About Srinivas S. Iyengar, MD

A San Diego native, Dr. Iyengar graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the top of his class and served as class president. He did his surgical internship at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He completed his ophthalmic residency at the University of Kansas, where he was recognized for the highest in-training exam scores and selected by the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology as a Paul Kayser International Scholar. He then selected to spend one year teaching surgery around the world on a DC-10 airplane as part of the world’s only Flying Eye Hospital with ORBIS International, a non-profit organization based in New York and focused on reducing preventable blindness. Dr. Iyengar then completed his ASOPRS-sponsored fellowship training in oculofacial plastic surgery in Los Angeles. After 3 years as one of the only oculoplastic surgeons in Central Florida, and serving as the Chief of Ophthalmology at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, he returned home to San Diego’s North County, to start San Diego Eyelid Specialists in Encinitas and La Jolla. Dr. Iyengar is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) as well as a member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery(ASOPRS). He a member of the San Diego County Medical Society and serves as a board examiner for oculoplastic surgeons finishing their training in eyelid surgery. Dr. Iyengar frequently has eye plastic surgeons from around the country visit our suburban San Diego practice and is the only eye plastic surgeon in the San Diego area to be voted by his peers at a Top Doctor in Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery. This information exchange from professional colleagues who are also leaders in the field keep our practice at the forefront of eyelid surgery. Having this large professional network of top surgeons around the globe provides another layer of convenience with patients who have careers that require travel.