Doctors

George A. Violin, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Graduated from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1967 and completed his ophthalmic residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was one of the pioneers in small incision cataract and implant surgery in Massachusetts and has had experience in this area for almost a quarter of a century.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a charter member of the American College of Eye Surgeons. He is affiliated with Caritas Norwood Hospital, Faulkner/Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and New England Medical Center. He devotes most of his practice to cataract surgery, LASIK and related surgeries. He was one of the early investigators of epikeratophakia, a precursor of current LASIK technology.

Dr. Violin has been the subject of many news articles concerning his expertise in the areas of laser vision correction and cataract surgery. He has been featured, and has appeared as a guest speaker, on numerous local television and radio broadcasts, where he has discussed state of the art technologies in both of these areas.


Kameran Lashkari, MD

Received his medical degree from New York Medical College and is board certified in the fields of ophthalmology and internal medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York City, and his Ophthalmology residency at the University of Missouri Eye Foundation of Kansas City.

Dr. Lashkari completed medical and surgical fellowships in vitreoretinal disease at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, and Schepens Retina Associates. In addition, he has completed a research fellowship at Schepens Eye Research Institute.

Dr. Lashkari currently holds several academic positions including Clinical Assistant Scientist, Schepens Eye Research Institute and Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. He is Assistant in Ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.


Lawrence I. Rand, MD

A board certified ophthalmologist and specialist in diabetic eye care. He has a special interest in Diabetes and other medical retinal diseases and laser surgery of the retina. Dr. Rand received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967 from Columbia College in New York, and graduated from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1971. It was there that Dr. Rand developed his interest in diabetic eye disease. He received a fellowship from the Seeing Eye Foundation to do research on diabetic retinopathy. Between 1972 and 1976 Dr. Rand completed a residency program in ophthalmology at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Rand did a joint fellowship at the Joslin Clinic and the National Eye Institute in Maryland. Dr. Rand's work helped prove that laser surgery was effective in preventing blindness from diabetic retinopathy. He was a principal designer of the national study that proved laser surgery effective in reducing visual loss from diabetic macular edema. Between 1978-1987, Dr. Rand served as Director of Eye Research at the Joslin Diabetes Center, and consultant and advisor on diabetic retinopathy to the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and National Eye Institute. He has over 70 publications in scientific journals and numerous text book chapters.

In 1987 Dr. Rand became Executive Director of the Beetham Eye Institute of the Joslin Eye Institute. He is Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Rand was Chairman of the Ophthalmic and Complications Committee of the Diabetes Control and Complications study, the largest study ever done investigating diabetes management, involving over 1400 patients at 29 clinical centers around the country. This study conclusively proved that improving metabolic control of diabetes reduced the risk of diabetic complications including eye, kidney and nerve disease. He lectures nationally and internationally on diabetic eye disease, and consults for the National Institutes of Health, Universities and the Pharmaceutical Industry.


Mitesh Kapadia, M.D., PhD

Dr. Kapadia is an oculoplastic surgeon practicing in Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding suburbs. He is an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and a member of the Center for Aesthetic Eyelid and Facial Surgery at the New England Eye Center, a division of Tufts-New England Medical Center. Dr. Kapadia operates at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, Caritas-St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton and at outpatient surgery centers in Andover, Waltham and Dedham. In addition to seeing patients and performing surgery, Dr. Kapadia teaches ophthalmic plastic surgery to physicians-in-training and has authored several research publications and textbook chapters in the field.

Dr. Kapadia has extensive training in eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery from several of the nation's best medical schools. Dr. Kapadia received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College and attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In addition to his clinical training, he spent several years doing research in the field of visual perception and was awarded a Ph.D. in neuroscience in addition to his M.D. degree.

Dr. Kapadia completed residency training in ophthalmology at the Harvard Medical School combined residency program, based at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. His residency training was followed by a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Kapadia is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.