Dr. Daniel J. Coden

Daniel Coden, M.D., Vice President

Daniel Cohen , Science

Northern Illinois University , Dekalb , IL ; MA Outdoor Teacher Education

University of California , Santa Barbara , CA ; BA Environmental Studies

Dan had fifteen years experience teaching middle-school science before joining the SRS faculty , including Menlo School , Atherton , CA ; Katherine Delmar Burke School , San Francisco , CA ; and Campbell Hall School , North Hollywood , CA.He has published several articles , including Environmental-Values Education..Dan also coached basketball , softball , and soccer.

Dr. Daniel J. Coden

Daniel J. Coden, M.D., F.A.C.S. is proud to have been the choice of fellow physicians and their wives when seeking a specialist in the area of laser vision correction.He is a board certified ophthalmologist and nationally recognized leader in Ophthalmology.Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.Dr. Coden began his advanced studies at the University of Michigan and then went on to receive his medical degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine.He completed his Ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Diego where he performed his first refractive procedure in 1986.Dr. Coden then traveled to New York City, where he received fellowship training at the prestigious Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

Dr. Coden currently serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Eye Bank, which is the largest VISX laser facility in North America.He is chairman of the education committee and has chaired recent international meetings on the latest techniques utilizing the Excimer Laser and LASIK.

Dr. Coden has published numerous research articles in ophthalmology journals and has contributed several chapters on eye surgery to major medical textbooks.He has lectured on the latest techniques in eye surgery at medical conferences worldwide.

Dr. Coden is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology Refractive Surgery Interest Group.

Dr. Coden is married with three young children and is actively involved in coaching youth soccer and baseball.

Reading glasses are simply magnifiers and are often adequate to treat presbyopia, says Dr. Daniel Coden, an ophthalmologist in La Jolla, Calif. Presbyopia worsens with age, so an exam every year or so is useful and often indicates that a prescription should be upgraded.

People who have more serious refractive errors - half of all Americans - will need prescription glasses, Coden says.
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In this procedure, the doctor typically treats only one eye with a radio frequency probe that shapes the cornea to bring the near world into better focus, Coden says.
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Studies have shown that Lasik seems to improve nighttime vision, Coden says.
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Coden says glaucoma isn't curable, but many treatments are available.
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The key protective step, says Dr. Daniel Coden, is preventive maintenance.