Dr. Shiu Yuen Kwok MD
Ophthalmologist
728 Pacific Ave # 702 San Francisco CA, 94133Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Shiu Kwok is an ophthalmologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Kwok specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Kwok 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. Kwok 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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1979
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Construction of recombinant Escherichia coli strains for polyhydroxybutyrate production using soy waste as nutrient.
- Patients' acceptance of a switch from dorzolamide to brinzolamide for the treatment of glaucoma in a clinical practice setting.
- Laparoscopy and its current role in the management of colorectal disease.
- A double-blind, randomized trial comparing Ligasure and Harmonic Scalpel hemorrhoidectomy.
- Minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer.
- Stapled hemorrhoidopexy vs. Harmonic Scalpel hemorrhoidectomy: a randomized trial.
- Colonic amoebic abscess mimicking carcinoma of the colon.
- Laparoscopic sphincter-preserving total mesorectal excision with colonic J-pouch reconstruction: five-year results.
- Improvement in colonoscopy performance with adjunctive magnetic endoscope imaging: a randomized controlled trial.
- Significance of human T-lymphotropic virus type I indeterminant serological findings among healthy individuals.
- Prospective, case-matched study of heated and humidified carbon dioxide insufflation in laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
- Predictive factors for faecal incontinence after third or fourth degree obstetric tears: a clinico-physiologic study.
- Construction and evaluation of high-quality n-ZnO nanorod/p-diamond heterojunctions.
- Absence of HIV infection in blood donors with indeterminate western blot tests for antibody to HIV-1.
- The Survival of Cone Photoreceptors in Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Pterygium
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Uveitis
- Type 2 Diabetes
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