Benjamin Oliver Burt

Areas of expertise and specialization

Faculty Titles & Positions

• Local and Regional Public Speaking -
• Teaches at the Texas Tech University -

Awards

• Recognized as First in Exam by the International Council of Ophthalmology as a Young Surgeon Out of 700 Surgeons in 2000   
• Won a Gold Medal, Bausch & Lomb Reserve Award   
• Recognized as Best Young Surgeon by the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006   

Treatments

• Oculoplastics

Internships

• St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Fellowships

• University of California, Los Angeles. University of Auckland New Zealand.

Professional Society Memberships

• RANZCO, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

Professional Affiliations

• Texas Tech University

Articles and Publications

• Publications: Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, ?COL2A Mutation in Exon 2 Causes Familial Retinal Detachment?. Edwards T, Burt B, Mackey D et al. (Accepted for publication). 2012 July issue. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. ?Determination of the function of a repaired canaliculus after monocanalicular injury by placing a punctal plug in the non-involved punctum on the affected size
• Has Written 25 International Publications

What do you attribute your success to?

• Great Teachers and Mentors, Hard Work, and Dedication

Areas of research

• Facial Aesthetics Surgical Robotics Traumatic Neuropathy

Teaching and speaking

• Presentations:April 2011, Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery, Upper Face Rejuvenation Meeting. ?Management of Orbicularis Muscle during Lower lid Blepharoplasty?, Sydney, Australia.December 2010, Faculty Development Course, Texas Tech University, ?Management of Paediatric Watery Eye?, TX, USA.October 2010, ?Facial Aesthetic Assessment and Management? American Academy of Ophthalmology. Chicago, IL, USA.May 2010, ?Ultrasonic imaging of Traumatic Optic Neuropathy?, IBMISPS, Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland. Made Sub-Editor of Society Journal, Neuroimaging and Therapeutics.March 2010 ?Ptosis Repair with Blepharoplasty?, Texas Oculoplastic Consultants, Facial Plastic Surgery Meeting, Dell Children?s Hospital Austin, Texas, USA.February 2010 ?Diseases of the Orbit?, Medical Grand Rounds, TTUHSC, Texas, USA.December 2009 ?DTI and Optic Nerve Injury Differential Diagnosis? Rio Grande Trauma Conference, Joint US Military and Texas University Meeting Texas, USA.November 2009 ?Lower Lid Blepharoplasty, Pitfalls and Variations? American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A. Part of JSEI facial aesthetics course.August 2009 ?Diffusion Tensor Imaging for Traumatic Optic Neuropathy?, Invited Lecture, International Brain Mapping and Surgical Planning Society Meeting, Harvard Medical School. Boston, Mass, USA.August 2009 ?Orbital and Ocular Trauma? Surgical Grand Rounds. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. TTUHSC, Texas, USA.March 2009, ?Orbital Anatomy, Imaging and Trauma?, Univerity of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.December 2008, ?Orbital Imaging in 2009?, Texas Tech University Grand Rounds, Texas, U.S.A.November 2008, ?Thyroid Eye Disease Causes Sub-Brow Fat Pad Fibrosis?, ASOPRS meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.November 2008, Aesthetic Facial Examination and Surgery Course. AAO meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. July 2008, Paediatric Powered Endonasal DCR, Hong Kong, People?s Republic of China.June 2008, Posterior Levator Tendon Ptosis Repair and Minimally Invasive Canthoplasty, Video Presentations. Seoul, South Korea.February 2008 USC, Jules-Stein Eye Institute Board Exam Revision Course Lecture, Anatomy of the Eyelids and Adnexae. Los Angeles, USADecember 2007 Endoscopic DCR, New Developments, Pan Pacific Oculoplastic Meeting, Hyderabad, IndiaNovember 2007 Lower Lid Transconjunctival Blepharoplasty, American Academy of Ophthalmlogy, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.November 2006 ?What?s New in Oculoplastics?? Auckland Grand Rounds. New Zealand.November 2004 ? 5 Greatest Oculoplastic Papers of All Time?, Flinders Medical Centre, Prof Douglas Coster Lecture series. Adelaide, Australia.Sept 2003 ?Syphilitic Optic Neuritis? Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia at Prof Peter Savino tour lecture. Australia.October 2002 ?Advances in central retinal vein occlusion management?, Prince Charles Eye Unit, Jack Kanski Lecture Series. Windsor, United Kingdom.April 2001 presented ?An unusual finding in congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles? at the Australian and New Zealand Strabismus conference in Sydney, Australia.June 2001 presented ? Inherited Retinal Detachment? Melbourne RANZCO meeting, RVEEH, Australia.

Favorite Place to Vacation

• Fiji

Hobbies / Sports

• Marathon Runner

Favorite professional publications

• Ophthalmology

Areas of research

Facial Aesthetics Surgical Robotics Traumatic Neuropathy

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