Mr. Albert O. Edwards MD, PHD
Ophthalmologist
1550 Oak St Suite #4 Eugene OR, 97401About
Dr. Albert Edwards is an ophthalmologist practicing in Eugene, OR. Dr. Edwards specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Edwards 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. Edwards 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
Baylor College of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Shape discrimination in age-related macular degeneration.
- Identification of a stop codon mutation in exon 2 of the collagen 2A1 gene in a large stickler syndrome family.
- Posterior chorioretinal atrophy and vitreous phenotype in a family with Stickler syndrome from a mutation in the COL2A1 gene.
- Clinical variability of Stickler syndrome: role of exon 2 of the collagen COL2A1 gene.
- Age-related macular degeneration--a genome scan in extended families.
- Snowflake vitreoretinal degeneration: follow-up of the original family.
- Genetic linkage of snowflake vitreoretinal degeneration to chromosome 2q36.
- Functional characterization of mouse RDH11 as a retinol dehydrogenase involved in dark adaptation in vivo.
- Intraoperative explosion of prefilled silicone oil syringes.
- Autosomal dominant pattern dystrophy: identification of a novel splice site mutation in the peripherin/RDS gene.
- Genetic testing for age-related macular degeneration.
- Peripherin/RDS and VMD2 mutations in macular dystrophies with adult-onset vitelliform lesion.
- Persistent cone dysfunction in acute exudative polymorphous vitelliform maculopathy.
- Retinal pathology and skin barrier defect in mice carrying a Stargardt disease-3 mutation in elongase of very long chain fatty acids-4.
- Molecular genetics of AMD and current animal models.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Macular Hole
- Uveitis
- Type 2 Diabetes
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