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Dr. Alan M Lessner MD
Ophthalmologist | Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
6801 Nw 9th Blvd Suite 2 Gainesville FL, 32605About
Dr. Lessner, associate professor of ophthalmology, is Director of the Oculoplastic and Orbital Service at the University of Florida. He graduated with AOA honors from the Albany Medical College in 198 ...
Education and Training
Albany Medical College - Union University 1984
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of traumatic eyelid lacerations.
- Asymptomatic eyelid papule in a 57-year-old healthy man.
- Orbital pseudotumor.
- The transconjunctival approach to the orbital floor and orbital fat. A prospective study.
- Acquired contralateral oculomotor synkinesis.
- Vibrio alginolyticus conjunctivitis. First reported case.
- Fixation duress in the pathogenesis of upper eyelid retraction in thyroid orbitopathy. A prospective study.
- Invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac arising in an inverted papilloma.
- Laser blepharoplasty.
Treatments
- Moles
- Birth Defects
- Birthmark
- Blepharitis
- Chalazion
- Dry Eye Syndrome
Professional Memberships
- Member HEAD OF LASER COSMETIC SURGERY COMMITTEE/UNIVERSITY OF FL
- Member ALACHUA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- ORGITAL SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, CA 1989
- OCULOPLASTIC, UCLA, LOS ANGELES, CA 1988
- UCLA Jules Stein Eye Inst, Plastics/Reconstructive 1988
- Julies Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA 1989
- University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, Canada 1990
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