Ronald N. Gaster, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a nationally recognized, board certified corneal, cataract and refractive surgeon.  He has been selected by his peers as being in the top 1% of All-Laser LASIK, cataract and refractive eye surgeons in the U.S. and is included in the 2013 and 2012 Best Doctors in America, an honor he has received yearly since 1996.  Dr. Gaster was also included in the Orange County Medical Association’s 2011 Physicians of Excellence, 2011 Top Doctors of Orange County, and Los Angeles Magazine’s 2012 Southern California SuperDoctors.  Dr. Gaster is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California, Irvine, and has lectured and published extensively on current innovations in corneal and cataract microsurgery, LASIK, and corneal cross-linking (CXL). 

As a recognized leader in ophthalmology today, Dr. Gaster is committed to providing superior patient care while also pursuing significant research in LASIK laser vision correction, cataract surgery, refractive surgery, corneal transplant surgery, pterygium surgery, corneal cross-linking (CXL) and Intacs surgery and other ocular diseases and conditions including dry eye syndrome.  Dr. Gaster has been on the cutting edge of research into the femtosecond laser, which is now used in LASIK (all laser LASIK), corneal transplantation and cataract surgery.  His goal continues to be to enrich each patient’s quality of life through innovative methods of enhancing vision coupled with the latest and safest technological advances.  He is currently seeing patients in his offices in Beverly Hills, Long Beach/Los Alamitos, Irvine, Los Angeles and Orange Counties.