Dr. Darrell Scott Prestridge DO
Ophthalmologist
644 2nd St Ne Suite 201 Alabaster AL, 35007About
Dr. Darrell Prestridge is an ophthalmologist practicing in Alabaster, AL. Dr. Prestridge specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Prestridge 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. Prestridge 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
Wv Sch of Osteo Med, Lewisburg Wv 1995
West Virginia School Of Osteopathic Med 1995
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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- Retroviral vector gene expression in F9 embryonal carcinoma cells.
- Predicting Pol II promoter sequences using transcription factor binding sites.
- The density of transcriptional elements in promoter and non-promoter sequences.
- SIGNAL SCAN 3.0: new database and program features.
- SIGNAL SCAN 4.0: additional databases and sequence formats.
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