Angela P. Bessette, M.D.

About Me

Dr. Bessette is a skilled and caring physician specializing in the practice of medical retina and uveitis. She completed her medical degree at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute. She continued h...

Dr. Bessette is a skilled and caring physician specializing in the practice of medical retina and uveitis. She completed her medical degree at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute. She continued her training at the Cleveland Clinic's Cole Eye Institute. There she completed two fellowships: the first in medical retina and uveitis and a second, more intensive, fellowship in uveitis. Dr. Bessette's research interests include imaging neovascularization associated with the retina and posterior segment disease.

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

Faculty Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor (Voluntary) - Department of Ophthalmology (SMD)

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

Herpetic Panophthalmitis: A Diagnostic Dilemma.

Hassman LM, Chung MM, Gonzalez M, Bessette AP

Ocular immunology and inflammation.. 2018 November 16 :1-3. Epub 11/16/2018.

Treatment of Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy With Intravitreal Steroids.

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.

Clinical characteristics of recessive retinal degeneration due to mutations in the CDHR1 gene and a review of the literature.

Bessette AP, DeBenedictis MJ, Traboulsi EI

Ophthalmic genetics.. 2018 39 (1):51-55. Epub 09/08/2017.

Clinical Features and Management of Subretinal Abscesses Secondary to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endogenous Endophthalmitis.

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.

Multimodal Imaging of Choroidal Neovascularization Associated with Sclerochoroidal Calcification.

Bessette AP, Singh AD

Ocular oncology and pathology.. 2016 October 2 (4):234-238. Epub 05/18/2016.

The Role of NSAIDs in the Management of Macular Edema.

Bessette AP, Hariprasad SM, Singh RP

Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina.. 2016 August 147 (8):704-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cone and rod loss in Stargardt disease revealed by adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy.

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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