Dr. David H Fischer MD
Ophthalmologist
100 Presidential Blvd. Suite 100 Bala Cynwyd PA, 19004About
Dr. David Fischer is an ophthalmologist practicing in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Dr. Fischer specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Fischer can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Fischer can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Education and Training
Temple Univ Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1974
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Visual and anatomical outcome following submacular surgery for choroidal neovascularization secondary to Candida endophthalmitis.
- Intrathecal chemotherapy for recurrent central nervous system intraocular
- "Ecstasy" induced immunosuppression and herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
- Retinal pigment epithelial tear after intravitreal bevacizumab injection.
- Inadvertent globe perforation during retrobulbar and peribulbar anesthesia.
- Computerised visual field deficits in tears of the retinal pigment epithelium.
- Structure of human ADAM-8 catalytic domain complexed with batimastat.
- Enhanced depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography of a subtle choroidal metastasis.
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis.
- Intraocular surgery and the repair of retinal detachments from AIDS-related diseases.
- Photopsias: A Key to Diagnosis.
- Infantile endogenous Candida endophthalmitis presenting as a cataract.
- Occult plastic intraocular foreign body.
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic postoperative bacterial endophthalmitis.
- Ocular toxoplasmosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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