Lucas Bonafede MD

Anterior Segment Related, Cataract Related, Pediatric & Strabismus, Refractive Surgery

Fraser Eye Care

33080 Utica RdSte BFraser, MI 48026
Phone+1 586-296-7250
Fax+1 586-296-0276

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Summary

Dr. Lucas Bonafede is an ophthalmologist in Fraser, MI. He received his medical degree from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and has been in practice over 1 year. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in anterior segment
and cataract surgery, refractive surgery, and pediatric & strabismus.

Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Ophthalmology, 2019 - 2020
Wills Eye HospitalResidency, 2016 - 2019
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/Wills Eye HospitalResidency, Ophthalmology, 2016 - 2019
Henry Ford St. John HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2015 - 2016
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2015

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Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2020 - 2029
NC State Medical License 2019 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2016 - 2019
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Charles A. Oliver Memorial Prize The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2015

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Anterior and temporal transposition of the superior oblique for treatment of exotropia in oculomotor nerve palsy.
Lucas Bonafede, Megan Law, Alan B Scott, Ann Shue, Federico G Velez
Journal of AAPOS. 2022-02-01
5 citations
Educational intervention to adopt selective laser trabeculoplasty as first-line glaucoma treatment: Randomized controlled trial: Educational intervention on selective ...
Evelyn Tran, Carina Sanvicente, Lisa A Hark, Jonathan S. Myers, Qiang Zhang
European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021-05-27
6 citations
Ocular Findings and Visual Function in Children Examined during the Zika Health Brigade in the US Virgin Islands, March 2018.
S. Grace Prakalapakorn, Lucas Bonafede, Linda Lawrence, Daniel Lattin, Nicola Kim
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2021-04-29

Journal Articles

Wills Eye Resident Case Series - Diagnosis & Discussion. A 56-year-old woman presents to the Wills Eye Oncology Service with progressive vision loss in one eye
Nichols, EE, Bonafede L, Shields, CL., Review of Ophthalmology, 11/2018
Wills Eye Resident Case Series - Diagnosis & Discussion - An Elderly Woman Presents with Complaints of Unilateral Glare and Photophobia. Review of Ophthalmology.
Bonafede L, Shields C.L., Review of Ophthalmology, 7/2017
Wills Eye Resident Case Series - Diagnosis & Discussion. A middle-aged woman presents with painless double vision and lid swelling that results in a referral to Wills’...
Bonafede L, Review of Ophthalmology, 11/2016

Books/Book Chapters

The Duke Manual of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Surgery
Chapter: Strabismus Surgery: The Basics
Bonafede LEditors: Ghandi N., Yanovitch T., Enyedi L..Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia2020
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery: Tricks of the Trade
Chapter: Chapter 23: Tenzel Semicircular Flap
Page 146 - 149Bonafede L and J GiacomettiThieme2019

Abstracts/Posters

Ocular findings and visual function in children examined during the Zika Health Brigade in the U.S. Virgin Islands, March 2018.
Bonafede L., Lawrence L., Lattin D., Kim N., House R.D., Hillman B., de Wilde L., Harrison C., Fehrenbach N., Godfred-Cato S., Reynolds M.R., Ellis E.M., Prakalapakorn..., Duke Eye Center Residents and Fellows Scientific Symposium 2019, Durham, NC, 6/7/2019
Timing of cataract surgery, comorbid ocular injuries, and final visual acuity in patients with traumatic cataract following open- versus closed-globe injury.
Ozzello D.J., Bonafede L., Deaner J.D., Anhalt J.C., Zhang Q., Bailey R., American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 5/2019
An Educational Intervention to Increase Adoption of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty as First-Line treatment for Glaucoma
Bonafede L Sanvicente C., Tran J., Hark L.A., Zhang Q., Costello R., Katz L.J., The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 4/2019

Authored Content

Brown syndrome.December 2019

Press Mentions

$In-School Eye Exams Identify Refractive Error, Other Vision Problems$
In-School Eye Exams Identify Refractive Error, Other Vision ProblemsAugust 10th, 2021
Evaluating Reluctance to Embrace Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty as Front-Line TherapyJanuary 12th, 2022