Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis (Eleventh Edition 2025): Stage 1 Non- Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (NPDR)

by Mark W Leitman M.D.

Overview

Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis

Now in its eleventh edition, Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis is the leading introductory clinical textbook in the field. It provides concise and practical coverage of anatomy, instrumentation, differential diagnosis, and the treatment of ophthalmic diseases and disorders. This accessible resource offers clear explanations of current diagnostic techniques, equipment, and best practices. It includes over 600 clinical photographs and diagrams, mostly in color, and provides step-by-step guidance on a range of key procedures.

Author Mark W. Leitman, a practicing ophthalmology specialist with nearly five decades of experience, provides the foundational knowledge required to excel during an ophthalmology rotation. This is a must-have companion for medical students, junior doctors, trainee ophthalmologists and optometrists, optometry nurses, and ophthalmic technicians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781638929888
Publisher:	Youronlinepublicist.com
Publication date:	04/02/2025
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

The author was born in New York in 1946 and attended Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, majoring in chemistry with a National Science Foundation research grant. He was the captain of the varsity wrestling team for two years and voted the outstanding wrestler. He then attended NY Medical College, where he was elected to AOA, the national medical honor society. The following three years of ophthalmology training were at Albert Einstein Medical School, where he served as chief resident and was the principal glaucoma research investigator, receiving a National Eye Institute grant of $600,000. During his first year of eye residency, he wrote the first edition of Manual for Eye Examination and Diagnosis, which, 45 years later, is now in its present 9th edition. It has been translated into Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, and Indonesian, with an Indian reprint. He also served as a captain in the US Army as a surgeon. His latest 2016 published research paper, Three new reflexes relating fear, disgust, breathing, swallowing, blinking, and orienting reflex (Biomarkers Journal, Vol. 2 No.2:17), shows the relationship between fear and concentration (learning) and disgust with learning disorders and asthma. He is presently an assistant clinical professor at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein Medical School, and an attending physician at St. Peter's University Hospital. He practices in East Brunswick, NJ and his office was recently the subject of an article in the magazine, "Weird N.J." (Oct. 2015).