Dr. Alex V Levin MD
Ophthalmologist
840 Walnut St Suite 930 Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Alex Levin is an ophthalmologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Levin specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Levin 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. Levin 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
Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College MD
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1982
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Child Abuse Pediatrics
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Cooperation of a general practitioner and cardiological services].
- Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis in children and adolescents. Four new cases and a review of the literature.
- Rapid improvement in the acuity of infants after visual input.
- The epidemiology of pediatric glaucoma: the Toronto experience.
- Alström syndrome: further evidence for linkage to human chromosome 2p13.
- Molecular characterisation of congenital glaucoma in a consanguineous Canadian community: a step towards preventing glaucoma related blindness.
- Time courses for maturation of electroretinogram responses from infancy to adulthood.
- High-frequency ultrasonography findings in persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous.
- Craniofacial dysmorphism, agenesis of the corpus callosum and ocular colobomas: Temtamy syndrome?
- Ultrasound biomicroscopy of the eye in cystinosis.
- Comparison of techniques for detecting visually evoked potential asymmetry in albinism.
- A prospective evaluation of anterior transposition of the inferior oblique muscle, with and without resection, in the treatment of dissociated vertical deviation.
- Bioethics for clinicians: 23. Disclosure of medical error.
- The role of nasal endoscopy in repeat pediatric nasolacrimal duct probings.
- Direct ophthalmoscopy in pediatric emergency care.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Retinal Detachment
- Uveitis
- Marfan Syndrome
- Birth Defects
- Down Syndrome
- Strabismus
- Nearsightedness
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