Igor Westra MD

Retinal Disease

Retina of Coastal Carolina

1801 New Hanover Medical Park DrWilmington, NC 28403
Phone+1 910-254-2023
Fax+1 910-254-0242

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Education & Training

Oregon Health & Science UniversityFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 1991 - 1993
University of AlbertaOphthalmology Residency, 1988 - 1991
University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthClass of 1987

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Certifications & Licensure

OR State Medical License 1991 - Present
NC State Medical License 1993 - 2026
SC State Medical License 1993 - 2023
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification ifa EMR, ifa united i-tech Inc., 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification ifa EMR, ifa united i-tech Inc., 2014-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EMA, Modernizing Medicine, Inc., 2014-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Intravitreal injection of octreotide acetate
Joseph E. Robertson, Igor Westra, Eugene A. Woltering, Kevin L. Winthrop, Rosemary Barrie
Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 1997-04-01
8 citations
Time course of growth factor staining in a rabbit model of traumatic tractional retinal detachment
Igor Westra, Susan G. Robbins, David J. Wilson, Joseph E. Robertson, Leslie M. O'Rourke
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie. 1995-09-01
142 citations
Platelet-derived growth factor ligands and receptors immunolocalized in proliferative retinal diseases.
Susan G. Robbins, Robert N. Mixon, David J. Wilson, Charles E. Hart, Joseph E. Robertson
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 1994-09-01