
Dr. David A Chesnutt MD
Ophthalmologist
5133 Bioinformatics Building Cb 7040 Unc Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. David Chesnutt is an ophthalmologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Chesnutt specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Chesnutt 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. Chesnutt 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prognostic significance of vascular dilation and tortuosity insufficient for plus disease in retinopathy of prematurity.
- Stage IV primitive-appearing sinus and orbital rhabdomyosarcoma presenting in a 68-year-old female previously treated for breast cancer.
- Shader Lamps Virtual Patients: the physical manifestation of virtual patients.
- Perineural optic nerve enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging in giant cell arteritis.
- Increasing intraocular pressure as treatment for papilledema.
- Spectrum and Clinical Course of Visual Field Abnormalities in Ethambutol Toxicity.
- A Rare Ocular Presentation of Metastatic Lung Cancer: Unilateral Anterior Chamber Angle, Bilateral Choroidal, and Multiple Intracranial Metastases.
- Retrospective analysis of translaminar, demographic, and physiologic parameters in relation to papilledema severity.
- Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration 12 years after penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus.
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Nearby Providers
- Beth R. Friedland5306 NC Highway 55 Durham North Carolina 27713
- Dr. Christine Lee M.D.6104 Fayetteville Road Durham North Carolina 27713
- Dr. Donald L Budenz MD2226 Nelson Highway Chapel Hill NC 27517
- Dr. Neha Priyavadan Serrano MD2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC 27705
- Dr. Edward Buckley M.D.2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC 27710
- Dr. Jason Aaron Liss M.D.2351 Erwin Rd Durham NC 27705
Nearest Hospitals
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALl
101 MANNING DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC 27514