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Alan Palestine, MD
- Director, Resident Research
- Chief, Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Section
Provider's Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Provider's location(s)
Location information is not available.
Insurance plans accepted
We participate with most major health insurance plans and national transplant networks.
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Departments and Programs
Conditions Treated
- Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
- Eye Disease
- HIV Disease
- Immunodeficiency
- Viral Infections
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Fungal Infections
- Bacterial Infections
Languages spoken
- English
Experience and background
Ocular inflammations including uveitis, scleritis, pars planitis, retinitis, AIDS, systemic inflammatory disease, retinal vasculitis, Behcet's Disease, VKH, birdshot retinochoroidopathy, choroiditis, local and systemic immune-suppression, macular edema, intra-ocular infections, CMV and herpetic retinitis, opportunistic ocular infections, and ocular toxoplasmosis
Undergraduate 1974
Cornell University (NY)
Medical School 1978
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Internship 1979
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester) Program
Residency 1982
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester) Program, Ophthalmology
Fellowship 1986
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Ocular Immunology
Award 1978
George H. Whipple Academy of Medicine
Honor Award 1989
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Academic Faculty Teaching Award 2015
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado
Faculty member of
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