Dr. Kersten’s lifelong dedication to improving sight has led her to specialize in the laser correction of refractive (focusing) errors. Dr. Kersten performs LASIK and other refractive procedures to precisely correct near and farsightedness and astigmatism. Her ophthalmology training was completed at Harvard Medical School (The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary). For two years (1986-1988) she volunteered her surgical skills while working in underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia. She has continued this volunteer work by donating her time to cataract clinics in underprivileged countries. To date she has worked in 18 developing countries and has performed thousands of ocular surgeries all over the world.

Dr. Kersten received her medical school training at the University of Iowa and her internship was at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Kersten is a fellow of The American College of Surgery and she is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Her professional affiliations include memberships in The American Academy of Ophthalmology, The California Medical Association, The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, The Orange County Medical Association and The Orange County Society of Ophthalmology. Dr. Kersten has served as an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California in Irvine.

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