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Blepharoplasty in Irvine, CA: 14 eyelid surgeons

Every listed eyelid surgeon with a practice in Irvine, in score order. The name opens the practice's eyelid page, where the surgeon shows the work.

14
Eyelid surgeons
1
In the national Top 500
810
Medicare eyelid operations, 2022-2024
3
Eyelid galleries

Each marker carries the surgeon's rank on this list and sits at the centre of the practice's ZIP code. Markers that would cover each other spread into a ring and move back as you zoom in. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Irvine list

Sorted by score. The number is the rank among Irvine surgeons; each row carries the office, the Medicare eyelid work and the practice's eyelid pages.

  1. 1

    Dr. Jeremiah Tao, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · #13 in the state · score 63.6

    Office: 850 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92697. Billed Medicare for 147 upper blepharoplasties, 110 ptosis repairs, 28 brow ptosis repairs, 154 lid position repairs, 164 eyelid reconstructions from 2022 to 2024. 26 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Abdominal fat graft migration into bulbar subconjunctival space after midface fat transfer: a case report (Orbit, 2026).

  2. 2

    Dr. William Chen, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · national Top 500 #176 · #24 in the state · score 55.2

    Office: 18 Endeavor Ste 305, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there. 12 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Concept of Double-eyelid Segments Ratio: Practical Application in Asian Blepharoplasty (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 2024).

  3. 3

    Dr. Lilangi Ediriwickrema, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · #33 in the state · score 51.1

    Office: 850 Health Sciences Rd, Irvine, CA 92617. Billed Medicare for 52 upper blepharoplasties, 42 ptosis repairs, 42 brow ptosis repairs, 12 lid position repairs, 16 eyelid reconstructions from 2022 to 2024. 5 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Safety Analysis of Oxymetazoline Eye Drops for Blepharoptosis Using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 2026).

  4. 4

    Dr. Behrooz Kalantarian, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #105 in the state · score 37

    Office: 25 Palatine Suite 230, Irvine, CA 92612. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  5. 5

    Dr. Blake Sparks, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #107 in the state · score 37

    Office: 113 Waterworks Way Ste 300, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  6. 6

    Dr. Chadwick Wu, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #316 in the state · score 27

    Office: 15825 Laguna Canyon Rd Ste 105, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  7. 7

    Dr. Donald Altman, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #343 in the state · score 27

    Office: 16300 Sand Canyon Ave Suite 1011, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  8. 8

    Dr. Joyce Chen, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #387 in the state · score 27

    Office: 15825 Laguna Canyon Rd Suite 208, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  9. 9

    Dr. Kyle Song, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #406 in the state · score 27

    Office: 4968 Booth Cir Suite 105, Irvine, CA 92604. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  10. 10

    Dr. Maleeh Effendi, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #413 in the state · score 27

    Office: 4968 Booth Cir Ste 105, Irvine, CA 92604. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  11. 11

    Dr. Mark Krugman, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #415 in the state · score 27

    Office: 16300 Sand Canyon Ave #1011, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  12. 12

    Dr. Robert Tuchler, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #454 in the state · score 27

    Office: 6670 Alton Pkwy Sand Canyon Medical Office, Suite 4110, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  13. 13

    Dr. Nika Omid, MD

    Ophthalmologist · #499 in the state · score 26.7

    Office: 4950 Barranca Pkwy Ste 111, Irvine, CA 92604. Billed Medicare for 43 upper blepharoplasties from 2022 to 2024.

  14. 14

    Dr. Pavlo Isak, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #574 in the state · score 22

    Office: 113 Waterworks Way Ste 300, Irvine, CA 92618. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

Eyelid surgery in Irvine

Irvine surgeons on this page billed 810 eyelid operations to Medicare from 2022 to 2024, 5% of the listed California total. 11 of the 14 practices publish an eyelid surgery page, 3 an eyelid before-and-after gallery, and the surgeons have 43 eyelid papers in PubMed between them.

SpecialtySurgeons
Plastic surgeon10
Oculofacial plastic surgeon3
Ophthalmologist1

Medicare claims from Irvine go to Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC; its coverage rule is L34194. Upper eyelid surgery and ptosis repair are covered when a visual field test and photographs show the lid blocks vision; see insurance.

A city page lists surgeons whose Medicare or NPI address is in Irvine; a city has a page at 10 or more listed surgeons. The methodology explains the score.