Dr. Diego Gabriel Espinosa-heidmann M.D.
Ophthalmologist
1120 15th St Ghsu, Department Of Augusta GA, 30912About
Dr. Diego Espinosa-heidmann is an ophthalmologist practicing in Augusta, GA. Dr. Espinosa-heidmann specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Espinosa-heidmann 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. Espinosa-heidmann 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 Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1993
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of aging, high fat diet and blue light exposure in an experimental mouse model for basal laminar deposit formation.
- Female gender, estrogen loss, and Sub-RPE deposit formation in aged mice.
- Basal laminar deposit formation in APO B100 transgenic mice: complex interactions between dietary fat, blue light, and vitamin E.
- Nicotine increases size and severity of experimental choroidal neovascularization.
- Photoreceptor synapses degenerate early in experimental choroidal neovascularization.
- Gender and estrogen supplementation increases severity of experimental choroidal neovascularization.
- Blood-derived macrophages infiltrate the retina and activate Muller glial cells under experimental choroidal neovascularization.
- Repetitive nonlethal oxidant injury to retinal pigment epithelium decreased extracellular matrix turnover in vitro and induced sub-RPE deposits in vivo.
- The role of dynamic indocyanine green angiography in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal angiomatous proliferation.
- Dynamic indocyanine green angiography-guided focal thermal laser treatment of fibrotic choroidal neovascularization.
- Estrogen receptor beta protects against in vivo injury in RPE cells.
- Macrophage activation associated with chronic murine cytomegalovirus infection results in more severe experimental choroidal neovascularization.
- Bone marrow transplantation transfers age-related susceptibility to neovascular remodeling in murine laser-induced choroidal neovascularization.
- Imbalance of the nerve growth factor and its precursor as a potential biomarker for diabetic retinopathy.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Macular Hole
- Uveitis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Lupus
- Sarcoidosis
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