Dr. Stephen Roth Klapper MD FACS
Ophthalmologist
11900 N Pennsylvania St Suite 104 Carmel IN, 46032About
Dr. Stephen Klapper is an ophthalmologist practicing in Carmel, IN. Dr. Klapper specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Klapper 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. Klapper 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
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1992
Indiana University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Drilling the synthetic hydroxyapatite orbital implant.
- Congenital, paradoxical lower eyelid retraction on upgaze.
- Wrapping hydroxyapatite implants.
- Jones tube insertion in children with canalicular agenesis.
- Incomplete fibrovascularization of a hydroxyapatite orbital implant 3 months after implantation.
- A new titanium peg system for hydroxyapatite orbital implants.
- Hydroxyapatite orbital implant vascularization assessed by magnetic resonance imaging.
- The use of vicryl mesh in 200 porous orbital implants: a technique with few exposures.
- Surgical techniques in enucleation: the role of various types of implants and the efficacy of pegged and nonpegged approaches.
- Re: "minimally invasive conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy with Jones tube".
- Current indications for pegging in the anophthalmic socket: are there any?
- Ptosis in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
- Floppy eyelid syndrome.
- Abscess formation within a synthetic hydroxyapatite orbital implant.
- Tips for the cotton-tip applicator.
Awards
- Dr. Klapper was named to Indianapolis Monthly magazine's 2012 and 2013 2012
Treatments
- Moles
- Birthmark
- Chalazion
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- University of Ottawa General Eye Institute, Ottawa, Ontario
- Univ Ottawa Medical School, Plastics/Reconstructive 1997
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