Dr. Leon Franklin Cashwell M.D.
Ophthalmologist
8 N Pointe Ct Greensboro NC, 27408About
Dr. Leon Cashwell is an ophthalmologist practicing in Greensboro, NC. Dr. Cashwell specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Cashwell 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. Cashwell 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
Univ of Nc At Chapel Hill Sch of Med, Chapel Hill Nc 1972
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Axial length decrease accompanying successful glaucoma filtration surgery.
- Malignant glaucoma after laser iridotomy.
- Malignant glaucoma in a patient with Down's syndrome and corneal hydrops.
- The spectrum of cavitary optic disc anomalies in a family.
- Idiopathic true exfoliation of the lens capsule.
- Exfoliation syndrome in the southeastern United States. I. Prevalence in open-angle glaucoma and non-glaucoma populations.
- Exfoliation syndrome. Prevalence in a southeastern United States population.
- Optic nerve coloboma associated with renal disease.
- Acute primary closed-angle glaucoma associated with hyphema.
- Glaucoma management in pseudophakia.
- Laser iridotomy for management of angle-closure glaucoma.
- Adrenochrome pigmentation.
- Long-term effect of cataract extraction on the function of an established filtering bleb.
- Central visual field changes associated with acquired pits of the optic nerve.
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