Understanding Your Insurance Coverage: How Prior Authorizations Can Impact Your Retina Care
Health insurance policies and coverage vary greatly. That is why it is important to understand how your specific plan works and how that can affect your retina care. Some health plans require
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New Mansfield Office Opening October 8, 2019
Texas Retina Associates is excited to announce the opening of our new office in Mansfield to better serve our community. Opening October 8, 2019, the Mansfield office will be located at: 2925
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Rajiv Anand, MD, Participates in Medical Mission Trip to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Texas Retina Associates’ Rajiv Anand, MD, recently returned from a one-week medical mission trip to the National Medical Institute of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, where he operated on and assisted with 19 retina
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Offices Closed on Labor Day
All Texas Retina Associates offices will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2019, in observance of Labor Day. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday!
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Ocular Melanoma and the Importance of Annual Dilated Eye Exams: Felicia Corbray’s Story
It was November 2017 when Felicia Corbray experienced the first fast, faint flash of light in her eye. A mother of three young children, including six-month old twins, she chalked it up
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Texas Retina Associates Held 18th Annual Vitreoretinal Disease Update for Optometrists
On May 5, 2019, 180 optometrists attended Texas Retina Associates’ Vitreoretinal Disease Update 2019, an annual continuing education event held this year at the Fogelson Forum at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
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Getting to Know Michel J. Shami, MD
With more than 30 years of experience, retina specialist Michel J. Shami, MD, has served Texas Retina Associates since 2001, and sees patients in our Lubbock office. Dr. Shami is an active
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What to Expect from a Fluorescein Angiography Test
Retina specialists use fluorescein angiography (FA) to help diagnose and monitor a number of retinal diseases and conditions, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, central serous retinopathy, macular edema, macular pucker, ocular
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Know the Early Warning Signs of a Retinal Detachment
The retina is the layer of nerve cells lining the back wall inside the eye. It senses light and sends signals to the brain so you can see. The vitreous is the
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What is an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Test?
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging test similar to a computed tomography (CT) scan that allows your retina specialist to clearly see the retina and carefully map and measure
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