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For nearly 20 years, patients from throughout the Los Angeles area have trusted their LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery to Dr. David Shapiro at the Shapiro Laser Eye Center. In fact, Los Angeles’ NBC Channel 4 News has called Dr. Shapiro one of the country’s top laser surgeons. The drive from Los Angeles to the Shapiro Laser Eye Center in Ventura is typically about one hour or less.
Los Angeles was founded in 1781. In 1848, Los Angeles became part of the United States and two years later, California gained statehood. Today Los Angeles, with a population of almost 4 million people, is the largest city in the western United States. It is the third most powerful economic zone in the world.
Los Angeles is home to many highly prestigious universities, including UCLA and USC. Dr. Shapiro was invited to teach refractive surgery at the UCLA Jules Stein Institute in the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Shapiro has also been invited to teach the latest refractive surgical techniques at other major California academic institutions including Stanford and UC Irvine.
Los Angeles is divided into many areas. The most famous sections of Los Angeles include Downtown Los Angeles, The Eastside and Northeast Los Angeles, South Los Angeles (also known as South Central Los Angeles), the Harbor Area, Hollywood, the Wilshire area, the Westside, the San Fernando Valley, and Crescenta Valley . Some famous communities within Los Angeles include Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Hollywood, Koreatown, Chinatown, Westwood, Bel Air, Benedict Canyon, the Hollywood Hills, Hancock Park, Pacific Palisades, Century City, the Westside, nd Brentwood.
Los Angeles also has many famous landmarks, most of which are instantly recognizable worldwide, including Chinatown, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Kodak theater, Griffith Park, the Griffith Observatory, the La Brea Tar Pits, the Hollywood Bowl, Dodger Stadium, Staples Center, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre Capitol Records, and the Hollywood Sign. Many of Dr. Shapiro’s LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery patients from out of town or out of the country come to visit these famous landmarks after their surgery, often making a Los Angeles are vacation out of their eye surgery experience.
The economy of Los Angeles is based on international trade, entertainment, aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. The Port of Los Angeles is contiguous with the Port of Long Beach. Fortune 500 companies with headquarters in Los Angeles include Northrup Grumman, Occidental Petroleum, Health Net, Reliance Steel and Engineering, engineering firm AECOM, CB Richards Ellis Real Estate, and home builder Tutor Perini. Other important companies based in Los Angeles include Capital Group, City National Bank, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, DeviantArt, Farmers Insurance Group, Fox Entertainment Group, Roll International, Sunkist, and Triton Media Group.
The top ten employers in Los Angeles include the County of Los Angeles, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLS), the University of Southern California (USC), Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Fox Entertainment Group, Farmers Insurance Group, Team One, and Northrup Grumman.
Los Angeles is a major center of creativity and has been called the creative capital of the world. One out of every six of Los Angelenos works in a creative industry. This is reflected in the incredible cultural opportunities in Los Angeles.
The film industry is a centrally important industry in Los Angeles. Based in Hollywood, LA’s film industry is considered to lead the world. Several well known movie and TV personalities have trusted Dr. Shapiro to perform LASIK and PRK laser eye surgery on their eyes.
The Los Angeles Music Center, located near Downtown Los Angeles, is one of the largest in the world. The Walt Disney Concert Hall is located in this complex and is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The Los Angeles Opera and the Los Angeles Master Chorale also perform at the Los Angeles Music Center.
Los Angeles has more museums per capita than any other city in the world. These include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Getty Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art.
The major newspaper in Los Angeles is the Los Angeles Times. La Opinion is Los Angeles’ most important Spanish language newspaper. Other important Los Angeles print media include Investor’s Business Daily, LA Weekly, Los Angeles CityBeat, LA Record.
Los Angeles is also famous for its professional sports teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Galaxy Soccer Team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Woman’s National Basketball League, and the Los Angeles Kings. The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans are rival college teams.
Many of Dr. Shapiro’s LASIK and PRK patients from out of state or out of the country who visit Los Angeles after having their LASIK or PRK eye surgery at the Shapiro Laser Eye Center – even those from Europe and Asia — have recognized its famous landmarks from many major Hollywood productions or from TV shows. Often they have combined their laser eye surgery with Dr. Shapiro with a visit to Los Angeles for a vacation of a lifetime.