Dr. Patrick E Rubsamen MD
Ophthalmologist
5601 N Dixie Hwy Suite 307 Fort Lauderdale FL, 33334About
Dr. Patrick Rubsamen is an ophthalmologist practicing in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Rubsamen specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Rubsamen 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. Rubsamen 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
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School 1985
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Retained lens fragments after phacoemulsification manifesting as marked intraocular inflammation with hypopyon.
- Moraxella infection of a scleral buckle.
- Studies of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from a human choroidal melanoma.
- Vitrectomy for pars plana placement of a glaucoma seton.
- Comparison of flow cytometry with the surgeon regarding ability to predict the ultimate success of surgery for proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
- Bilateral ciliochoroidal detachments after valsalva maneuver.
- Vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema associated with a thickened and taut posterior hyaloid membrane.
- Pars plana vitrectomy in the management of phakic and pseudophakic malignant glaucoma.
- Outcome of functioning filtering blebs after pars plana vitrectomy.
- Lens preservation after intraocular foreign body injuries.
- Impact of cultures on management decisions following surgical repair of penetrating ocular trauma.
- Therapeutic effect of periocular corticosteroids in experimental proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
- Treatment outcomes in a 10-year study of endogenous fungal endophthalmitis.
Awards
- 2011-2012 South Florida Super Doctors
- 2008 Florida Super Doctors
Treatments
- Vitreoretinal Surgery
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Macular Hole
- Type 2 Diabetes
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Retina Specialists
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- Univ Miami-B Palmer Eye Inst, Retina/Vitreous Surgery 1989
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