Steven G Lin MD

Retinal Disease

Physician

36949 Cook StSte 101Palm Desert, CA 92211
Phone+1 760-340-2394
Fax+1 760-340-2369

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Education & Training

Tulane UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1996 - 1998
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1993 - 1996
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1993
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1992

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1998 - 2027
LA State Medical License 1996 - 1998
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2014, 2016-2017
Palm Springs Life Magazine Castle Connolly, 2014

Clinical Trials

Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for the Treatment of Submacular Vascularized Pigment Epithelial Detachment Start of enrollment: 2012 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 4
Prophylactic Ranibizumab for Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 17
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

14 citations
Prophylactic Ranibizumab to Prevent Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Vulnerable Fellow Eyes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Clement K Chan, Maziar Lalezary, Prema Abraham, Michael Elman, Wesley Thomas Beaulieu
Ophthalmology. Retina. 2022-06-01
5 citations
Meticulous multimodal analysis of aflibercept therapy for submacular vascularized pigment epithelial detachment associated with neovascular AMD in a prospective case s...
Clement K. Chan, David Sarraf, Prema Abraham, Maziar Lalezary, Steven G. Lin
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 2020-12-01
26 citations
Earlier therapeutic effects associated with high dose (2.0 mg) Ranibizumab for treatment of vascularized pigment epithelial detachments in age-related macular degenera...
Clement K. Chan, P Abraham, David Sarraf, A S D Nuthi, Steven G. Lin
Eye. 2015-01-01

Press Mentions

The Coachella Valley’s Top Doctors of 2026June 30th, 2026
Effect of Initial Management with Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual AcuityMay 1st, 2019