Holding American Board of Ophthalmology certification since 2002 alongside an MD from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and an ophthalmology residency completed at the same institution, Dr. Suzanne P. Handler, M.D., INC practices on Fourth Avenue inside the Vision Care and Correction of San Diego group near Scripps Mercy Hospital. The cataract surgical schedule emphasizes minimally invasive small-incision phacoemulsification with premium intraocular lens selection, while macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy cases route to subspecialty retina partners such as Retina Consultants San Diego - Hillcrest for intravitreal injections and surgical vitrectomy. Refractive surgery consultations cover LASIK candidacy, PRK alternatives for thin corneas, and laser vision correction follow-up for prior surgical patients. Spanish-language clinical visits serve bilingual patients without third-party interpretation. Optical dispensing relationships extend across the Hillcrest eyewear scene, including independent shops such as the UnOptical when patients want frame selection outside the in-house option. The most involved surgical cases manage combined cataract extraction with toric premium-lens implantation in eyes presenting both significant astigmatism and moderate open-angle glaucoma.