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Nicole Fuerst

Dr. Nicole Fuerst
Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Fuerst

Nicole M. Fuerst, MD is a native of Los Angeles. She graduated cum laude with an Sc.B. in Biology from Brown University and received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her ophthalmology residency at the Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, where she received multiple teaching awards. She finished a clinical and research fellowship in cornea and external disease at the renowned Duke Eye Center in North Carolina, where she performed the latest techniques in corneal, cataract, and refractive surgery. She is board certified in ophthalmology and specializes in cataract, corneal, and refractive surgery.

Her research interests include dry eye disease and surgical imaging systems to improve surgical outcomes. She has presented her research at the American Academy of Ophtha Imo logy (AAO), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and the Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO).

She is fluent in Spanish. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, running, and spending time with friends and family.

Ophthalmology

Nicole M. Fuerst, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist at Fuerst Eye Center, which has two locations in Glendale, California and West Covina, California. Dr. Fuerst takes a patient-centered approach to care, treating each patient like a member of the family. She specializes in performing cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery. 

Dr. Fuerst completed medical school at the prestigious Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She then completed her ophthalmology residency at the Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received multiple teaching awards. She continued her training at the renowned Duke Eye Center in Durham, North Carolina. While at the Duke Eye Center, Dr. Fuerst completed a two-year clinical and research fellowship in cornea and external disease, where she learned and performed the latest techniques in corneal, cataract, and refractive surgery.

Committed to her profession, Dr. Fuerst has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She’s also been awarded for her research presentations on a variety of topics in the field of ophthalmology.

Known for her extensive skill and expertise, Dr. Fuerst receives many referrals from other eye doctors for routine and specialty eye procedures.

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