Prof. Oriel Spierer

Head of the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Unit and owner of a private ophthalmology practice in Ramat Gan

Ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus correction in children and adults, lacrimal ducts, lazy eye

Cataract surgery, incl. premium lenses, corneal transplants, anterior segment and pterygium surgery

Prof. Oriel Spierer is a specialist in ophthalmologic surgery. Prof. Spierer is the Head of the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Unit, and a cataract and corneal surgeon at the Wolfson Medical Center. In addition, he is a senior lecturer at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine.

• Head of the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Unit and a cataract and corneal surgeon at the Wolfson Medical Center

• Owner of a private pediatric and adult ophthalmology practice in Ramat Gan

• Formerly, a senior ophthalmology specialist at the Ichilov hospital, and a consultant to the Neonatology Department at the Dana Hospital

• Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at the Ophthalmology Department of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Florida, USA

• Fellowship in Corneal and Cataract Surgery at the Ophthalmology Department of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Florida, USA

• Residency in Ophthalmology at the Tel Aviv (Ichilov) Medical Center

• Volunteer surgeon in Nepal and the Dominican Republic

• Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), USA

• Outstanding lecture award at the conference of the World Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, France (2019)

• Travel Grant of the American Association for Eye and Vision Research, USA (2013)

• Outstanding lecture award at the conference of the Israeli Eye and Vision Research Association, Israel (2010)

• Received an Extraordinary Ability in Medical Sciences (O-1) visa from the US government (2015-2013)

• Research grant from Marathi Foundation, Tel Aviv University (2020)

• Research grant from Novartis (2020)

• Over 60 studies and case studies in the professional literature in ophthalmology

• Wrote a chapter in a textbook on strabismus surgery

• Co-editor of a textbook on imaging of the cornea and the anterior segment of the eye

• Editorial board member of Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

• Editorial board member of BMC Ophthalmology

• Reviewer for ca. 20 professional newspapers in the field of ophthalmology

• Graduated from the School of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Medicine

• Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University

• Ophthalmology teaching lead at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University

• Lecturer in Ichilov and Wolfson nursing schools, Tel Aviv University

• Student instructor for MD theses at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University

• Faculty member at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami

• Israel Ophthalmology Association

• European Association for Cataract and Refractive Surgery

• American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

• Hebrew

• English

• Pediatric ophthalmology

  • Vision screening tests in infants and children

  • Visual focus

  • Glasses fitting for children

  • Lazy eye

  • Obstruction of lacrimal ducts in children

  • Treatments for myopia

• Cataract

  • Cataract surgery

  • Secondary cataract

  • Laser cataract surgery

  • Premium lenses

• Strabismus

  • Pseudostrabismus

  • Strabismus surgery

  • Adjustable suture technique for strabismus surgery

• Cornea

  • Pterygium

  • Keratoconus

  • Corneal cross-linking