Dr. Louis Donald Pizzarello M.D.
Ophthalmologist
1228 Roanoke Ave Riverhead NY, 11901Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Louis Pizzarello is an ophthalmologist practicing in Riverhead, NY. Dr. Pizzarello specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Pizzarello 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. Pizzarello 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 Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1975
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1975
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The cost of upper respiratory tract infections in Canadian children.
- Rapid assessment of trachoma in Hainan Province, China: validation of the new World Health Organization methodology.
- Refractive changes in pregnancy.
- Ocular changes during pregnancy.
- Training health care workers in ophthalmic care: the experience of Helen Keller International.
- Temporal arteritis associated with Borrelia infection. A case report.
- New ophthalmic microsurgical needleholder.
- Cataract extractions for senior surgeons.
- The dimensions of the problem of eye disease among the elderly.
- Age specific xerophthalmia rates among displaced Ethiopians.
- Capsular forceps for extraocular extraction: a new use for an old instrument (newly designed).
- Xerophthalmia rates in children in Ethiopia and Sudan.
- Acute abdominal pain caused by osteitis pubis.
- Vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia in western Yemen.
- Cataract free zone and primary health care approach to prevention of blindness in Shunyi county of Beijing.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Strabismus
- Migraine
- Blepharitis
- Chalazion
- Nearsightedness
- Conjunctivitis
- Dry Eye Syndrome
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I love Dr PIzzarello He so has so much experience hes a doctors doctor . He treated many of family & friends . Hes so gentle & kind a special doctor highly recommended .
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PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTERl
1300 ROANOKE AVENUE RIVERHEAD NY 11901BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTERl
101 HOSPITAL ROAD PATCHOGUE NY 11772SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITALl
240 MEETING HOUSE LANE SOUTHAMPTON NY 11968