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Ronald D. Plotnik, M.D., M.B.A.

Ronald D. Plotnik, M.D., M.B.A.

Cornea & External Eye Disease, Ophthalmology

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Dr. Plotnik is a board certified fellowship-trained ophthalmologist who specializes in medical diseases of the cornea and anterior surface of the eye. He has extensive experience treating patients with dry eye, blepharitis, Sjogrens syndrome, corneal injuries, contact lens complications, scleritis,...
Dr. Plotnik is a board certified fellowship-trained ophthalmologist who specializes in medical diseases of the cornea and anterior surface of the eye. He has extensive experience treating patients with dry eye, blepharitis, Sjogrens syndrome, corneal injuries, contact lens complications, scleritis, ocular surface disease, corneal genetic diseases, and other corneal disorders. Dr. Plotnik has an additional post-graduate degree in Medical Management and is actively involved in Quality Assurance initiatives, practice management, and resident education.

Dr. Plotnik joined the faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 1991 as an assistant professor and also serves as the associate medical director of the Rochester Eye and Human Parts Bank. He earned highest distinctions at the University of Michigan, where he received his Bachelor of Science and medical degree. After completing an ophthalmology residency and serving as chief resident at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he received further training through a cornea and external disease fellowship at the University of California-Davis.

Dr. Plotnik is actively affiliated with the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Eye Bank Association of America, and the Rochester Ophthalmic Society. He sees patients at the University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute offices located at 210 Crittenden Boulevard.

Certified Specialties

Ophthalmology - American Board of Ophthalmology

Faculty Appointments

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology - Department of Ophthalmology (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center.

Fellowship, Corneal and External Diseases, University of CA Davis Medical Center-Cardiology GME.

Residency, Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.

Publications

Journal Articles

Cellular Infiltrate in Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Paracentral Corneal Ulceration.

Kalsow CM, Ching SS, Plotnik RD

Ocular immunology and inflammation.. 2017 December 25 (6):878-883. Epub 08/11/2016.

Prior hospital admission predicts thirty-day hospital readmission for heart failure patients.

McLaren DP, Jones R, Plotnik R, Zareba W, McIntosh S, Alexis J, Chen L, Block R, Lowenstein C, Kutyifa V

Cardiology journal.. 2016 23 (2):155-62. Epub 01/18/2016.

Infectious endophthalmitis in adult eyes receiving Boston type I keratoprosthesis.

Ramchandran RS, Diloreto DA, Chung MM, Kleinman DM, Plotnik RP, Graman P, Aquavella JV

Ophthalmology.. 2012 April 119 (4):674-81. Epub 01/23/2012.

Computerized topographic analysis of the healing graft after penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus.

Khong AM, Mannis MJ, Plotnik RD, Johnson CA

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1993 February 15115 (2):209-15. Epub 1900 01 01.

Corneal topography of posterior keratoconus.

Mannis MJ, Lightman J, Plotnik RD

Cornea.. 1992 July 11 (4):351-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pemphigus and pemphigoid.

Schwab IR, Plotnik RD, Mannis MJ

Archives of ophthalmology.. 1992 February 110 (2):171. Epub 1900 01 01.

Tuberculous choroiditis diagnosed by chorioretinal endobiopsy.

Barondes MJ, Sponsel WE, Stevens TS, Plotnik RD

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1991 October 15112 (4):460-1. Epub 1900 01 01.

Herpes simplex dendritic keratitis after keratoplasty.

Mannis MJ, Plotnik RD, Schwab IR, Newton RD

American journal of ophthalmology.. 1991 April 15111 (4):480-4. Epub 1900 01 01.

Therapeutic contact lenses.

Plotnik RD, Mannis MJ, Schwab IR

International ophthalmology clinics.. 1991 31 (2):35-52. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Current Ocular Therapy, Fifth Edition (1998)

Chapter: Papilloma

Authors: Plotnik, RD

Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co, Orlando, FL 1998

Eye and Skin Disease (1997)

Chapter: Molluscum Contagiosum and Papillomas

Authors: Plotnik RD, Brown M

Publisher: Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA 1997

Primary Care for Women (1997)

Chapter: Red Eye

Authors: Plotnik, RD; Sterns GK

Publisher: Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA 1997

Primary Care for Women (1997)

Chapter: Corneal Diseases and Contact Lenses

Authors: Plotnik RD, Sterns GK

Publisher: Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA 1997

Cornea (1997)

Chapter: Filamentary Keratitis

Authors: Fakadej AF, Plotnik RD

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Anatomy of the Glove and Orbit

Authors: Plotnik RD, Nguyen T

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Cataracts

Authors: Plotnik Rd, Ramasamy S

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Conjunctivitis

Authors: Plotnik RD

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Diabetic Retinopathy

Authors: Plotnik RD, Amin A

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Eyelid and Lacrimal System Pathology

Authors: Plotnik RD, Frank J

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Glaucoma

Authors: Plotnik RD, Huang M

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

USMLE Step 3 Reviews--Specialty Clinical Sciences (1997)

Chapter: Hypertensive Retinopathy

Authors: Plotnik RD, Amin A

Publisher: Mosby, St. Louis, MO 1997

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