Miguel A. Materin, MD
Contact information
LOCATION
WEBSITE
https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/miguel-materin-md
SPECIALTY
Ophthalmic Oncologist
Education and Fellowships
-MEDICAL SCHOOL
Buenos Aires University School of Medicine, Argentina
-RESIDENCY
National Ophthalmology Hospital (Residency), Santa Lucia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
-FELLOWSHIP
Ocular Oncology: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina: Consultores Oftalmológicos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current Positions
Director, Ophthalmic Oncology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department of Ophthalmology Duke University School of Medicine
Biography
Ocular oncologist Miguel Materin, MD joined Duke Eye Center as Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Ophthalmic Oncology. He joins Duke from Yale University School of Medicine where he was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. His clinical practice involves diagnosis and treatment of patients with ocular tumors, including benign and malignant tumors of the eye. He has special interests in ocular melanoma, retinoblastoma, choroidal hemangiomas, retinal hemangioblastomas, metastases, astrocytic tumors and tumors related to other conditions or syndromes, like von Hippel Lindau disease, Tuberous Sclerosis among others.
Dr. Materin is an internationally recognized ocular oncologist. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, including journals and book chapters. He has served as a visiting professor in US, Canada, Israel, Spain, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and gave lectures worldwide.
Dr. Materin has received the Achievement Award and Senior Achievement Award, both from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and he is a Member of Merit of Clinica Barraquer (Barcelona, Spain). He has served as Director of Diagnostic Studies at the Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital for 7 years. He is an active member of the International Society of Ocular Oncology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology and Argentine Society of Ophthalmology.
LOCATION
- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Duke University Eye Cancer, 2351 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710
(919) 684-8434
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WEBSITE
https://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/miguel-materin-md
SPECIALTY
Ophthalmic Oncologist
Education and Fellowships
-MEDICAL SCHOOL
Buenos Aires University School of Medicine, Argentina
-RESIDENCY
National Ophthalmology Hospital (Residency), Santa Lucia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
-FELLOWSHIP
Ocular Oncology: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
-FELLOWSHIP
Retina: Consultores Oftalmológicos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current Positions
Director, Ophthalmic Oncology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department of Ophthalmology Duke University School of Medicine
Biography
Ocular oncologist Miguel Materin, MD joined Duke Eye Center as Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Ophthalmic Oncology. He joins Duke from Yale University School of Medicine where he was an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. His clinical practice involves diagnosis and treatment of patients with ocular tumors, including benign and malignant tumors of the eye. He has special interests in ocular melanoma, retinoblastoma, choroidal hemangiomas, retinal hemangioblastomas, metastases, astrocytic tumors and tumors related to other conditions or syndromes, like von Hippel Lindau disease, Tuberous Sclerosis among others.
Dr. Materin is an internationally recognized ocular oncologist. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, including journals and book chapters. He has served as a visiting professor in US, Canada, Israel, Spain, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and gave lectures worldwide.
Dr. Materin has received the Achievement Award and Senior Achievement Award, both from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and he is a Member of Merit of Clinica Barraquer (Barcelona, Spain). He has served as Director of Diagnostic Studies at the Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital for 7 years. He is an active member of the International Society of Ocular Oncology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology and Argentine Society of Ophthalmology.