Dr. Rafael Navarro
Lecturer
Retina and Vitreous Department
Instituto de MicrocirugÃÂa Ocular de Barcelona
Spain
Biography
Partner and doctor specialising in the retina at the Ocular Microsurgery Institute, spokesperson for the IMO Foundation and associate professor on the Master’s Course in Retina and Vitreous run by the IMO and the Faculty of Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, as well as a part-time teacher on the retina modules at the ESASO. President of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CREC) and the Academic Personnel Committee at the Institute. An expert in retinal medicine, his subject area and research focuses on macular diseases with special interest in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), hereditary retinal dystrophies and diabetic retinopathy. Collaborator on many international multicentre clinical trials related to these pathologies. He was an Observer at the Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, USA, in 2006.
Research Interest
macular diseases
Publications
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Dutra Medeiros M, Navarro R, Garcia-ArumàJ, Mateo C, Corcóstegui B (2013) Dexamethasone intravitreal implant for treatment of patients with recalcitrant macular edema resulting from Irvine-Gass syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 54: 3320- 3324.
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Dutra Medeiros M, Postorino M, Navarro R, Garcia-ArumàJ, et al. (2014) Dexamethasone intravitreal implant for treatment of patients with persistent diabetic macular edema. Ophthalmologica 231: 141-146.
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Medeiros MD, Alkabes M, Navarro R, Garcia-ArumàJ, Mateo C, et al. (2014) Dexamethasone intravitreal implant in vitrectomized versus nonvitrectomized eyes for treatment of patients with persistent diabetic macular edema. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 30: 709-716.
