Dr. Javier Elizalde
Consultant Surgeon
Dr Javier Elizalde, since 1995, he has been a consultant surgeon on the surgical retina—macula surgery, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment— and on adult intraocular tumors—brachytherapy on uveal melanoma and other tumors— Complementary training in New York (Columbia University and Vitreous Macula Retina Consultants of New York), Miami (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute), Memphis (Charles Retina Institute) and Philadelphia (Wills Eye Hospital). He gained his PhD cum laude in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is the first author of books entitled Retinopatía diabética y otras complicaciones de la diabetes mellitus and Tumores vasculares de la retina y la coroides (two editions).
Area of Expertise
Oncology ocular
Retina and vitreous
Retina and vitreous