ARTHUR BENJAMIN: THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK

Readers of the blog that visit BEI so often ask “Why haven’t you published a book?” that the thought of it has become quite sensible. Indeed, all of these little articles together could make a nice book. Our working title Through The Eyes of an Ophthalmologist and we’re publishing several chapters.

WE TRADITIONALLY WISH EACH OTHER TO LIVE TO 120. REALISTIC OR NOT?

I was 14 years old when I arrived here with my parents from the Soviet Union, and I still remember the myths about the Caucasians that lived to be 160. But if these fairy-tale old-timers aren’t taken into account, the real record has belonged to a French woman for 20 years now, who reached 122.

Where are all of our newest medical achievements in this field? To this, you could reply, “There hasn’t been a man on the moon in half a century, but now Mars is just around the corner”.

But what does Mars matter if we can’t break this 20-year record for longevity?

Nevertheless, there will soon be treatments that can remove the diseases associated with aging. There are those that think humans could even live for hundreds of years, and venture capitalists have invested huge sums of money to study the aging process.

Not all scientists believe this and argue that dying on time is a wise evolutionary choice. The largest number of believers, however, are located in Silicon Valley. One of the companies was founded by Google, and is called the Calico Life Company. The type of studies they are engaged in, however, is unknown. They say it doesn’t even have any signage. Mark Zuckerberg has even joined in and vowed to cure or prevent all disease by the end of the 21st century. And what are the arguments of its 120 supporters? Well, we can already increase life expectancy by almost five times in simple organisms, and some fungi, fruit flies, and worms. But the more complex the creature, the more difficult it is to achieve.

Has there been any progress on more solid multicellular organisms? There is. They’ve increased life expectancy in lab rats by 20-30%.

Skeptics present the following argument: not everyone on the planet lives to be even 60.

So what do we do? Wait? The fact is that you can improve your own health, without the help of sign-less companies. How exactly? Everyone knows the answer, and it’s only two words – physical exercise. Practically all old-timers, even the mythological Caucasians, and not to mention Okinawans, have one thing in common – an active lifestyle.

It could be dancing, swimming, daily walks, hiking

 – there are so many options and all of them are free. And if you want to see the full beauty of this world, you have us. By the way, we DO have a sign and the walls of our laser center are glass. No secrets at all!

10,000 STEPS – BETTER FEWER, BUT BETTER!

“One step forward, two steps back” – this was the name of one of Lenin’s works which students in the Soviet Union were forced to study. Another of these classic articles was called “Better Fewer, But Better”. I, thank God, don’t remember what these articles were about, but their names sound relevant for today.

Now, everyone is obsessed (in a good way) with the 10,000 steps program. Are you able to make it that far? And if so, don’t you think it would take up time that could be spent on other life goals?

Today every other passer-by on the street anxiously looks at their phone or tablet – have we gotten there yet or not? But why 10,000, and not 9,000 or 11,000?

It all started in the 1960s in Japan. They commercialized one of the first pedometers, and 10,000 steps was just a marketing trick.

 The Japanese at that time picked up on the American habit of passively watching baseball and at the same time hypodynamia, so they decided to uplift the body and spirit.

It was believed that 10,000 steps would burn an extra 500 calories. The trick worked, and the 10,000 program conquered Japan as well as the rest of the world.

But isn’t it the Sisyphean labor?  Isn’t it better to have 3 short but intense walks, like the Active 10 program? With Active 10, you generally don’t have to greedily count your steps, but rather walk 3 times a day for 10 minutes.

In the UK, both methods were tested on volunteers. One group ruefully walked the 10,000 steps, and the other did 3 quick sessions for about 1.5 miles total.

“In the Active 10 group, the total volume of moderate-to-high level exercise was 30% higher than in the 10,000 steps group, despite the fact that the first was moving for less time. Moderately intense exercise has the greatest health benefit”. (BBC)

Not to mention that such exercise loads, according to some, help reduce the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and even some types of cancer. It turns out that these Marxist classics were right, as far as the title goes, but going deeper into these works isn’t worth a single step. It’s better to just go out and take a quick walk, like for example to Benjamin Eye Institute, if you live within a mile-and-a-half.

It’s possible we will live to see a time where a blood test will show almost everything, and steps in this direction have already been done. This post is about a universal blood analysis for cancer developed by American scientists, one of the most popular of its kind.

Ideally, a person would donate blood once a year, and then for many of the undiagnosed out there the disease will be detected at its earliest stages.

Today it is evaluated in different ways. Optimists believe that the results are stunning and that they’ve found the Holy Grail, while pessimists always say don’t jump the gun and celebrate too early.

The fact is that cancerous tumors manifest themselves in a certain manner – they produce sections of mutated DNA and the so-called oncomarker proteins in the blood. This new test searches for these oncomarkers and mutations in a group of genes, the breakdown of which usually causes cancer. Although the tumor is just beginning to emerge, it can theoretically (and sometimes practically) already be detected. 

 The earlier it is found, the better the chances for treatment, and an operation isn’t always necessary – just like how early cataract operations can be postponed by correcting eyesight with properly-selected glasses.

To date, in 5 cases out of 8, cancer was impossible to catch at an early stage. Particularly insidious in this regard is pancreatic cancer, and the majority of patients die within the first year after being diagnosed.

In a new experiment, American scientists had more than 1000 participants – patients with stomach, pancreatic, esophageal, colon, ovarian, liver, lung, and chest cancers that had not yet metastasized, or in other words spread to other organs. So how effective was their test? Very effective – 70% of the cases. The test worked; it confirmed the presence of cancer. And while it’s true that it wasn’t as sensitive to cancer in its first stage (40%), the first step is always the hardest.

Now, the test will be run on a large group of people who don’t have cancer, as far as they and their doctors know. It’s understood that someone will have it, just undiagnosed. Also, the number of proteins and mutations that can be studied is far greater.

Only after that can we really say something definite about this test – I’m optimistic!

There was an unforgettable scene in the movie Minority Report with an eye implantation. In this new world (which we have almost already lived through), personality was identified through the eyes, and our hero Tom Cruise was at large, forced to have an operation at the hands of as somewhat-criminal ophthalmologist. This operation was successful, and the new eyes took root.

This scene will be remembered by many in light of recent discoveries in the field of immune cells. When a person has an organ implant of some kind, they must take drugs to suppress the immune response, but eye transplants usually don’t require this. Why? Because there are several components of the eye – the lens, for example – do not have access to the blood vessels through which immune cells are distributed. So therefore it is believed that these parts of the eye have “immune privileges”.

New research (in Scientific Reports), however, shows that this isn’t true and that the eye does not have an immunity to immunity. There was a complex study involving mice with a mutated gene that produces such-and-such protein – you don’t need all these details. It turns out that immune cells cunningly get into the lens through the ciliary ligaments. Ciliary fibers connect the lens to the ciliary body, where the muscle is located, the contraction of which controls the curvature of the lens.

Thus, immune cells may be present in the lens and facilitate the healing process, but also play a role in loss of vision.

 So far just our point-of-view. We won’t change the eye yet. But the fact that the lens is affected to some extent by the immune system may mean that we can better understand visual impairment, particularly with cataracts.

It doesn’t seem like anything sensational, and it was done on mice. But such small steps, from the view of the general reader, quite often leads us to revolutions in medicine. And such revolutions are always good.

photo by Al Martin and others on Unsplash

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МЫ ПРИВЫЧНО ЖЕЛАЕМ ДРУГ ДРУГУ «ДО 120!» РЕАЛЬНО ЛИ ЭТО?

Мне было 14 лет, когда я уехал с родителями из СССР, так что я еще помню мифы о кавказских долгожителях, живущих до 160 лет. Если этих сказочных старцев, как и «лучшее в мире советское шампанское», в расчет не брать, то реальный рекорд принадлежит уже 20 лет как покойной француженке, дотянувшей до 122.

Куда же деваются все наши выдающиеся медицинские достижения? На это можно возразить так: на Луне человек не бывал уже с полвека, но теперь не за горами Марс.

Но какой нам прок от Марса, если мы 20 лет не можем побить рекорд долгожительства на Земле?

И тем не менее скоро появятся лекарства, которые отодвинут болезни, связанные со старением. Есть даже мнение, что люди смогут жить сотни лет. Венчурные инвесторы вкладывают огромные суммы в изучение процесса старения.

Далеко не все ученые в это верят, утверждая, что «смерть вовремя» – мудрый ход эволюции. Однако наибольшее число «верующих» сконцентрировалось в Силиконовой долине. Одну из компаний основал Гугль, а именно Calico (California Life Company). Какими конкретно исследованиями занимается компания, за ее пределами – неизвестно. Говорят, у нее даже нет вывески. Марк Цукерберг тоже не остался в стороне и пообещал то ли вылечить, то ли предотвратить все болезни до конца XXI столетия. Какие аргументы приводят сторонники 120+? Уже сейчас мы можем увеличить срок жизни почти в пять раз у простых организмов – некоторых грибов, дрозофил, червей. Но чем сложнее существо, тем труднее этого достичь.

Есть ли хоть какие-то успехи с более солидными многоклеточными? Есть. Экспериментальным мышам увеличили продолжительность жизни на 20-30%.

Скептики выдвигают и такой аргумент: далеко не всем на этой планете удается дожить даже до 60-ти.

Что делать? Ждать? Факт тот, что вы и сами, без всякой помощи со стороны компаний, избегающих вывесок, можете сделать свою жизнь более здоровой, а значит, и продолжительной. Как именно? Ответ знают все, и он умещается в два слова: физические упражнения. Практически все старожилы, включая даже мифологических кавказских, уже не говоря о жителях Окинавы, имеют одну общую черту: подвижный образ жизни.

Это могут быть танцы, плаванье, ежедневные прогулки, «хайкинг» – вариантов много и все бесплатные. А если вы хотите при этом еще и хорошо видеть всю красоту мира, то у вас есть мы. У нас, кстати, и вывеска не спрятана, а стены нашего Лазерного зала – вообще стеклянные. Никаких секретов!

УНИВЕРСАЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ КРОВИ

Возможно, уже при нашей жизни анализ крови будет показывать чуть ли не «все». Шаг к этому сделан. Речь идет об универсальном анализе крови на рак, разработанном американскими учеными. Или по крайней мере на самые «популярные» его виды.

В идеале, человек будет сдавать кровь раз в год, и у многих из тех, кто об этом не знает, болезнь будет обнаружена на самых ранних стадиях.

Достигнутое на сегодня оценивается по-разному. Оптимисты считают, что результаты потрясающие и найден «Святой Грааль». Пессимисты, как всегда, говорят: не спешите трубить победу.

Дело в том, что раковая опухоль проявляет себя определенным образом: она продуцирует участки мутировавшей ДНК и так называемые белки-онкомаркеры в кровь. Новый тест разыскивает эти онкомаркеры и мутации в группе генов, поломка которых обычно и вызывает рак. Опухоль еще только начинает возникать, но теоретически (а иногда практически) ее уже можно засечь! Нужно ли говорить, как это важно? Чем раньше обнаружено, тем больше шансов вылечить, хотя и не всегда нужна операция – подобно тому, как при ранней катаракте операцию можно отложить, скорректировав зрение правильно подобранными очками. Особенно, если вам подбирают их в нашей уникальной оптике.

На сегодняшний день в 5 случаях из 8 рак невозможно поймать на ранней стадии. Особым коварством в этом плане отличается рак поджелудочной железы, и потому большинство пациентов умирает в течение первого года после того, как поставлен диагноз.

В новом экперименте американских ученых было более 1000 участников – пациентов с раком желудка, поджелудочной железы, пищевода, толстой кишки, яичников, печени, легких и груди, которые пока не дали метастазов, т.е. не перекинулись на другие органы. И какова была эффективность теста? Довольно высокая: 70% случаев. Т.е. тест сработал: он подтвердил наличие болезни. Правда, чувствительность теста к первой стадии рака составила 40%, но лиха беда – начало.

Теперь этот тест прогонят на большой группе людей, у которых рака, насколько им и их врачам известно, нет. Понятно, что у кого-то он есть, просто не диагностирован. К тому же само количество исследуемых мутаций и белков можно ведь и увеличить, не правда ли?

И только после того, как новый тест, так сказать, пройдет свой тест, можно будет объявлять что-то определенное и, я надеюсь, оптимистическое!

10 000 ШАГОВ? ЛУЧШЕ МЕНЬШЕ, ДА ЛУЧШЕ!

«Шаг вперед, два шага назад», – так называлась работа В. И. Ленина, которую заставляли изучать студентов в СССР. Другая статья классика называлась «Лучше меньше, да лучше». Я, слава богу, не помню, о чем эти статьи, но их названия сегодня звучат как нельзя актуально.

В наши дни все в хорошем смысле подсели на программу «10 000 шагов». Если мерять «старыми», то это 8 км. Удается ли вам их проходить? И если да, то не кажется ли вам, что эта программа пытается заменить собой другие жизненные цели? Сегодня каждый второй прохожий на улице тревожно поглядывает в свой гаджет: уже дошел наконец или еще нет? Но почему именно 10 тысяч, не 9, не 11?

Все началось в 60-е годы прошлого века в Японии. Тогда возник один из первых шагомеров, а 10 000 – всего лишь маркетинговый трюк. Японцы в то время подхватили у американцев пассивное смотрение бейсбола, а заодно и гиподинамию, вот и решили воспрять духом и телом. Считалось, что 10 000 сожгут лишние 500 килокалорий. Трюк сработал, и 10 000 покорили Японию, а с ней и весь мир.

Но не сизифов ли это труд? Да, лучше, если вы пройдете 10 000, чем сутками сидеть у монитора, но оправданы ли эти усилия? Не лучше ли 3 короткие, но интенсивные прогулки (программа Active 10)? При Active 10 вообще не нужно по-крохоборски считать шаги, в всего лишь трижды в день по 10 мин прогуляться реально быстрым шагом.

В Британии сравнили оба метода на добровольцах. Одна группа уныло шагала свои 8 км, другая трижды, но быстро, оптимистично – и в сумме нашагивала 2,5 км.

Критерий «быстроты»: вы еще можете говорить на ходу, но петь уже не получается.

В группе Active 10 общий объем высокой и умеренной физической нагрузки оказался на 30% больше, чем в группе “10 000 шагов”. И это несмотря на то, что по времени первая группа двигалась меньше! Умеренно интенсивная нагрузка на организм – это наилучший вариант. Уже не говоря о том, что такие нагрузки, по некоторым данным, помогают снизить риск диабета, сердечно-сосудистых болезней и даже некоторых видов рака. Получается, «классик» марксизма-ленинизма на уровне названия был прав, но заходить глубже в его статьи не стоит ни на шаг. Лучше выйти на улицу и быстрым шагом пройтись. К примеру, до Benjamin Eye Institute, если вы живете в радиусе полутора миль.

ПРИВИЛЕГИЙ БОЛЬШЕ НЕТ?

В фильме Minority Report («Особое мнение») была незабываемая сцена имплантации глаза. В светлом будущем личность идентифицировалась по глазам. Герой Тома Круза, который находился в розыске, был вынужден сделать себе операцию при помощи какого-то 

полууголовного офтальмолога

, а именно заменить глаза. Операция, правда, прошла успешно, новые глаза прижились.

Этот эпизод вспоминается в свете открытий в области иммунных клеток. Когда человеку имплантируют тот или иной орган, ему нужны подавляющие иммунитет лекарства. Но транспланты для глаз этого обычно не требуют. Почему? Потому что некоторые компоненты глаза, например, хрусталик, не имеют прямого доступа к сосудам, по которым распространяются иммунные клетки. И потому считалось, что эти части глаза имеют «иммунные привилегии».

Новое исследование показало, что это не так, и у глаза «иммунитета к иммунитету» нет. Оказалось, что хитрым путем, а именно через через цилиарные связки, иммунные клетки все-таки попадали в хрусталик. Цилиарные волокна соединяют хрусталик с цилиарным телом, где находится мышца, сокращение которой управляет кривизной хрусталика. Тем самым в хрусталике глаза могут присутствовать иммунные клетки, участвующие в процессе заживления, но они же и могут играть роль в потере зрения.

И что это меняет? Для начала – точку зрения. Нет, пересаживать глаз мы пока не будем. Но сам тот факт, что хрусталик в какой-то степени затронут иммунной защитой, может означать, что мы лучше поймем расстройства зрения, в частности, при катаракте.

Казалось бы, ничего особо сенсационного – к тому же еще и на мышах… Но вот такие мелкие, казалось бы, шажочки, нередко ведут нас к подлинным революциям в медицине. А эти революции – всегда со знаком «плюс». И мы в BEI стараемся быть в курсе последних.

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ARTHUR BENJAMIN: THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK - Benjamin Eye Institute

АРТУР БЕНДЖАМИН: ГЛАВЫ ИЗ КНИГИ (1)

Dr. Benjamin talks about aging, Mars, healthy lifestyle, universal blood analysis for cancer and everything else in between. Read on! 

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Staff was very personable and accommodated my needs.  Dr Benjamin was very professional and great bedside manner.  I would highly recommend the office to friend and family

An awesome experience as is the norm for our visits to Dr Benjamin. We have trusted him and his office with our multiple surgeries and care for many years, and plan to continue forward. Thank you Dr Benjamin, and your staff.

Great front desk and tech staff. The doctor was super nice and I’m so pleased I found this eye institute! Everyone was great and happy to finally have taken care of an appointment I had been putting off for a while. Great check-in process also for first time patients.

⭐️ My review of LASIK after one year ⭐️I told Dr. Benjamin I would do this a while ago, but I kind of feel like it says a lot I have kept this on my checklist for a year. I feel like a year is a good amount of time to review a procedure like this and give my honest thoughts and recommendation.So, let me tell you about my journey to getting LASIK and how I ended up in the amazing care of Dr. Benjamin. After going to an optometrist for years and him advising against LASIK because of my genetically dry eyes, I finally got a second opinion from an ophthalmologist (Dr. Benjamin). I didn’t know the difference between an optometrist vs. opthalmologist, but once I learned it kind of made sense why my optometrist didn’t want me getting LASIK lol. Because he couldn’t sell me on contact lenses or glasses for the foreseeable future if I got my vision corrected :) I mean, who knows, but I am glad I got a second opinion.I figured being in Los Angeles with some of the best doctors in the world… if anyone is going to touch my big, blue eyeballs, might as well get it done while I’m here. I found this business due to the reviews and they seemed to really know what they were doing and how to talk to clients.Upon meeting Dr. Benjamin he told me that I wasn’t a candidate for LASIK with my dry eyes, but he could put me through treatments for dry eyes and reevaluate after; and that these treatments had a good success rate for most.So, I started doing two treatments every other week for about 2.5 months - IPL laser treatment and Lipiflow. Lipiflow, especially, was a weird painless experience but highly recommend anyone with dry eyes to ask about it regardless of LASIK. I could tell my eyes felt way less dry a couple days after each treatment. There are videos on YouTube that talk about this treatment… Who knew this stuff existed. I’m not gonna lie, it’s an investment to do all these treatments on top of LASIK, but my eyes rarely feel dry anymore so if you’re going to get it done - do it right.Finally, I was approved for LASIK. I ended up waiting until the end of year to make sure I saved up the funds to do it and had some time to heal. I also took advantage of an end of year deal they were offering. $1000 off was a pretty nice forcing function to get me to finally do it after prepping my eyes with the treatments. The procedure itself I couldn’t feel anything even though I was awake the entire time (medicated). Even the scary part when bubbles form on your eyes Dr. Benjamin let me know about in advance so when it happened I just went with the flow. I think the worst part was the recovery the few days after and coming home drugged up lol. I remember day 1 thinking omg what did I do to my eyes. My eyes just hurt and felt weird, but omg I could see 20/15 immediately. And then, day by day it gradually got better. It took a few weeks for my eyes to heal, but after 1 month you couldn’t even tell I had surgery. One eye was a bit more bloodshot than the other.I can see 20/15. It’s been life changing for the past year not having to worry about contacts or glasses. I just got married and was able to walk down the aisle with clear vision. I only wish I had the means to have done this earlier in life. If you’re considering it - do it! And definitely consider Dr. Benjamin to do it right.Lastly, to continue treating my dry eyes, Dr. Benjamin gave me an extra LipiFlow treatment, and also recommended I try punctal plugs (painless plugs inserted into your lids that help your tears last longer). He placed the plugs in my eyes under 5 mins. Wild.I heard from people during the LASIK process they have been nervous to get the procedure so I wrote this to help and because I think highly of this business for changing my life. And, some of the dry eye treatments I would’ve never known about had it not been for them. Again, I wish I would have had been able to do this years ago. It is so, so worth it!Thank you, Dr. Benjamin (and staff!)

Concerned about a reoccurring virus, I text Dr Benjamin’s office first thing in the morning seeking immediate advice and an appointment. In quick time I received both sage advice and a same day appointment. Dr B takes a personal interest in his patients well being and has diligent, competent and attentive staff to support the care and support needed. Can’t speak highly enough.

Been going to Dr B for nearly a decade after trying many other eye doctors in LA.  Beyond solving my chronic dry eye and being the most knowledgeable, he is an all-around great guy and spends time educating. The staff is wonderful as well.

The ophthalmologist that performed my surgery, Dr. Benjamin, was extremely skilled and knowledgeable. He took the time to thoroughly explain the procedure and answer all of my questions. I felt confident in his abilities and knew that I was in good hands.

Dr Benjamin and his team are extremely professional. I had Lasik surgery performed by him and his team and everything to date has gone exactly as described to me. Front office is very friendly and scheduling appointments is easy.

The office staff were kind and considerate. The technician that assisted me explained everything she was doing. The Doctor was very nice and explained everything. He was definitely knowledgeable about my condition.

Dr Benjamin has been the “go to” eye specialist for 3 generations of my family, starting with my father and now grown children. Simply put, he’s an exceptionally capable, trustworthy, and cutting edge doctor with a courteous and professional staff.Without any reservations, I recommend him to anyone seeking an exceptional eye doctor.

The surgeons at Benjamin Eye Institute are true experts in their field - they were able to explain the procedure in detail and answer all of my questions and concerns. The surgery itself was quick and painless, and the recovery was much faster than I had anticipated.

I just completed my first visit and can say that this office deserves every high ranking it gets. The staff are efficient, friendly but highly professional.  The office is modern and sparkling clean. The examination was smooth and thorough. The doctor saw me on time.  He listened closely to the background of my problem, and he clearly communicated his treatment plan and the rationale for it. I absolutely trust him and highly recommend him.

Dr. Benjamin is always personable and thoughtful and very much an expert.  He has been my eye doctor for many years.  Now that I am older I am very grateful that he is still my ophthalmologist. Everyone in the office is very helpful. I, of course, highly recommend Dr. Benjamin.

One of the things that sets the Benjamin Eye Institute apart from other ophthalmology practices is their team of experienced and highly trained surgeons. The surgeons at the Benjamin Eye Institute have performed thousands of cataract and LASIK surgeries, and have a wealth of experience in these procedures. They are committed to providing the best possible care for their patients and strive to achieve excellent outcomes.

No exaggeration, this was the best visit with any doctor I've ever had. The facility is very nice, the staff is exceptionally thorough, professional, and efficient and Dr Arthur had by far the best bed side manner I've ever encountered. I 100% recommend him and his team

My experience at Benjamin Eye Institute was exceptional.  I’m not sure if I’ve ever encountered such an efficient and professional staff in a doctor’s office.  The front desk was communicative and everyone up to the doctor was beyond detailed in their care.  I would recommend this place to anyone who has eye problems because they have the most advanced equipment and Dr. Benjamin is caring, thorough and knowledgeable.

Dr Benjamin and his staff are excellent! 3/5 members of my family are patients from senior to adult to teen. Great care and professionalism. Highly recommend!

Immediately after  cataract surgery, I can see my husband’s face accross the room for the first time in 40 years! No more glasses since childhood, both distance and close up. If you are thinking, should you spend the big bucks to see everything both near and far?  I can tell you it’s so worth it! Thank you Dr. Benjamin and all the wonderful people in your office! I appreciate your efficiency, attentiveness, professionalism and welcoming space! Please feel free to use me as a reference any time!

I can’t ever express my deep gratitude for Dr . Benjamin and his entire extraordinary team at the Benjamin Eye Institute.I was nervous as eyes are so sensitive,  but his incredibly kind receptionists and nurses make you feel at ease and diminish all fears right away . He offers impeccable medical knowledge and state of the art technology to heal . My son and I have both experienced his phenomenal treatment and have had all our eye issues resolved . I am so thankful and can’t recommend him and the Benjamin Eye Institute highly enough 🙏

Dr.Benjamin is the best of the best.Very personable, knowledgeable and kind.I had a stye and in a bad shape.He  took me right in.His staff polite , kind and very professional.Highly recommended.

My 18-year-old son has been under Dr. Benjamin's care, and we were truly impressed by the level of service we received at Benjamin Eye Institute. From the moment we stepped into the clinic, the staff was incredibly helpful and accommodating.Dr. Benjamin conducted a comprehensive eye exam for my son, and his expertise and professionalism were evident throughout the entire process. He took the time to explain everything clearly, making sure my son understood his eye health and any potential concerns. His patience and attentiveness were truly appreciated.We highly recommend Dr. Benjamin to anyone seeking exceptional eye care. He and his team exceeded our expectations, and we are grateful for the outstanding service we received. Thank you, Dr. Benjamin!

Dr Benjamin and Alba were great. He is very professional, kind and with clear explanations. I had an eyelid quick surgery and I’m just missing the glasses prescription, I left the office and forgot to ask for it. But he and his team were amazing!

I was referred to Dr. Benjamin from both my eye doctor and a very close friend of mine who also had her LASIK performed there. My experience was exceptional. Every single person that you meet in the office is a joy to work with. Whether it was the constant and clear communication, or the fact that they were always listening to feedback and answering my questions and concerns, they went out of their way to make me feel comfortable trusting my vision to them. They were very kind and never once pressured me into anything (including when I had to push my surgery back after I broke my leg).I would recommend this place to anyone who has eye problems because they have the most advanced equipment and Dr. Benjamin is caring, thorough and knowledgeable.

Top notch service and staff! By far the best experience I’ve had at a doctors office in 20 years. I wish every office was as well trained, friendly, and professional as Benjamin Eye Institute. Seriously if you have eye problems you won’t find a better doctor.

More than everything I value professional people. Dr. Arthur Benjamin is one of them. He is taking care of me and my husband for pretty long time. All I can say we are very thankful to the doctor and people who work as a team to make us healthy and happy !

LASIK Eye Surgery- The short is go see Dr. Benjamin!I visited Dr. Benjamin Eye Institute after deciding I wanted to learn more about Lasik eye surgery and what the process would look like. I stare at computer screens for very long periods of time so I was nervous to make this life change but ready to ditch my glasses for good! The entire team from day 1 of my consultation made me feel very comfortable. The office is clean the staff are extremely welcoming, friendly and all took the time to answer any questions I had about the procedure - which was very quick and painless the day of. They also have awesome social content for educational purposes and just to make you laugh!I am about a month post procedure and it has been life changing and a freedom restored. Your eyes are important so make sure you consult with the best.Thank you Dr. Benjamin and team!!!

Dr. Benjamin is an exceptional doctor and eye surgeon. He is innovative, and anticipates a patient’s needs. Above all Dr. Benjamin is kind and caring. My results are outstanding. I can thank him for changing my life. Thank you.

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