Dr. Milton Bruce Shields MD
Ophthalmologist
40 Temple St Suite 3-A New Haven CT, 06510About
Dr. Milton Shields is an ophthalmologist practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Shields specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Shields 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. Shields 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
Univ of Ok Coll of Med, Oklahoma City Ok 1966
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of mild to moderate myopic correction by laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis on intraocular pressure measurements with goldmann applanation tonometer, tono-pen, and pneumatonometer.
- Bleb revision for hypotony maculopathy after trabeculectomy.
- Needle revision of failed filtering blebs using 5-Fluorouracil and a combined ab-externo and ab-interno approach.
- Influence of pupillary diameter, ciliary muscle tone, and ambient light on nerve fiber layer measurements with scanning laser polarimetry.
- Considerations of glaucoma in patients undergoing corneal refractive surgery.
- The stages of glaucoma.
- Factors associated with failure to follow up after glaucoma screening: a study in an African American population.
- Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome in a child.
- Novel pressure-to-cornea index in glaucoma.
- The enigma of exfoliation syndrome.
- Gray optic disc crescent: influence of ethnicity in a glaucoma population.
- Normal-tension glaucoma: is it different from primary open-angle glaucoma?
- Evaluation of a modified protocol for selective laser trabeculoplasty.
- Central corneal thickness in a Puerto Rican population.
- Predicting response to glaucoma therapy in one eye based on response in the fellow eye: the monocular trial.
Treatments
- Glaucoma
Professional Memberships
- Member Yale Medical Group (YMG)
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, Glaucoma 1974
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