Dr. Andrea C. Tongue M.D.
Ophthalmologist
4035 Mercantile Dr Suite 201 Lake Oswego OR, 97035About
Dr. Andrea Tongue is an ophthalmologist practicing in Lake Oswego, OR. Dr. Tongue specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Tongue 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. Tongue 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
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1966
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Eye injury prevention poster contest.
- Response to Warren's letter.
- The ophthalmologist's role in diagnosing child abuse.
- Complications after surgery for congenital and infantile cataracts.
- Clinical findings and common symptoms in retinitis pigmentosa.
- Transconjunctival frontalis suspension for blepharoptosis.
- Transconjunctival frontalis suspension for blepharoptosis.
- Refractive errors in children.
- Congenital stationary night blindness presenting as Leber's congenital amaurosis.
- Lowe's syndrome. With particular reference to the carrier state.
- Medical management of the child with subnormal vision.
- Yellow mutant albinism: cytochemical, ultrastructural, and genetic characterization suggesting multiple allelism.
- Brückner test.
- Low vision examination in children with visual impairment.
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