Guest Investigator, George Primbs, M.D. is an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon who is providing examinations of ocular coherent tomography (similar to a microscopic CAT scan of the eye) in the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute. He also conducts free eye examinations for people with diabetes and the medical underserved at the Institute. Dr. Primbs received his medical degree at UCLA School of Medicine and completed his surgical internship at UCLA Hospital. He earned his ophthalmology degree at UCLA Hospital after serving as an eye surgeon and Captain in the U.S. Air Force.
He worked as an ophthalmologist in private practice in Santa Barbara from 1962 to 1995. Dr. Primbs has been very active in nonprofit organizations and was a founding member of SEE International in 1974. Dr. Primbs is a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA Medical Center.
He has received many awards, including the Lions Sight and Hearing Award in 1994 and the Jules Stein Eye Institute Teaching Award at UCLA in 2003.