Southern California Eye Institute

01/19/2026

We wish you a meaningful Martin Luther King Jr. Day from the Southern California Eye Institute.

01/15/2026

01/08/2026

Glaucoma Awareness Month

12/18/2025

Meet our Director of Optometric Services, Dr. Umangi Popat

Dr. Popat specializes in comprehensive eye exams, contact lens fittings, ocular disease, ocular surface disease, dry eye treatment, as well as to pre- and post-op refractive surgery care.

In addition to providing vision care in a clinical setting, Dr. Popat is passionate about helping those in need. She has been very active with OneSight, traveling around the globe to help provide eye care to underserved populations.

12/12/2025

Dr. Alena Reznik discusses some of the lifestyle changes you can implement to help preserve your vision for years to come.

12/04/2025

We're pleased to announce that the winter issue of Perception, our newsletter, is now available online!

This edition explores the fascinating history of eye color, the benefits of wearing glasses, and promising new research on angle closure glaucoma.

Perception also highlights groundbreaking research developments, including a blood test that may detect Alzheimer's 15–20 years before symptoms appear, an adjustable implant transforming glaucoma care, and encouraging results from a clinical trial for severe type 1 diabetes.

https://sceyes.org/pdf/newsletters/perception-winter-2025.pdf

11/26/2025

Wishing a happy Thanksgiving to our SCEI team and the patients we serve!

11/20/2025

Meet SCEI's Founding Director, Dr. Rohit Varma!

Dr. Varma is a world-renowned clinician-scientist and board-certified ophthalmologist. He specializes in glaucoma and the epidemiology of eye diseases, particularly in children and aging populations.

In this video, Dr. Varma discusses the key factors that made him want to become a physician.

11/12/2025

SCEI's Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, presented Myra Vision’s Calibreye™ System during the "Subconjunctival Devices in Clinical Trial" session at the Interventional Glaucoma Consortium (IGC) in Salt Lake City this past weekend.

The IGC brought together leading clinicians committed to advancing the care of glaucoma management.

11/06/2025

SCEI's Dr. Alena Reznik highlights some of the main glaucoma risk factors including family history, previous surgeries, and eye trauma.

10/30/2025

SCEI's Dr. Alena Reznik highlights the two main types of glaucoma, and how a formal evaluation in clinic must be conducted in order to determine the appropriate course of treatment.

10/23/2025

Did you know that more than 3 million people in the United States have glaucoma? Half of which don't even realize that they have it. Once vision is lost from glaucoma, it cannot be restored.

SCEI's Dr. Alena Reznik emphasizes the importance of regular eye exams and why early intervention is essential to saving sight.

https://sceyes.org/