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The East West Eye Institute now offer 0% Patient Financing. Learn more about Laser Eye Surgery and the specific financing options we offer. We have a page on this website dedicated to discussing patient financing for LASIK eye surgery and Premium Lens Implants. You can even fill out an online application to qualify for LASIK financing. We offer 0% financing, on approved credit with low fixed monthly payments, no down payment and no pre-payment penalty.

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See Better After Cataract Surgery

Cataract patients now have an option to see at both near and far distances after cataract surgery! Individuals suffering from cataracts previously had only a mono-focal lens implant option after surgery. NEW multi-focal IOL technology can now decrease dependence on glasses after surgery.

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What's New

The East West Eye Institute now offer 0% Patient Financing. Learn more about Laser Eye Surgery and the specific financing options we offer. We have a page on this website dedicated to discussing patient financing for LASIK eye surgery and Premium Lens Implants. You can even fill out an online application to qualify for LASIK financing. We offer 0% financing, on approved credit with low fixed monthly payments, no down payment and no pre-payment penalty.

What's New

Third Street Surgery Center

Will provide content which will most likely include having surgery in a professional environment and have the added comfort of be seen by the doctor in the same building same day.
If you have any questions regarding your surgery, contact our East West Eye Institute at (213) 680-1551 & via email

Third Street Surgery Center

Fred K. Kurata, M.D., M.S.
FRED KAZUHIRO KURATA, M.D.

Fred K. Kurata, M.D., M.S.

Education

1971 A.B., Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041-Honors in Biology
1976 M.S., Physiology, University of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
1979 M.D., University of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments

1979-80 Resident in Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1980-83 Resident in Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA
1983-84 Fellowship in Glaucoma, University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Specialty Certification

Board Certified in Ophthalmology
Written - April, 1984
Oral - October, 1984
National Boards I - June, 1977
National Boards II - March, 1979
National Boards III - March, 1980

Membership in Professional
and Scientific
Societies

National Societies
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Glaucoma Society
American Medical Association
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Local Societies
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Glaucoma Society of Los Angeles

Appointments

Community
Japanese American Health, Inc. - Board Member
President, Board of Directors, Community Hospital of Gardena

Bibliography

Original Papers
Ritch, R., Krupin, T., Henry, C., Kurata, F.K.: Oral Imipramine and Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma. 112:Archives of Ophthalmology 67-68, 1994

Kurata, F.K., Lotufo, D.S., Goldberg, J., Charles Henry: Pigmented Pupillary Pseudomembrane with Visual Loss After Argon Laser Treatment, Glaucoma 15(3): 164-169, 1993

Kurata, F.K. and Ortiz, J.: Glaucoma induced by Nd: Yag Capsulotomy, 1993

Orlin, S., Kurata, F.K., Krupin, T., Schneider, M. and Glendrange, R.R.: Ocular Lubricants and Corneal Injury During Anesthesia. Anesth. Anal. 69:384-5, 1989

Krupin, T., Patkin, R., Kurata, F.K., et.al: Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty in Black and White Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Ophthalmology 93:811-816, 1986

Kurata, F.K., Krupin, T., Sinclair, S., and Karp, L.: Progressive Glaucoma Visual Field Loss After Neodymium-Yag Laser Capsulotomy A.J.O. 98(5): 632-634, 1984

Kurata, F.K., Krupin, T. and Kolker, A.E.: Reopening Filtration Fistulas with Transconjunctival Argon Laser Photocoagulation. A.J.O. 98(3): 340-343, 1984.

Kurata, F.K., Yanoff, M. and Eagle, R.: Complications Following The Use Of A New Intraocular Lens.

Yanoff, M., Kurata, F.K., and Lamensdorf, M.: Inexpensive Device to Reduce Surgical Light Exposure. Ophthalmology Supplement: 137-138, 1983.

Pagnelli, C.V. and Kurata, F.K.: Diffusion of Water Vapor in Binary And Ternary Gas Mixtures at Increased Pressures. Resp. Physio. 30:15-26, 1977.

O’Reilly, J.P., Respicio, B.L., Kurata, F.K. and Hayashi, E.M.: Hana Kai II: A 17-Day Dry Saturation Dive at 18.6 ATA. VII. Auditory, Visual and Gustatory Sensations. Undersea Biomed. Res. 4(3): 247-265, 1977.

Hong, S.K., Claybaugh, J.R., Frattali, V., Johnson, R., Kurata, F.K., Matsuda, M., McDonough, A.A., Paganelli, C.V., Smith, R.M. and Webb, P.P.: Hana Kai II: A 17-Day Dry Saturation Dive at 18.6 ATA. III. Body Fluid Balance. Undersea Biomed. Res. 4(3):247-265, 1977.

Kurata, F.K.: ADH, Aldosterone and Urinary Excretory Response in Subthermo-Neutral Water Immersion To The Neck. M.S. Thesis in Physiology, University of Hawaii, 1976.

Matsuda, M., Nakayama, H., Kurata, F.K., Claybaugh, J.R., and Hong, S.K.: Physiology of Man During a 10-Day Heliox Saturation Dive (SEATOPIA) 7 Undersea Biomed. Res. 2(2): 119-131, 1975.

Matsuda, M., Nakayama, H., Itoh, A., Krigaya, N., Kurata, F.K., Strauss, R.H. and Hong, S.K.: Physiology of Man During a 10-Day Dry Heliox Saturation Dive (SEATOPIA) to 7 ATA. I. Cardiovascular and Thermoregulatory Functions. Undersea Biomed. Res.2(2): 119-131, 1975.

Hong, S.K., Szekerczes, Y., Park, Y.S., Kurata, F.K. and Gardner, K.D., Jr.: Effects of Diphenylamine on Sodium and Water Transport Across The Toad Skin and Bladder. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 26: 617-620, 1974.

Editorials, Reviews,
Chapters

Paganelli, C.V. and Kurata, F.K.: Binary and Ternary Diffusion of Water Vapor In Man in The Sea. Hong, S.K. (Ed.) Undersea Medical Society, Inc., 1975.

Awards and Honors

Teacher of the Year - Department of Ophthalmology, White Memorial Medical Center, 1986-87.

Invited Lectures / Oral
Presentations

November, 1989, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans “Pigmented Pseudomembranes After Laser Iridectomy.”

November, 1986, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco “Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty in Black and White Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma.”

December, 1984, “Levobunolol/Dipiverin in One Bottle” Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

May, 1984, ARVO Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida “Transconjunctival Argon Laser to Reopen Filtration Fistula.”

April, 1983, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Meeting “Transconjunctival Argon Laser to Reopen Filtration Fistulas.”

April, 1983, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Meeting “Extended Wear Lenses in Aphakia.”

April, 1982, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Meeting “Complications Following The Use Of A New IOL.”

Therapeutics

May, 1984, ARVO Annual Meeting, Sarasota, Florida “Transconjunctival Argon Laser to Reopen Filtration Fistula.”

April, 1983, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Meeting “Transconjunctival Argon Laser to Reopen Filtration Fistulas.”

April, 1983, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Meeting “Extended Wear Lenses in Aphakia.”

April, 1982, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Meeting “Complications Following The Use Of A New IOL.”

Other Oral Imipramine and Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma
Letter: Archives of Ophthal. Vol. 113. June, 1995 Pg. 699.