Dr. Dimitri T. Azar M.D.
Ophthalmologist
243 Charles St Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Dimitri Azar is an ophthalmologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Azar specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Azar 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. Azar 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.
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Analysis of customized corneal ablations: theoretical limitations of increasing negative asphericity.
- Microkeratome-assisted posterior keratoplasty.
- Volume estimation of excimer laser tissue ablation for correction of spherical myopia and hyperopia.
- Myopia and models and mechanisms of refractive error control.
- Lamellar keratitis following laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis.
- Mechanisms of disease: cataracts.
- Management of traumatic cataracts.
- Trauma after refractive surgery.
- Management of astigmatism after corneal trauma.
- Human corneal epithelial cell viability and morphology after dilute alcohol exposure.
- Corneal asphericity after hyperopic laser in situ keratomileusis.
- Vector summation of anterior and posterior corneal topographical astigmatism.
- Corneal flap displacement and drift in LASIK: comparison of Hansatome and Automated Corneal Shaper microkeratomes.
- Three-dimensional representation and qualitative comparisons of the amount of tissue ablation to treat mixed and compound astigmatism.
- Confocal and electron microscopic studies of laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) in the white leghorn chick eye.
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