Get to know Ophthalmologist Dr. Michael Colvard, who serves patients in Encino, California.
Dr. Colvard is recognized as one of the nation’s preeminent eye surgeons. He has developed many surgical techniques and designed a variety of instruments used in eye surgery all over the world. The focus of his innovative work has always been patient safety. For example, the “Colvard Pupillometer,” an instrument used in the preoperative evaluation of patients for laser vision correction and cataract surgery, was designed and developed by Dr. Colvard. This device, used by virtually every outstanding LASIK surgeon in the world today, has helped to improve the process of patient selection in laser vision correction. Dr. Colvard is the Director of the Colvard-Kandavel Eye Center in Encino, California. The Colvard-Kandavel Eye Center is a nationally recognized practice specializing in the medical and surgical management of a comprehensive range of eye conditions. The Center is dedicated to providing compassionate, thoughtful and personalized care, using the finest and most advanced technology available today.
D. Michael Colvard, MD, FACS, FICS, is a top eye surgeon and leading authority in the use of new intraocular lens technology and laser eye surgery. He lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at Colvard Kandavel Eye Center in Encino, California. Dr. Colvard additionally serves as Director of the Colvard Eye Center and Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He is the Founder and Medical Director of the Friends of Vision Foundation, an organization supporting medical charities in third world countries, and is on the Board of Directors of SEE International. With thirty-eight years of experience as an eye surgeon, he is nationally recognized both as an educator and an innovator in eye surgery. Prior to his current endeavors, he has taught cataract surgery to resident surgeons at the USC Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles for over twenty years and was Associate Consultant in Eye Surgery at the Mayo Clinic. For more information about Dr. D. Michael Colvard, please visit 
Michael Colvard, MD, FACS, FICS, is a 1973-graduate of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. His postgraduate training includes his internship served at Tufts New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts (1973-1974), as well as his ophthalmology residency and eye surgery fellowship performed at the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Colvard is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Fellow of the International College of Surgeons. Furthermore, he has been named one of America’s Top Ophthalmologists by the Consumers’ Research Council of America, one of the Best Doctors in the guide to Top Doctors by Consumers’ Checkbook and one of Los Angeles’ Super Doctors by Los Angeles Magazine. He is a member of several professional societies and associations, such as American Medical Association, which allows him to remain at the forefront of his challenging field. For more information about Dr. D. Michael Colvard, please visit