Barry Katzman, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist in College Area leading West Coast Eye Care at 6945 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego 92115. Dr. Katzman earned his medical degree from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in 1974, completed his internship at Brookdale Medical Center-NYU in 1978, finished his ophthalmology residency at Harlem Hospital Center in 1980, and trained in a fellowship at Kingsbrook-SUNY Brooklyn. He holds board certification from the American Board of Ophthalmology and has participated in more than 100 FDA clinical trials investigating laser platforms, cataract techniques, intraocular lens implants, and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Primary care physicians across the College Area corridor, including Brownell Kristin MD, refer complex ocular cases to Dr. Katzman's El Cajon Blvd office for surgical evaluation. His surgical caseload spans phacoemulsification cataract extraction, LASIK and PRK refractive correction, glaucoma filtration procedures, oculoplastic eyelid reconstruction, and retinal disease management. Dr. Katzman speaks English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, which allows him to serve the multilingual patient population along El Cajon Blvd near SDSU. He maintains hospital affiliations with Alvarado Hospital Medical Center and Paradise Valley Hospital for cases requiring inpatient surgical suites or post-operative overnight monitoring. His oculoplastic procedures include ptosis repair, blepharoplasty, and pterygium excision, a subspecialty scope that parallels reconstructive surgical work at Handler Barry S MD: Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery in Grantville. The San Diego clinic processes dilated eye exams, retinal imaging, laser iridotomy, and eyelid surgery within the same facility, reducing referral delays for patients who need both diagnostic and surgical care.