Angela P. Bessette, M.D.
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Angela P. Bessette, M.D.
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As a medical retina specialist, she diagnoses and treats a variety of conditions. As a uveitis specialist, she provides care to adult and juvenile patients suffering from inflammatory disease to the front and rear parts of the eye. Some of the conditions she routinely treats are:
• Age related macular degeneration
• Diabetic eye disease
• Inherited retinal disease
• Uveitis
• Ocular complications of Sarcoidosis
• Ocular toxoplasmosis
• Cataracts
Certified Specialties
Ophthalmology - American Board of Ophthalmology
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Vitreo - Retinal Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. 2016 - 2016
Fellowship, Clinical Retina, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. 2015 - 2016
Residency, Ophthalmology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2012 - 2015
Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2011 - 2012
Education
MD | Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. 2011
Publications
Journal Articles
Hassman LM, Chung MM, Gonzalez M, Bessette AP
Ocular immunology and inflammation.. 2020 28 (1):116-118. Epub 11/16/2018.
Barnes AC, Lowder CY, Bessette AP, Baynes K, Srivastava SK
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina.. 2018 July 149 (7):504-509. Epub 1900 01 01.
Bessette AP, DeBenedictis MJ, Traboulsi EI
Ophthalmic genetics.. 2018 39 (1):51-55. Epub 09/08/2017.
Fortun J, Modi YS, Bessette A, Heffez J, Carvounis P, Petkovsek DS, Anderson NG, Martin D, Srivastava S
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina.. 2017 February 148 (2):134-142. Epub 1900 01 01.
Adalimumab for noninfectious uveitis
Bessette AP, Sharma S.
Ophthalmology Retina. 2017; 1(3): 179-180.
Bessette AP, Singh AD
Ocular oncology and pathology.. 2016 October 2 (4):234-238. Epub 05/18/2016.
Bessette AP, Hariprasad SM, Singh RP
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina.. 2016 August 147 (8):704-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Song H, Rossi EA, Latchney L, Bessette A, Stone E, Hunter JJ, Williams DR, Chung M
JAMA ophthalmology.. 2015 October 133 (10):1198-203. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Ophthalmology (2018)
Chapter: Nonherpetic Viral Infections: West Nile, Chikungunya, Zika, Ebola, HTLV-1, Measles, Rubella
Authors: Bessette AP, Srivastava SK
Publisher: Elsevier 2018
Ryan's Retina (2018)
Chapter: Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
Authors: Bessette A, Kaiser PK
Publisher: Elsevier 2018
The Uveitis Atlas (2016)
Chapter: Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
Authors: Bessette AP, Pichi F, Singh A
Publisher: Springer 2016
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