PATIENT FORMS
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NEW MULTIFOCAL &
ACCOMMODATIVE LENS IMPLANTS
You can NOW enjoy the benefits of improving both near vision and far vision after cataract surgery! We offer our patients options for multifocal lens implants after cataract surgery to reduce dependence on glasses.
AFFORDABLE LASIK
Danbury Eye Physicians is proud to announce affordable LASIK eye surgery and patient financing options. If you are seeking LASIK in Connecticut call us today!
PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY
Danbury Eye Physicians specializes in eye care matters related to children. In their own wing of the practice children are given special priority to help solve early vision problems such as amblyopia and strabismus.
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Specializing in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous. |
CURRICULUM VITAE
OFFICE: Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C.
69 Sand Pit Road, Suite 101
Danbury, Connecticut 06810 – 4005
TEL: (203) 791-2020 FAX: (203) 778-6238
COLLEGE
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
B.S Biochemistry with Honors
Valedictorian
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Class Rank: 14/114
MEDICAL INTERNSHIP
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NYOPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
VITREORETINAL SURGERY FELLOWSHIP
Doheny Eye Institute of the University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
ACADEMIC TEACHING POSITION:
Clinical Instructor, Yale Medical School
New Haven, CT
HONORS & AWARDS
Principal Investigator for several clinical research trials for retinal diseases
Scientific manuscript reviewer for Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging journal
Scientific manuscript reviewer for Ophthalmology journal
Named one of “America’s Top Ophthalmologists,” Consumers’ Research Council of America
National Eye Institute Travel Grant winner
Barry M. Goldwater Research Scholarship winner
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship winner
National Science Foundation Research Fellowship winner
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American College of Surgeons - Fellow
- American Academy of Ophthalmology - Fellow
- American Society of Retina Specialists – member
- New England Ophthalmological Society – invitation only member
- American Board of Ophthalmology - Board Certified Diplomate
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – member
- American College of Eye Surgeons – member
- Research to Prevent Blindness – Ophthalmological Associate Member
- Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians – member
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society – member
PUBLICATIONS:
Scartozzi R, Tom D, Liggett PE, Flynn HW Jr. “Postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Candida parapsilosis: clinical features and treatment outcomes.” Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2011; 42: e37-39.
Sezgin E, van Natta ML, Ahuja A, Lyon A, Srivastava S, Troyer JL, O’Brien SJ, Jabs DA; Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group. “Association of host genetic factors with the course of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.” Am J Ophthalmol 2011; 151: 999-1006.
Puhan MA, Van Natta ML, Palella FJ, Addessi A, Meinert C; Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group. “Excess mortality in patients with AIDS in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: temporal changes and risk factors.” Clin Infect Dis 2010; 51: 947-56.
Jabs DA, Ahuja A, Van Natta M, Lyon A, Srivastava S, Gangaputra S; Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group. “Course of cytomegalovirus retinitis in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: five year outcomes.” Ophthalmology 2010; 117: 2152-61. e1-2.
Alasil T, Eljammal S, Scartozzi R, Eliott D. “Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after a lower extremity dog bite: a case report.” Cases J 2008; 1:218.
Scartozzi R, Chao JR, Walsh AC, Eliott D. “Bilateral improvement of persistent diffuse diabetic macular oedema after unilateral intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injection.” Eye 2008; 23: 1229.
Scartozzi R, Chong LP. Use of adjuncts in surgery and novel surgical approaches. In: Lim JI, ed. Age-related macular degeneration. Informa Healthcare, New York; 2008 (2nd edition): 295-302.
Maguire JI, Scartozzi R, Sergott RC. “Asymptomatic patients with increased arm-retina circulation time (ART) may have underlying occlusive disease.” Retina Today; November/December 2007.
Scartozzi R, Bessa AS, Gupta OP, Regillo CD. “Intraoperative sclerotomy-related retinal breaks for macular surgery, 20 versus 25 gauge vitrectomy systems.” Am J Ophthalmol 2007; 143:155-156.
Scartozzi R, Tasman W. “Familial drusen of the optic nerve head associated with choroidal neovascular membranes.” Ann Ophthalmol 2005; 37:111-116.
Shields JA, Shields CL, Scartozzi R. “Survey of 1264 patients with orbital tumors and simulating lesions: The 2002 Montgomery Lecture, part I.” Ophthalmology 2004; 111: 997-1008.
Shields JA, Shields CL, Epstein JA, Scartozzi R, Eagle RC Jr. “Primary epithelial malignancies of the lacrimal gland: The 2003 Ramon L. Font Lecture.” Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2004; 20:10-21.
Scartozzi R, Couch M, Sciubba J. “Chondroid chordoma of the nasal septum.” Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003; 129:244-246.
Haltiwanger RS, Busby S, Grove K, Li S, Mason D, Medina L, Moloney D, Philipsberg G, Scartozzi R. “O-glycosylation of nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins: regulation analogous to phosphorylation?” Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 231:237-242.