Dr. Christine C Nelson MD
Ophthalmologist
1000 Wall Street Ann Arbor MI, 48105Rating
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About
Dr. Christine Nelson is an ophthalmologist practicing in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Nelson specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Nelson 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. Nelson 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
Univ of Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1979
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Benign eyelid tumors and skin diseases.
- Mutation of the FOXC2 gene in familial distichiasis.
- Early habituation of severe blepharoptosis in marcus gunn jaw-winking syndrome.
- Dermatophyte infection of the eyelid in a neonate.
- Ultrasound biomicroscopy of the upper eyelid structures in normal eyelids.
- Complications of pegged and non-pegged hydroxyapatite orbital implants.
- Periocular versus general anesthesia for ocular enucleation.
- Management of periocular cutaneous melanoma with a staged excision technique and permanent sections the square procedure.
- The transglabellar/subcranial approach for surgical excision of periocular second tumors in retinoblastoma.
- Outcomes in silicone rod frontalis suspension surgery for high-risk noncongenital blepharoptosis.
- Marcus Gunn jaw-winking synkinesis: clinical features and management.
- Intralesional interferon for extensive squamous papilloma of the eyelid margin.
- The effect of orbital decompression surgery on lid retraction in thyroid eye disease.
- Compressive Optic Neuropathy and Repeat Orbital Decompression: A Case Series.
- Assessment of the Abbreviated National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ 9) in blepharoptosis and dermatochalasis.
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- Univ Miami-B Palmer Eye Inst, Neuro-Ophthalmology 1983
- UC San Francisco, Plastics/Reconstructive 1984
- Neuro-Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami 1984
- Oculoplastic/Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 1985
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