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San Francisco
St. Mary’s Medical Center at Golden Gate Park
2250 Hayes Street, Suite 208
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 387-8887
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California Pacific Medical Center in Pacific Heights
2300 California Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, Ca 94115
(415) 921-7555
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Daly City
Seton Medical Center
1850 Sullivan Avenue, Suite 540
Daly City, CA 94015
(650) 755-6900
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Our Surgeons
- Bernd Kutzscher, MD
- Lee K. Schwartz, MD
- Michael Hee, MD, PhD
- Kevin Lee, MD
- Caroline Mendoza-Fisher, MD
Bernd Kutzscher, MD
A specialist in numerous types of laser eye surgery, cataract surgery, and corneal transplant, Dr. Bernd Kutzscher has performed laser vision correction since the excimer laser was first approved in 1996.
Dr. Kutzscher is a member of the Adjunct Clinical Faculty of Ophthalmology at Stanford Medical Center. He was the Director of the Stanford Refractive Network and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UCSF and California Pacific Medical Center. He has also served as medical director of the Stanford Eye Laser Center. Additionally, Dr. Kutzscher has participated in the Stanford Eye Laser program since it opened in 1996.
Dr. Kutzscher received his undergraduate and medical school training at Stanford University, his specialty training in Ophthalmology at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and his sub-specialty training in corneal and retinal diseases during two years at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia.
A native Californian and married with three children, Dr. Kutzscher is chairman of the Charity and Community Benefits Committee at Seton Medical Center. He was the Medical Director of the free clinic at Seton and a Seton Ethics Committee member. He also does volunteer surgical work in the highlands of Guatemala.
Lee K. Schwartz, MD
With more than 18 years’ experience in refractive surgery and a special interest in cataract surgery and intraocular lens implants, Dr. Lee K. Schwartz has performed thousands of eye surgeries, including many difficult corneal surgeries. Additionally, Dr. Schwartz is a corneal specialist and a referral doctor. He is also an inventor and holds a patent for an eye surgery surgical device.
Dr. Schwartz serves as a clinical professor and consultant to the Corneal Disease Service at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, as an assistant clinical professor and laser vision surgeon at the University of California Berkeley Refractive Surgery Center, and as an assistant clinical professor with the Stanford University Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Schwartz has also served as a medical director of a Stanford Eye Laser Center.
A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Schwartz finished his ophthalmology residency at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and completed fellowships in cornea-external disease at UCSF Proctor Foundation and at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida.
Dr Schwartz has taught eye surgery and led eye surgery teams to Central America for the past 12 years. He is currently on the board of directors of the Hospital de la Familia in Guatemala. Four years ago Dr. Schwartz himself, joined the ranks of his many happy LASIK patients.
He is past Chief of Ophthalmology at the University of California/Mt. Zion Medical Center. Dr. Schwartz is married with three children. He enjoys mountain biking, hiking, boating and hanging out with the family.
Michael Hee, MD, PhD
Dr. Michael Hee provides comprehensive care for numerous medical and surgical eye diseases. Dr. Hee has extensive experience with many treatment options, including small incision cataract surgery, laser refractive surgery, diabetic retinopathy treatments, macular degeneration treatments, eyelid surgery, and medical, laser, and surgical treatment for glaucoma.
After graduating from Stanford University, Dr. Hee received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Hee trained in ophthalmology and laser vision correction procedures at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
While earning a Ph.D. at MIT, Dr. Hee was significantly involved in the development of optical coherence tomography, or OCT, which is a new technology used to obtain high-resolution images of the retina and optic nerve.
As medical director of iScience Surgical Corporation, a revolutionary, technology-driven start-up company that specializes in creating new tactics for minimally invasive, image-guided microsurgery, Dr. Hee stays on the cutting edge of ophthalmic diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation.
Dr. Hee also serves as a clinical instructor in ophthalmology at UCSF. He has a wife and two children, enjoys camping, and plays tennis and the piano.
Kevin C. Lee, MD
Dr. Kevin Lee provides comprehensive care for medical and surgical diseases of the eye. He completed his residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital and has experience with many of the latest treatment options in ophthalmology. These include small-incision cataract surgery (phacoemulsification), laser refractive surgery, eyelid surgery and treatments for diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.
During medical school and residency, Dr. Lee was actively involved in eye research. He spent a year as a Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Medical Student Research Fellow, and has also received an Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) Research Forum Award and the David Guyton Research Grant award. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Dr. Lee also enjoys teaching and received the 2005 W. Richard Green Teaching Award from the medical students at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Dr. Lee grew up in New York City and attended Hunter High School, one of the city's top magnet schools. He then graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in Behavioral Biology. He received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine internship at North Shore University Hospital in Long Island.
In his free time, Dr. Lee enjoys many outdoor activities including biking, skiing, and tennis.
Caroline Mendoza-Fisher, MD
Dr. Caroline Fisher provides comprehensive care for medical and surgical diseases of the eye, with a special interest in glaucoma. She has experience with a variety of treatment options including small incision cataract surgery, eyelid surgery, botox therapy, and medical, laser and surgical treatment of glaucoma.
Dr. Fisher received a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Spanish Literature, with Honors, from Stanford University, where she received awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching in 1996, 1997, and 1998. She attended Stanford Medical School, where she received a Medical Scholar grant to conduct research in vascular surgery on abdominal aortic aneurysms. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Hospital for her internship, before moving to New York for her ophthalmology residency.
After completing her residency in ophthalmology at NYU/Manhattan Eye, Ear, Throat Hospital, she returned to Stanford for her glaucoma fellowship.
During her training, Dr. Fisher has been active in retina, oculoplastics, and glaucoma research. Among her publications, she has written a chapter on wound healing and modulation in glaucoma surgery in a first edition glaucoma text due for publication this year and has edited a chapter on automated perimetry.
In her free time, Dr. Fisher enjoys spending time with her husband and family, running trails, writing poetry and prose, ballroom dancing, and cooking. She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. She also serves as a clinical instructor of ophthalmology at Stanford, where she continues to participate in research studies. She is a Bay Area native and is fluent in Spanish.
Elaine Ho, OD
Dr. Elaine Ho is a graduate from the University of California at Berkeley School of Optometry. In addition to comprehensive eye care, she provides contact lens fitting and management. She also has expertise in laser vision correction. Dr. Ho sees patients in the office, and is a member of the consulting staff at Laguna Honda Rehabilitative Hospital. Dr. Ho is a member of the American Optometric Association and the California Optometric Association. Dr. Ho was born in Hong Kong and moved to San Francisco at the age of 3. She currently resides there with her husband, Timothy Shen. Her outside interests include pilates, running, and the theater.
Sharon Lee, OD
Dr. Sharon Lee is an optometrist specializing in contact lenses, family practice, pediatrics, and geriatrics.
Dr. Lee received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and honors from the University of California at Davis and earned her doctorate in optometry from the University of California at Berkeley. She has completed clinical rotations through New Mexico, Oklahoma, and with the Veterans’ Administration (VA), while also serving as class president in the School of Optometry.
Dr. Lee completed her fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, while also instructing and supervising advanced optometry students in clinic. Dr. Lee currently serves as a Clinical Faculty instructor at the Eye Center at the University of California at Berkeley.
A San Francisco native, Dr. Lee enjoys serving the diverse needs of the Bay Area, specifically in Chinatown and in public schools. She enjoys different cuisines, creative activities, cooking, and being involved in Asian-American, education, and youth issues.
Tom Swift, OD
Dr. Tom Swift is a graduate of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania College of Optometry; his advanced clinical education included training at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Philadelphia and the Eye Institute of Philadelphia.
Dr. Swift has been in private practice in San Francisco for the past twenty years with a special emphasis on refractive and corneal disorders and their treatment with contact lenses. He is a member of the American Optometric Association and the AOA Contact Lens and Cornea Section. He has been a consultant to the contact lens industry and has successfully treated thousands of patients with contact lenses, including many with keratoconus. He is also one of the first optometrists in California to achieve glaucoma treatment certification by the CA State Board of Optometry. He has been a member of teams of doctors that travel to the jungles of Guatemala to provide eye care to the underserved.
Tom lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughters, with whom he is active in the athletic, music, and theater circles of SF.
Serena Yee, OD
Dr. Serena Yee earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of California at Davis and her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry. Dr. Yee enjoys working with a diverse patient population and speaks Cantonese and studied Mandarin. She is certified for therapeutic pharmaceutical use, which allows her to treat certain eye diseases with medication. Her interests in optometry include contact lenses and laser vision correction. In addition to seeing patients in this office, she sees patients at the Laguna Honda Rehabilitative Hospital. She is a member of the American Optometric Association, the California Optometric Association, and the Asian-American Optometric Society. Dr. Yee was born and raised in San Francisco and currently resides there with her husband Ernest. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, interior decorating, baking, and sports.
Sara Chiu, OD
Dr. Sara Chiu is a therapeutic certified optometrist licensed by the California Board of Optometry. She completed her undergraduate degree in Cell Biology & Genetics from the University of British Columbia, and earned her Doctor of Optometry from the University of California Berkeley. During her advanced clinical education at the Fresno and Portland Veteran’s Administration hospitals, she gained extensive training in primary care optometry including ocular pathology, specialty contact lens fitting, and treatment of eye infections and allergies. Dr. Chiu is also the recipient of the Julius Neumeuller Award in Optics 2006 awarded by the American Optometric Association for her research work in myopia.
Although Dr. Chiu was born and raised in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, she is now settled in the Bay Area where she enjoys trying different cuisines, reading, hiking, running, skiing, and traveling.