Dr. Christopher Frederick Blodi MD
Ophthalmologist
3902 LEAVENWORTH ST OMAHA NE, 68105About
Dr. Christopher Blodi is an ophthalmologist practicing in West Des Moines, IA. Dr. Blodi specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Blodi 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. Blodi 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
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1979
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Value of ophthalmologic examination in diagnosing temporal arteritis.
- Best's vitelliform dystrophy.
- What's new in ophthalmology?
- Factors prognostic of visual outcome in patients with subretinal hemorrhage.
- Myopia induced by vitreous hemorrhage.
- Paul A. Cibis, MD: a pioneer of modern vitreoretinal surgery.
- Visual prognosis in macular retinoblastomas.
- Paul Sullivan: catalyst in the history and use of intraocular sulfur hexafluoride.
- Apraclonidine hydrochloride in vitreoretinal surgery.
- David Kasner, MD, and the Road to Pars Plana Vitrectomy.
- Idiopathic premacular gliosis in children and adolescents.
- In Vivo Porcine Model of Venous Air Embolism During Pars Plana Vitrectomy.
- Prognosis of foveal splitting rhegmatogenous retinal detachments.
- Occlusion of bridging or avulsed retinal vessels by repeated photocoagulation.
- Pars plana vitrectomy for vitreous amyloidosis.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Type 2 Diabetes
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