Nothing is more precious
than your eyesight,which is why here at the Vision Institute we aim to provide you with the best possible care and treatment to ensure the health of your eyes
Why us?
Up to date Eye care
We appreciate that all patients are looking for up-to-date eye care from highly qualified doctors which is why our doctors are fully certified in both Costa Rica and the UK.
Highly Qualified Doctors
Our doctors have extensive experience in the care, research and treatment of eye conditions
Eye care for all the family
At the Vision Institute we offer comprehensive eye care for all the family. Adults, kids and senior patients are provided with high quality attention
Affordable Prices
The Vision Institute offers excellent eye care at affordable prices.
Our staff will make you feel welcome and provide you with a dependable and courteous service.
Our doctors are able to offer you and your family the most up-to-date examinations and treatments available.
Dr. Adrian Rubinstein
Dr. Claire Riddell
Dr. Riddell has a special interest in eye diseases, particularly eyelid surgery, dry eyes and blepharitis.
Dr. Adrian Rubinstein
Dr. Adrian Rubinstein has a special interest in cataract surgery, diseases of the retina and vitreoretinal surgery, particularly the treatment of diabetic eye problems and age related macular degeneration.
He studied medicine at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and was subsequently offered a place on the prestigious Ophthalmology residency programme at the University of Oxford, England.
This seven and a half-year residency programme provides world class training in all the subspecialities of ophthalmology, including cataract and refractive surgery, medical retina, vitreoretinal surgery, paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, neuro-ophthalmology, anterior segment disease and oculoplastic surgery.
He completed his residency programme and is Board Certified as an Ophthalmic Surgeon in the United Kingdom and Costa Rica.
He then completed a further two and a half years of subspecialty training in Vitreo-retinal surgery and medical retina with a special emphasis on the management and treatment of diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
Dr. Rubinstein has successfully performed over 2000 cataract surgery procedures (phacoemulsification) and given over 1000 intravitreal injections for age related macular degeneration and other retinal problems problems.
He has also published widely in peer reviewed Ophthalmology journals and has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings.
Publications
- Casson R, James B, Rubinstein A, Ali H
Clinical comparison of Frequency Doubling Technology and Humphrey Perimetry.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2001 Mar;85(3):360-2 - Kafil-Hussein N, Moore S, Rubinstein A, Benjamin L, Bates R.
Pseudo-Terson’s Syndrome. Bilateral simultaneous retinal detachments.
Eye. 2004 Jan;18(1):90-91 - Akram I, Rubinstein A, Benjamin L
Painless Acanthamoeba Keratitis.
Optometry Today. May 2004 - Rubinstein A, Riddell CE, Kafil-Hussain N, Assaf A.
Self-Inserted Intraorbital Foreign Bodies.
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005 Mar;21(2):156-7 - Akram I, Rubinstein A.
Common retinal signs. An overview.
Optometry today. Jan 2005 - Rubinstein A, Riddell CE, Akram I, Ahmado A, Benjamin L.
Orbital emphysema leading to blindness after functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 Oct;123(10):1452. - Rubinstein A, Benjamin L.
Management of orbital compartment syndrome — Reply. Arch Ophthalmol 2007 Mar;125(3):434 - Rubinstein A, Riddell CE.
Posterior Scleritis mimicking Orbital Cellulitis.
Eye. 2005 Nov;19:1232-33. - Rubinstein A, Shaikh A, Benjamin L, Bates R.
Iatrogenic Eccentric full thickness macular holes following vitrectomy with ILM peeling for Idiopathic Macular Holes.
Eye. 2005 Dec;19:1333-35. - Rubinstein A, Chen SDM, Fletcher EC, Hundal K, Downes SM
Carotid artery stenosis associated with a prepapillary loop and a branch retinal artery occlusion. Eye. 2006 Feb;20(2):257-8 - Rubinstein A, Hanson R, Chen SDM, Porter N, Downes SM
Conjunctival ischaemia subsequent to posterior subtenon’s triamcinolone acetonide injection.
Eye. 2006 Mar;20(3):388-89 - Rubinstein A, Porter N, Chen SDM, Fletcher EC, Downes SM.
Tailoring Pan-Retinal Photocoagulation for the hemianopic patient.
Eye. 2006 Mar