Dr. Elmer Y. Tu M.D.
Ophthalmologist
1740 W Taylor St Chicago IL, 60612About
Dr. Elmer Tu is an ophthalmologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Tu specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Tu 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. Tu 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.
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Update on refractive surgery.
- Estimating the total exposure to air pollutants for different population age groups in Hong Kong.
- Contact lens overrefraction variability in corneal power estimation after refractive surgery.
- The effect of temperature on the antimicrobial activity of Optisol-GS.
- Gemella haemolysans infectious crystalline keratopathy.
- Corneal melt associated with idiopathic dacryoadenitis.
- Recalcitrant Beauveria bassiana keratitis: confocal microscopy findings and treatment with posaconazole (Noxafil).
- Gemella haemolysans infectious crystalline keratopathy.
- Prognostic factors affecting visual outcome in Acanthamoeba keratitis.
- Efficacy of contact lens systems against recent clinical and tap water Acanthamoeba isolates.
- The relative value of confocal microscopy and superficial corneal scrapings in the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
- Alternaria keratitis: clinical presentation and resolution with topical fluconazole or intrastromal voriconazole and topical caspofungin.
- Genotypic identification of Acanthamoeba sp. isolates associated with an outbreak of acanthamoeba keratitis.
- Septo-optic dysplasia with bilateral congenital corneal anesthesia.
- Sequential corneal infection with two genotypically distinct Acanthamoebae associated with renewed contact lens wear.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Treatments
- Cornea Transplant, Cornea Problems, Lasik And More
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