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    Message From the Chair

    ​ George A. Cioffi

    A message from George A. Cioffi, MD, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at CUIMC.

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    • The Ophthalmology Residency Program
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    Ophthalmology Fellowships Programs

    • Cornea, Anterior Segment, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship
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    • Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship
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Cornea and External Diseases

  • Degenerations
  • Dystrophies
  • Infectious
  • Non-Infectious
  • Surgery and Complications
    • Amniotic Membrane Transplantation
    • Astigmatism
    • Broken Sutures
    • Clear Graft
    • Corneal Infiltrate
    • Corneal Perforation
    • Eccentric Graft
    • Endophthalmitis
    • Epikeratophakia
    • Epithelial Defect
    • Epithelial Ingrowth
    • Epithelial Rejection Line
    • Flap Striae
    • Intrastromal Corneal Ring
    • Lamellar Channel Deposit
    • Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation
    • Macrostriae
    • Onlay Lamellar Keratoplasty
    • Primary Graft Failure
    • Prosthetic Iris Implant
    • Radial Keratotomy Complication
    • Scleral Thinning
    • Tight Sutures
  • Trauma
  • Tumor

Surgery and Complications

Penetrating Keratoplasty

  • Astigmatism
  • Broken Sutures
  • Clear Graft 
  • Corneal Infiltrate
  • Eccentric Graft
  • Endophthalmitis
  • Epithelial Defect
  • Epithelial Rejection Line
  • Primary graft failure
  • Tight Sutures

Refractive Surgery

  • Dry Eye
  • Epikeratophakia
  • Epithelial Ingrowth
  • Flap Striae
  • Intrastromal Corneal Ring
  • Lamellar Channel Deposit
  • Macrostriae
  • Prosthetic Iris Implant
  • Radial Keratotomy Complication

Other Cornea and Ocular Surface Surgical Procedures

  • Amniotic Membrane Transplantation
  • Corneal Perforation
  • Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Onlay Lamellar Keratoplasty
  • Scleral Thinning
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