Dr. Stephen Philip Christiansen M.D.
Ophthalmologist
2005 Bay St Suite 201 Taunton MA, 02780About
Dr. Stephen Christiansen is an ophthalmologist practicing in Taunton, MA. Dr. Christiansen specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Christiansen 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. Christiansen 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
Med Coll of Wi, Milwaukee Wi 1982
Medical College of Wisconsin 1982
Boston University School of Medicine
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute effects of the skeletal muscle-specific immunotoxin ricin-mAb 35 on extraocular muscles of rabbits.
- Initial treatment outcomes in chronic sixth nerve palsy.
- Long-term effects of ricin-mAb 35 on extraocular muscles of rabbits: potential treatment for strabismus.
- Grand rounds #65: a case of a left hypertropia which decreases markedly in both upgaze and downgaze.
- Ocular outcomes in low birth weight premature infants with intraventricular hemorrhage.
- Extraocular muscle force generation after ricin-mAb35 injection: implications for strabismus treatment.
- Increasing extraocular muscle strength with insulin-like growth factor II.
- Aicardi syndrome with Pierre Robin sequence.
- Myotoxic effects of the skeletal muscle-specific immunotoxin, ricin-mAb35, on orbicularis oculi muscle after eyelid injections in rabbits.
- Type-specific changes in fiber morphometry following denervation of canine extraocular muscle.
- Botulinum toxin treatment of extraocular muscles in rabbits results in increased myofiber remodeling.
- The effect of resection on satellite cell activity in rabbit extraocular muscle.
- Increased extraocular muscle strength with direct injection of insulin-like growth factor-I.
- Increasing muscle strength as a treatment for strabismus: sustained release of insulin-like growth factor-1 in rabbit extraocular muscle.
- Myogenic growth factors can decrease extraocular muscle force generation: a potential biological approach to the treatment of strabismus.
Treatments
- Glaucoma
- Uveitis
- Birth Defects
- Strabismus
- Astigmatism
- Farsightedness
- Nearsightedness
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