Dr. Richard L. Petrelli M.D.
Ophthalmologist
3018 Dixwell Ave 2nd Floor Hamden CT, 06518About
Dr. Richard Petrelli is an ophthalmologist practicing in Hamden, CT. Dr. Petrelli specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Petrelli 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. Petrelli 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1972
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adenoid cystic carcinoma with orbital and cranial metastases: case report.
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma with orbital and cranial metastases: case report.
- Use of autogenous materials in reconstructing the anophthalmic socket.
- The treatment of lacrimal gland prolapse in blepharoplasty.
- The origins of ophthalmic plastic surgery at Yale.
- Naso-orbital fractures: management and complications.
- Pediatric nasolacrimal obstruction: update on management.
- The regulation of French Midwifery during the Ancien régime.
- Rubella antibodies in Rhode Island women of childbearing age.
- Absence of antigenic cross-reactions between rubella virus and arbouviruses.
- Management of the contracted eye socket.
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