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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2003

Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD PhD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Ophthalmology

Society Memberships

  • Assn, Res in Vision/Ophth
  • Amer Acad of Ophth & Otol

Additional Information

Gender

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Ophthalmic Surgery

100 Church Rd Ste 100

Ardmore, PA 19003

United States

Contact Information

Biography

I am a widely trained in physics/math to biomedical engineering (PhD) and complete 3 residencies after my MD degree – anatomical and clinical pathology and ophthalmology. I was director of an eye emergency room and have a research background working with national and international entities. I have worked as a consultant in industry and government. I am an adjunct professor in a graduate biomedical engineering department and hold patents in the field.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Cataract Disorders/Procedures

  • cataract
  • cataract implant surgery

Corneal Disease/Procedures

  • corneal disease

Glaucoma Disease/Procedures

  • glaucoma laser surgery

Diagnostic imaging/procedures

  • microsurgery

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Ophthalmology Disorders

  • comprehensive eye care
  • conjunctivitis
  • dry eye
  • intraocular implants
  • uveitis

Refractive Procedures

  • lasik
  • photorefractive keratectomy

Eye Injury/Trauma

  • chemical burns
  • corneal abrasion
  • foreign objects
  • hematoma (black eye)
  • penetrating injuries
  • scleral laceration
  • ultraviolet burns

Pediatric Eye Disease/Procedures

Refractive Surgery

  • LASIK surgery

Retinal Disorders/Procedures

  • macular degeneration
  • retinal disease
  • retinal occlusions

Strabismus Surgery

Hospital Appointments

Wills Eye Hosp (Phila). Attending Surgeon Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital

Attending

Academic Appointments

Temple

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Proj Biomed Eng Drexel University, asst. Prof. Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine

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