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Dr. Robert Paul Laborde M.D.
Ophthalmologist
630 5th Ave W Hendersonville NC, 28739About
Dr. Robert Laborde is an ophthalmologist practicing in Hendersonville, NC. Dr. Laborde specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Laborde 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. Laborde 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
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1986
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1986
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intraocular reticulum cell sarcoma: diagnosis by choroidal biopsy.
- The poet-physician: medicine's impact on the lives and works of John Keats and Robert Bridges.
- Retinal and choroidal vascular occlusion following intralesional corticosteroid injection of a chalazion.
- Medical humanities in Louisiana medical education.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Macular Hole
- Type 2 Diabetes
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Thomas C Perraut MD192 Hospital Dr Columbus NC 28722
- Dr. Craig Secosan MD188 Medical Park Dr. Brevard NC 28712
- Dr. Alice Lawson Bashinsky MD8 Medical Park Dr Asheville NC 28803
- Dr. Clayton Hollingsworth Bryan M.D1701 Old Village Rd Hendersonville NC 28791
- Dr. Stephen Joseph Capps M.D.630 5TH AVE W HENDERSONVILLE NC 28739
- Dr. Albert Sidney Whiting M.D.1100 Tunnel Rd Asheville NC 28805
Nearest Hospitals
MARGARET R PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
800 N JUSTICE ST HENDERSONVILLE NC 28791PARK RIDGE HEALTHl
100 HOSPITAL DRIVE HENDERSONVILLE NC 28792TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INCl
90 HOSPITAL DRIVE PO BOX 1116 BREVARD NC 28712