Dr. Forrest J Ellis MD
Ophthalmologist
6231 Leesburg Pike Suite 608 Falls Church VA, 22044About
Dr. Forrest Ellis is an ophthalmologist practicing in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Ellis specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Ellis 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. Ellis 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
Indiana University School of Medicine 1990
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of pediatric cataract and lens opacities.
- Neonatal candidiasis: ophthalmologic infection.
- The pen, the pencil, and the inferior oblique.
- Linear nondisplaced orbital fractures with muscle entrapment.
- Recurrent bleeding following traumatic hyphema due to mild hemophilia B (Christmas disease).
- Considerations on the etiology of congenital Brown syndrome.
Treatments
- Headaches
- Moles
- Birth Defects
- Birthmark
- Strabismus
- Astigmatism
- Blepharitis
- Chalazion
- Farsightedness
- Nearsightedness
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