Dr. David Alan Saperstein MD
Ophthalmologist
1750 112th Ave Ne Suite D050 Bellevue WA, 98004About
Dr. David Saperstein is an ophthalmologist practicing in Bellevue, WA. Dr. Saperstein specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Saperstein 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. Saperstein 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
Pa State Univ Coll Of Med- Hershey Pa 1987
Penn St University Hershey Med Center 1987
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevalence of mutations causing retinitis pigmentosa and other inherited retinopathies.
- Sector retinitis pigmentosa with bitemporal visual field defects and macular hole.
- Gene transfer mediated by recombinant baculovirus into mouse eye.
- Characterization of retinal guanylate cyclase-activating protein 3 (GCAP3) from zebrafish to man.
- Atomic-force microscopy: Rhodopsin dimers in native disc membranes.
- Organization of the G protein-coupled receptors rhodopsin and opsin in native membranes.
- Subluxation of transscleral sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens (TSIOL).
- The G protein-coupled receptor rhodopsin in the native membrane.
- A concept for G protein activation by G protein-coupled receptor dimers: the transducin/rhodopsin interface.
- Rhodopsin signaling and organization in heterozygote rhodopsin knockout mice.
- Ganciclovir implant with cystlike abnormality.
- Role of photoreceptor-specific retinol dehydrogenase in the retinoid cycle in vivo.
- Autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa and E150K mutation in the opsin gene.
- Effects of cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) signaling and locally applied steroid on retinal dysfunction by recoverin, cancer-associated retinopathy antigen.
- Novel RDH12 mutations associated with Leber congenital amaurosis and cone-rod dystrophy: biochemical and clinical evaluations.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Type 2 Diabetes
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