Dr. Edgar M Espana M. D.
Ophthalmologist
Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Avenue/I Cleveland OH, 44195Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Edgar Espana is an ophthalmologist practicing in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Espana specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Espana 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. Espana 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
Universidad Javeriana 1996
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Amniotic membrane transplantation for reconstruction after excision of large
- Anaplasma marginale. I. Studies with phase contrast and electron microscopy.
- Corneal stromal changes following reconstruction by ex vivo expanded limbal epithelial cells in rabbits with total limbal stem cell deficiency.
- Clinical characteristics of conjunctivochalasis with or without aqueous tear deficiency.
- Correlation of long term phenotypic and clinical outcomes following limbal epithelial transplantation cultivated on amniotic membrane in rabbits.
- Rat enterocyte cultures on human amniotic membranes.
- Keratolimbal allograft in corneal reconstruction.
- Urrets-Zavalia syndrome as a complication of argon laser peripheral iridoplasty.
- Corneal stroma regeneration in felines after supradescemetic keratoprosthesis implantation.
- A newly designed glaucoma drainage implant made of poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene): biocompatibility and function in normal rabbit eyes.
- Estimation of intraocular pressure in rabbits with commonly used tonometers.
- Baerveldt glaucoma implant insertion in the posterior chamber sulcus.
- Cyclodialysis cleft secondary to removal of an anterior chamber phakic intraocular lens.
- Bilateral prominent schwalbe ring in the anterior chamber in a patient with axenfeld-rieger syndrome and megalocornea.
- Agreement between optical coherence tomography and digital stereophotography in
Awards
- Ophthalmology Residents William C Edwards Excellence in Teaching Award
Treatments
- Glaucoma, Cancer, Anterior Segment Eye Disorders And More
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- GLAUCOMA CLINICAL FELLOW, THE NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, NEW YORK, NY 2005
- CORNEA AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY, COLE EYE INSTITUTE, CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OH 2010
- Cornea. Disease, Cleveland Clinic - Cole Eye Institute, Clevland, OH - 2011.
- Glaucoma, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY - 2006. Research, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute & Ocular Surface Research Founda, Miami, FL - 2005. Research, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL - 2004.
- Scheffer C G Tseng, MD PhD, Cornea/External Disease 2001
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Glaucoma 2004
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