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Q: Keratoconus experts ( Answered 4 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Keratoconus experts
Category: Health > Conditions and Diseases
Asked by: amsterdam-ga
List Price: $4.00
Posted: 25 Apr 2002 14:57 PDT
Expires: 25 May 2002 14:57 PDT
Question ID: 6056
Who and where (contact information) are the world's top, leading edge,
experts on Keratoconus?
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Subject: Re: Keratoconus experts
Answered By: skis4jc-ga on 25 Apr 2002 17:23 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Dear Amsterdam,

Thank you for your inquiry!

Arguably, some of the world’s top, leading edge experts on Keratoconus
are:

1. Emory Eye Center
   404-778-5522
   Atlanta, Georgia

2. Richard L. Abbott, MD
   (415) 476-2561
   San Francisco, California
   http://ucsfeye.net/Abbott.html
   Professor and co-director, Cornea, External Disease and Refractive
Surgery   Service, University of California, San Francisco

3. Penny A. Asbell, MD
   New York City, New York
  http://www.nyee.edu/bios/p_asbell.htm
   Tel: 212-241-7977
  Professor of ophthalmology, director of Cornea and Refractive
Surgery, Mount  Sinai School of Medicine, New York
 
4. Ronald E. Smith, MD
  (323)442-6424
  Los Angeles, California
 http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/faculty/pages/11957.html
Professor and chair, Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern
California, and medical director of the Doheny Eye Bank, Los Angeles,
and past president of the Castroviejo Society

Some helpful additional information includes:

EyeNet Magazine Online
http://206.14.84.3/eyenet_mag/09_01/feature2.html

The National Keratoconus Foundation
http://www.nkcf.org/

Center for Keratoconus
http://www.kcenter.org/

Search terms used:
Keratoconus
Keratoconus experts

Thank you again and have a good day!

Best Regards,
Skis4JC
amsterdam-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
I'm a bit uncomfortable that you have located keratoconus experts vs.
eye disease experts - your documentation could be a bit more
convincing.

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Subject: Re: Keratoconus experts
From: researcher-ga on 25 Apr 2002 15:24 PDT
 
According to HG Experts, self-proclaimed as "The Largest Online
Directory" for expert witnesses, two organizations that specialize in
Keratoconus are:

"""
Physicians For Quality 
1017 W. Hopkins
San Marcos, Texas 78666
Tel: 800-284-3627, Fax: 512-805-8358
Contact: Ms. Kim Blackson

Since 1986. Our experts have jury credibility because they are medical
professionals, not professional witnesses. Plaintiff or Defense.
http://www.hgexperts.com/hg/ex_consultants.asp?action=page&pcomp=33918&page=1&subcategory=Keratoconus&extra=med

and

AMFS, Inc. (American Medical Forensics) 
2640 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, California 94704
Tel: 800-275-8903, Fax: 510-486-1255
Contact: Dr. Barry Gustin

AMFS is recognized as a leader in the field of medical-legal case
review and expert witness testimony. Since 1990 in more than 35,000
medical-legal cases for plaintiff and defendant, AMFS experts have
consistently delivered. AMFS is the only medical forensic consulting
group staffed exclusively by board-certified in-house physicians.
http://www.hgexperts.com/hg/ex_consultants.asp?action=page&pcomp=33801&page=1&subcategory=Keratoconus&extra=med
"""
http://www.hgexperts.com/hg/Medical-Experts-Keratoconus.asp

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