Mr. Robert C Urban M.D.
Ophthalmologist
32615 Us Highway 19 N Suite 6 Palm Harbor FL, 34684About
Dr. Robert Urban is an ophthalmologist practicing in Palm Harbor, FL. Dr. Urban specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Urban 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. Urban 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
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1987
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Corticosteroid-induced cataracts.
- Nonenzymatic modification of lens crystallins by prednisolone induces sulfhydryl oxidation and aggregate formation: in vitro and in vivo studies.
- Mitomycin in the treatment of hypertrophic conjunctival scars after strabismus surgery.
- A fluorescent carcinogen, 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) in human lens.
- Corticosteroid-induced glaucoma.
- Age-related accumulation of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline-3- carboxylic acid in human lens.
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