Training and board certification
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | UC Santa Barbara, High Honors |
| Medical school | Chicago Medical School, valedictorian |
| Residency | Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern |
| Fellowship | ASOPRS fellowship in oculoplastic surgery, West Virginia University, under Drs. John Lindberg and Jennifer Sivak-Calcott |
- Board certified diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology.
- Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
- Associate professor, Loma Linda Medical School, where he teaches physicians and trains residents.
- Site states he has published numerous articles in medical journals and has been invited to speak at conferences across the U.S.
- Site states he is one of fewer than 600 surgeons worldwide who has completed an ASOPRS fellowship.
Eyelid surgery work
Procedure pages are written in Dr. Vidor's own voice ("Dr. Vidor will discuss...", "Dr. Vidor commonly sees this...") rather than describing a group practice.
- Upper blepharoplasty. Excess upper-lid skin removed through an incision hidden in the lid fold, typically 30-45 minutes (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Transconjunctival (hidden) incision for fat bulging or hollowing, subciliary incision when skin must be removed, or laser resurfacing for skin/wrinkles without incisions; fat can be repositioned or grafted for a tear-trough hollow, sometimes with a SOOF lift (source).
- Asian blepharoplasty (double eyelid surgery). Open/excisional technique, a no-incision suture technique, or epicanthoplasty to soften the inner eyelid fold (source).
- Cosmetic ptosis repair. External approach (upper-lid-fold incision, muscle advanced/reattached) or internal approach (incision inside the eyelid, dissolvable sutures) (source).
- Brow lift. Direct brow lift, trans-blepharoplasty brow lift/browpexy, temporal brow lift, and endoscopic brow lift, chosen by brow position, tissue heaviness and forehead muscle function (source).
- Ectropion repair. Canthoplasty/lateral tarsal strip to tighten the eyelid tendon; medial spindle procedure for a turned-out tear duct opening; skin graft or spacer graft (ear cartilage, hard palate or synthetic) for scarring or facial paralysis cases (source).
- Revision eyelid surgery. Site states this is a particular area of interest, including ptosis repair after a prior blepharoplasty and correction of over- or under-corrected results (source).
Other procedures
Eyelid cancer/MOHS reconstruction, tearing/watery eyes (lacrimal) surgery, prosthetic eye/socket reconstruction, facial paralysis (seventh nerve palsy) treatment, orbit surgery, chalazion and eyelid lesion/mole removal, blepharospasm/hemifacial spasm treatment, thyroid-related eye disease management, dermal fillers, Botox, and laser resurfacing (oceyelids.com/services).
Insurance and cost
"Insurance may cover upper eyelid surgery if your upper eyelids block a significant amount of your upper visual field," determined by a visual field test (source). "Insurance will usually cover ptosis surgery if the lid blocks the visual field or pupil" (source). No procedure prices are published.
Recovery
- Back to work. Upper blepharoplasty: little to no pain; most patients return to moderate activity the next day (source).
- Sutures out. Upper blepharoplasty: non-dissolving sutures removed in 5-7 days (same page).
- Final result. Upper blepharoplasty: overall recovery is about a week; the incision fades over a few weeks (same page).
- Swelling. Lower blepharoplasty: swelling and occasional bruising typically subside within 1-2 weeks (source).
- Sutures out. Lower blepharoplasty: if a skin incision is made, sutures are usually removed in a week (same page).
- Swelling. Ectropion repair: swelling or bruising can last 1-3 weeks; the lid commonly looks over-corrected for the first week or two (source).