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In his spare time, Dr. Nguyen enjoys electronic sports, chess, and spending time with his wife.

Alexander T. Nguyen, MD

Dr. Nguyen is a board-certified ophthalmologist that specializes in the medical and surgical management of glaucoma, cataract surgery, and premium intraocular lens implantation. He grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida and went to undergraduate college at the University of Florida. He attended medical school at Washington University in St. Louis and completed his residency in ophthalmology at Yale University. He then went on to complete fellowship training in glaucoma at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Glaucoma Society, and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He has published numerous papers in several internationally recognized journals.

Publications

Scientific articles (peer reviewed):

  • Sheybani A, Nguyen AT, Harocopos G, Lubniewski AJ, Huang AJ. A masquerader? Paecilomyces must be distinguished from Penicillium in fungal keratitis: a report of two contrasting cases. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Aug 18;2015
  • Nguyen AT, Resor L, Lesser RL. Diplopia After a Sinus Infection. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul;133(7):845-6.
  • Nguyen AT, Hong AR, Baqai J, Lubniewski AJ, Huang AJ. Use of Topical Besifloxacin in the Treatment of Mycobacterium chelonae Ocular Surface Infections. Cornea. 2015;34(8):967-71.
  • Nguyen AT, Elia M, Materin MA, Sznol M, Chow J. Cyclosporine for Dry Eye associated with Nivolumab: a case progressing to corneal perforation. Cornea. 2016;35:399-401.
  • Gauthier AC, Nguyen AT, Munday WR, Xu ML, Materin MA. Anterior Chamber non-Hodgkin Lymphoma of the Iris Masuerading as Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema (UGH) Syndrome. Ocul Oncol Pathol. 2016;2:230-233.
  • Nguyen AT, Liu T, Liu J. Current and potential applications of Scheimpflug imaging in glaucoma management. J Ophthalmol. 2016. vol. 2016, Article ID 3062381, 9 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/3062381
  • Nguyen AT, Greenfield DS, Bhakta AS, Lee J, Feuer WJ. Detecting glaucoma progression using Guided Progression Analysis with OCT and Visual Field Assessment in Eyes Classified by International Classification of Disease Severity Codes. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2019;2(1):36-36.
  • Nguyen AT, Maslin J, Noecker RJ. Early results of micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation for the treatment of glaucoma. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 [epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1177/1120672119839303

Non-peer reviewed publications:

  • Nguyen A, Shui YB, Zhang Q, Beebe DC, Siegfried CJ. “Aqueous humor oxygen measurements.” Letter to the Editor. J Glaucoma. 2013; 22(8):e23-4.
  • Nguyen A, Liu T. Review of “Scheimpflug densitometry and ocular wavefront aberrations in patients with mild nuclear cataract”. Eyeworld. 2016.
  • Nguyen A, Chow J. Cyclosporine for dry eye associated with anti-PD-1 therapy. Ophthalmology Times 2017; January
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