Dr. Helen Jane Blackman M.D.
Ophthalmologist
5530 Wisconsin Ave Suite 1527 Chevy Chase MD, 20815About
Dr. Helen Blackman is an ophthalmologist practicing in Chevy Chase, MD. Dr. Blackman specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Blackman 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. Blackman 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
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1969
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1969
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Blepharoconjunctivitis: a side effect of 13-cis-retinoic acid therapy for dermatologic diseases.
- Blepharoconjunctivitis: a side effect of 13-cis-retinoic acid therapy for dermatologic diseases.
- Anatomy and embryology in medical education at Cambridge University, 1866-1900.
- Clindamycin in chronic toxoplasmosis. Effect of periocular injections on recoverability of organisms from healed lesions in the rabbit eye.
- Clindamycin in chronic toxoplasmosis. Effect of periocular injections on recoverability of organisms from healed lesions in the rabbit eye.
- Color specular microscopy of disorders involving the corneal epithelium.
- Acanthamoeba keratitis successfully treated with penetrating keratoplasty: suggested immunogenic mechanisms of action.
- Gram-negative corneal ulcers in elderly aphakic eyes with extended-wear lenses.
- Ocular surface defense mechanisms.
- Cellular hypersensitivity to toxoplasmal and retinal antigens in patients with toxoplasmal retinochoroiditis.
- Antibiotic susceptibility of Chlamydia trachomatis.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Glaucoma
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Blepharitis
- Nearsightedness
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