Dr. David Scott Dwyer M.D.
Ophthalmologist
2101 Westown Pkwy West Des Moines IA, 50265About
Dr. David Dwyer is an ophthalmologist practicing in West Des Moines, IA. Dr. Dwyer specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Dwyer 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. Dwyer 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 Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1979
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Molecular simulation of the effects of alcohols on peptide structure.
- Health problems as determinants of retirement: are self-rated measures endogenous?
- Dopamine receptor antagonists modulate glucose uptake in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells.
- Funding for the unexpected.
- The inhibition of GLUT1 glucose transport and cytochalasin B binding activity by tricyclic antidepressants.
- Chemical properties of alcohols and their protein binding sites.
- Correlating amino acid conservation with function in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase.
- Model of the 3-D structure of the GLUT3 glucose transporter and molecular dynamics simulation of glucose transport.
- Selfish DNA and the origin of genes.
- Electronic properties of the amino acid side chains contribute to the structural preferences in protein folding.
- Inhibition of glucose transport in PC12 cells by the atypical antipsychotic drugs risperidone and clozapine, and structural analogs of clozapine.
- Antipsychotic induced metabolic abnormalities: an interaction study with various PPAR modulators in mice.
- Alteration of the humoral immune response against muscle acetylcholine receptor by timed administration of alpha(1----3)dextran.
- Monoclonal antibody against alpha(1----3) dextran transfers suppression of the immune response to the acetylcholine receptor.
- Monoclonal antibodies against the P2 protein of peripheral myelin and d18 protein of PC 12 cells bind to antigen-presenting cells and inhibit T-cell activation.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Presbyopia
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