Dr. Rhett Mead Schiffman MD
Ophthalmologist
118 Med Surge # 1 University Of Califo Irvine CA, 92697About
Dr. Rhett Schiffman is an ophthalmologist practicing in Irvine, CA. Dr. Schiffman specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Schiffman 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. Schiffman 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 Auto De Ciudad Juarez, Esc De Med, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical success and quality of life with brimonidine 0.2% or timolol 0.5% used twice daily in glaucoma or ocular t hypertension: a randomized clinical trial. Brimonidine Outcomes Study Group I.
- Choroidal granulomas in systemic sarcoidosis.
- Utility assessment among patients with dry eye disease.
- Validity and reliability of the Cataract TyPE Spec: an instrument for measuring outcomes of cataract extraction.
- Central serous chorioretinopathy in African Americans.
- Familial HLA-A2- and HLA-B7-associated anterior uveitis.
- Design considerations of CareWindows, a Windows 3.0-based graphical front end to a Medical Information Management System using a pass-through-requester architecture.
- Medical Information Management System (MIMS) CareWindows.
- The safety and efficacy of bimatoprost/timolol fixed combination: a 1-year double-masked, randomized parallel comparison to its individual components in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Twelve-month, randomized, controlled trial of bimatoprost 0.01%, 0.0125%, and 0.03% in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
- Control of intraocular pressure and fluctuation with fixed-combination brimonidine-timolol versus brimonidine or timolol monotherapy.
- Twice-daily, preservative-free ketorolac 0.45% for treatment of inflammation and pain after cataract surgery.
- Aqueous humor penetration of topical bimatoprost 0.01% and bimatoprost 0.03% in rabbits: response to authors.
- Bimatoprost 0.03% preservative-free ophthalmic solution versus bimatoprost 0.03%
- Bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.5% preservative-free ophthalmic solution versus bimatoprost 0.03%/timolol 0.5% ophthalmic solution (Ganfort) for glaucoma or ocular hypertension: a 12-week randomised controlled trial.
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