Southwest Eye Institute

About Southwest Eye Institute

Dr. Malitz didn't go into ophthalmology because it was practical. He went in because he watched what losing vision does to a person — and he wanted to be the one who could give it back. David Malitz grew up in the Detroit area, the son of a Chicago-born family. He was the kind of student who could have gone into any field — and instead of taking the shortest path into ophthalmology, he took the longest one he could find. Medical school at UCLA. Then Internal Medicine training — learning to see the whole patient, not just the organ — before specializing in eye surgery at one of the most respected programs in the country. Most ophthalmologists skip that step. Dr. Malitz took it because he believed better surgeons are made when you understand the whole person sitting in the chair. That combination — a deep understanding of systemic medicine layered with highly specialized surgical training — is what brought him to Las Vegas in 2004. It's what's kept him doing every consultation, every sur

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