About RAF
- Experienced — over 40 years of combined experience in patient care, research, and teaching.
- Treatment of retinal and macular diseases including:
- Macular degeneration
- Vitreoretinal disease
- Retinal detachments
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Choroidal melanoma (tumors)
- Retinal vascular disease
- Complications following cataract or corneal surgery
- Hypotony of the ciliary body
- Leading clinical research center for macular degeneration.
- Research has led to groundbreaking treatments for detached retinas, tumors, endophthalmitis, and macular degeneration.
- State-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services, including:
- Laser photocoagulation
- Pharmacologic therapy for macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusion, macular holes, and vitreomacular adhesion
- Photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration and other vascular abnormalities
- Transpupillary thermotherapy
- Vitreoretinal endoscopy — a visualization tool for surgery of the ciliary body, also used for treating hypotony, intraocular foreign bodies, and chronic endophthalmitis
- Ultrasonic Ocular Microscope — Retina Associates of Florida is the only facility in the state that owns this advanced bio-microscope and 3D ocular ultrasound
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) — produces a cross-sectional laser image of the retina
- Indocyanine Green Angiography (ICG) — used for complex macular diseases and tumors
- Nationally renowned practice
- Voted among the “Best Doctors in America”
- Easy to work with and patient-friendly
- Conveniently located throughout the Tampa Bay area
For more information, visit the
RAF History
page.