Dr. Ellen Chance Sanders MD
Ophthalmologist
Medical Center Blvd Winston Salem NC, 27157About
Dr. Ellen Sanders is an ophthalmologist practicing in Winston Salem, NC. Dr. Sanders specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Sanders 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. Sanders 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
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 2004
Provider Details
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blepharitis
- Chalazion
- Conjunctivitis
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