbyopia correction cataract surgery and most did not start until mid 2005.
    • He has implanted multifocal IOLs in his father, physicians and their families, health care workers, and relatives.
    • He is certified in the use of all FDA approved presbyopia correcting IOLs.
  • Use of topical and intracameral anesthesia for cataract surgery since 1995-No Shots, No Stitch, No patch. Most surgeons in the South Bay still give shots.
  • Astigmatism correction at the time of cataract surgery since 1995.
  • Fellowship trained in vitreo-retinal surgery and sees patients on referral for complications from cataract surgery and has performed thousands of surgeries to correct these complication.
  • B.S. from the University of Southern California, M.D. from the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco, and Internship at the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.
  • Residency and fellowships at the Wilmer Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Bascom Palmer Institute of the University of Miami.
  • Served as the Residency Program Director and Chairman of the Ophthalmology Department at White Memorial Medical Center, and an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
  • He has trained residents and fellows for 14 years, and published numerous scientific papers.
  • MBA from Anderson School of Business Administration, UCLA.
    
    
• Major Affiliations.
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Last updated to this page: 10.08.2006