Dr. Latif M. Hamed, MD
Ophthalmologist
3230 Sw 33rd Rd Ocala FL, 34474Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Latif Hamed is an ophthalmologist practicing in Ocala, FL. Dr. Hamed specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Hamed 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. Hamed 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
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1983
Indiana University School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tonic ocular tilt reaction simulating a superior oblique palsy: diagnostic confusion with the 3-step test.
- Congenital nystagmus: in search of simplicity on the other side of complexity.
- Pediatric Horner syndrome and neuroblastoma threat.
- Treatment of acute comitant esotropia in Chiari I malformation.
- Chronic idiopathic inflammation of the retropharyngeal space presenting with sequential abducens palsies.
- Pituitary apoplexy precipitating acute angle closure.
- Ocular syphilis.
- Periodic alternating esotropia.
- Levator-sparing nuclear oculomotor palsy. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
- Reduction of postoperative adhesions secondary to strabismus surgery in rabbits.
- Neuroimaging of the optic nerve after fenestration for management of pseudotumor cerebri.
- Ophthalmic manifestations of chronic angioedema with necrotizing vasculitis.
- Bilateral Brown syndrome in three siblings.
- Congenital optic tract syndrome.
- Inferior rectus muscle contracture syndrome after retrobulbar anesthesia.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Pterygium
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Strabismus
- Blepharitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Dry Eye Syndrome
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