Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Elmer Y. Tu, MD
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Elmer practices Ophthalmology. He researched medicine at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has a rank of 45 in research and a 0 in primary care He has 2 awards "Super Doctor" and "Fellow (FAAO)". Elmer has written publications. He has 44 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Probabilities and lifetime durations of short-stay hospital and nursing home use in the United States, 1985.' He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Persistent staining of lattice lines after intraoperative trypan blue use in patients with lattice Corneal dystrophy.
- Intrastromal antifungal injection with secondary lamellar interface infusion for late-onset infectious Keratitis after DSAEK.
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis: A New Normal.
- Balancing antimicrobial efficacy and toxicity of currently available topical ophthalmic preservatives.
- Effect of low concentrations of benzalkonium chloride on acanthamoebal survival and its potential impact on empirical therapy of infectious Keratitis.
- Surgical technique for excisional bleb revision using a rotational conjunctival flap for a large conjunctival defect.
- Stromal Rejection Following Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: Implications for Postoperative Care.
- Practice Patterns and Opinions in the Treatment of Acanthamoeba Keratitis.
- Use of infliximab in the treatment of peripheral Ulcerative keratitis in Crohn disease.
- Recent outbreaks of atypical contact Lens-related keratitis: what have we learned?
- Successful treatment of chronic stromal acanthamoeba keratitis with oral voriconazole monOtherapy.
- Shifting distribution of Chicago-area Acanthamoeba Keratitis cases.
- Septo-optic dysplasia with bilateral congenital Corneal anesthesia.
- Early results of Descemet-stripping and automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) in patients with Glaucoma drainage devices.
- Polymicrobial Keratitis: Acanthamoeba and infectious crystalline keratopathy.
- Genotypic identification of Acanthamoeba sp. isolates associated with an outbreak of acanthamoeba Keratitis.
- Clinical and histopathologic features of failed descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty grafts.
- Alternaria Keratitis: clinical presentation and resolution with topical fluconazole or intrastromal voriconazole and topical caspofungin.
- Prognostic factors affecting visual outcome in Acanthamoeba Keratitis.
- The relative value of confocal microscopy and superficial Corneal scrapings in the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
- Corneal pathology in microphthalmia with linear skin defects syndrome.
- Efficacy of contact Lens systems against recent clinical and tap water Acanthamoeba isolates.
- Gemella haemolysans infectious crystalline keratopathy.
- Recalcitrant Beauveria bassiana Keratitis: confocal microscopy findings and treatment with posaconazole (Noxafil).
- The association of contact Lens solution use and Acanthamoeba keratitis.
- Successful treatment of resistant ocular fusariosis with posaconazole (SCH-56592).
- Corneal melt associated with idiopathic dacryoadenitis.
- Epidemiological characteristics of a Chicago-area Acanthamoeba Keratitis outbreak.
- The effect of temperature on the antimicrobial activity of Optisol-GS.
- Contact Lens overrefraction variability in corneal power estimation after refractive surgery.
- Update on refractive surgery.
- An adaptable HPLC method for the analysis of frequently used antibiotics in ocular samples.
- Outcome of descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in patients with an anterior chamber intraocular Lens.
- Confocal microscopy in multiple myeloma crystalline keratopathy.
- Sequential corneal infection with two genotypically distinct Acanthamoebae associated with renewed contact Lens wear.
- Microsporidia and Acanthamoeba: the role of emerging Corneal pathogens.
- Therapy of nonnecrotizing anterior scleritis with subconjunctival corticosteroid injection.
- Xanthogranuloma of the corneoscleral limbus in an adult.
- Corneal first surface optical aberrations and visual performance.
- Tobramycin-responsive Fusarium oxysporum Keratitis.
- Atypical ocular presentations of Rosai-Dorfman disease.
- Confocal microscopy of contact Lens keratitis presenting as central toxic keratopathy.
- Probabilities and lifetime durations of short-stay hospital and nursing home use in the United States, 1985.
Schools
University Of Miami School Of Medicine
Evanston Hospital
University Wisc Hosps and Clins
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Procedures Preformed
- Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK)
- Anterior Vitrectomy
- Biopsy of Cornea
- Cataract Removal Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
- Astigmatism
- Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
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Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Super Doctor
- Fellow (FAAO)
Education
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Jackson Memorial Hospital - Jackson Health System -
University of Wisconsin -
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University -
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System -
Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1730192436 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | TU | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ELMER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606127232 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Ophthalmology | |
| Total Claim Count | 381.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1730192436 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | TU |
| First Name Of The Provider | ELMER |
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