David Frater Plotsky MD

Pediatric & Strabismus

David F Plotsky, MD, PC

6410 Rockledge DrSuite 108Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone+1 301-530-6699

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Education & Training

Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaResidency, Pediatric Ophthalmology, 1985 - 1986
MedStar Health Georgetown UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1982 - 1985
US Public Health Service HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 1978

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Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1981 - 2023
DC State Medical License 1984 - 2018
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MDoffice, MDoffice LLC, 2012, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

44 citations
A strabismus susceptibility locus on chromosome 7p
Vaishali Parikh, Yin Yao Shugart, Kimberly F. Doheny, Jie Zhang, Lan Li
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2003-10-14
26 citations
Correlation of retinopathy of prematurity in fellow eyes in the cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity study
Graham E. Quinn, Velma Dobson, Albert W. Biglan, Janice L. Evans, David F. Plotsky
Archives of Ophthalmology. 1995-04-01
271 citations
Prognostic Factors in the Natural Course of Retinopathy of Prematurity
David B. Schaffer, Earl A. Palmer, David F. Plotsky, Henry S. Metz, John T. Flynn
Ophthalmology. 1993-02-01