Amin Ashrafzadeh, M.D. (Dr. Ash)

• Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
• Undergraduate: Boston University, College of Arts & Sciences
• Medical School: Boston University, School of Medicine
• Internship: Internal Medicine
  • Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston (Tufts University)
• Residency: Ophthalmology
  • Boston University
• Fellowship: Cornea and Refractive Surgery
  • Tufts University
  • Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston
• Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology (Board Certification)
• Member, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Dr. Ashrafzadeh (Dr. Ash as referred to by most) was born and educated in Boston, Massachusetts.  He has been in private practice in Stanislaus County since 2002.  He joined Daniel Lee, MD at the Turlock Eye Physicians, where he is now a partner.  Dr. Ash has been performing LASIK eye surgery for the past 6 years and has performed LASIK eye surgery at several different LASIK centers.  In November 2005, Northern California Laser Center was opened to bring patients not only the highest level of medical and surgical care, but also to be a state of the art advanced LASIK surgery center with the most technologically advanced equipment available.

Dr. Ash, a specialist in LASIK eye Surgery and Corneal Surgeries, has brought some of the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic devices to the Central Valley.  He acquired Visante Anterior Segment OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) which allows Ultra-high resolution images of the front portion of the eye.  This device creates images that allow unique ability to evaluate and manage LASIK patients.  Additionally, the IntraLase femtosecond laser has brought the safety of LASIK Eye surgery to new levels.

Dr. Ash has specialized training in performing LASIK eye surgery and other Corneal procedures such as corneal transplantation and anterior segment reconstruction.  He is one of few corneal surgeon that has performed many newer techniques in corneal transplant surgery such as Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty (DLEK) and Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK).  By incorporating IntraLase femtosecond laser into his practice, he brings a revolutionary change in corneal transplant surgery technique with IntraLase Enabled Keratoplasty (IEK).  He has created the first center in Northern California to offer IEK, well ahead of most academic centers.  In fact, Dr. Ash is the first surgeon to perform IEK (laser assisted corneal transplant surgery) in Northern California.

He was one of the very first surgeons to perform the revolutionary presbyopia correcting Cataract Surgery with ReSTOR, ReZoom, Acrysof Toric IOL and CrystaLens implants.  He is also one of very few surgeons that performs implantation of intraocular contact lens, Verisyse.

Dr. Ash remains involved academically and serves as a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at University of California, Davis.  He has been invited to speak at many different events nationally and internationally, such as the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.  His research work has been published in different peer-reviewed journals including Ophthalmology the official publication of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. 

Dr. Ash finds the greatest joy in helping patients obtain the best possible vision and restoring sight.  He finds the greatest complement in referral of other patients by his current patients.  He is fluent in Farsi and Spanish. 

Certification / Licensure:

• Medical Board of California 
• Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology 
• Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
• LADARVision 4000 
• LADARWave
• Visx Star S4 with Iris Registration
• CustomVue
• IntraLase
• IntraLase Enabled Keratoplasty 

Affiliations

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Stanislaus Medical Society
• California Medical Association

Community Involvement

• Board of Directors
  • Emanuel Medical Center (2005 - Present)
  • Northern California Surgery Center (2004 - 2007)
  • Turlock Surgical Properties (2004 - Present)
• Chief of Medical Staff - 2008
  • Emanuel Medical Center
• Vice Chief of Medical Staff - 2007
  • Emanuel Medical Center

• Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology,
  • University of California, Davis

Research and Publications

    Dr. Ash is currently invloved with many projects.  Below are list of his published works.

Dr Ash sees Lasik Stockton patients at his state-of-art facility outside of the Stockton area.

• Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
  Roger F. Steinert MD; David Huang MD, PhD
  • Chapter 3, Evaluation of LASIK Flaps. Roger F. Steinert, Amin Ashrafzadeh
  • 2 Cover Image Credits and 3 Image Credits Chapter 14.
  • ISBN 13 978-1-55642-808-1  Published 2008

• Ophthalmology 
• June 2007: 
• Results of phototherapeutic keratectomy in the management of flap striae after LASIK before and after developing a standardized protocol: long-term follow-up of an expanded patient population.
• Amin Ashrafzadeh, Roger F. Steinert
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• Ophthalmology
• April 2004:  
• Results of phototherapeutic keratectomy in the management of flap striae after LASIK.
• Roger F. Steinert, Amin Ashrafzadeh, Peter S. Hersh

• International Ophthalmology Clinics
• Winter 2003:  
• New modalities in the treatment of ocular allergy.
• Amin Ashrafzadeh, Michael B. Raizman

• Anatomical Records
• March 1999:  
• Zyxin and vinculin distribution at the cell-extracellular matrix attachment complex (CMAX) in corneal epithelial tissue are actin dependent.
• Kathy K. Svoboda, Dan Orlow, Amin Ashrafzadeh, Guy Jirawuthiworavong

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• EyeWorld Magazine
• November 2007:
• PTK on patrol by Richard L. Lindstrom, MD
• Technique helps to target visually significant striae and improve visual results.
• Interview with Amin Ashrafzadeh and Roger F. Steinert.

• Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today
• Supplement August 2007
• The Versatility  of the Visante OCT
• By Amin Ashrafzadeh, MD

• http://www.crstoday.com/PDF%20Articles/0807/0807_supp.pdf

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