Carlos Ernesto Mendoza Santiesteban, MD
Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Department : Neuro-Ophthalmology
Languages : Spanish, English
Locations : Abu Dhabi
Fellowship: New England Eye Center Tufts University, Retina/Vitreous, 2016
Fellowship: New England Eye Center Tufts University, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2011
Residency: Cuban Eye Institute Ramon Pando Ferrer, Ophthalmology, 2007
Fellowship: Instituto Neurologia y Neurocirugia, Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2003
Fellowship: Cuban Eye Institute Ramon Pando Ferrer, Retina/Vitreous, 2002
Residency: ICBP Victoria de Giron, Physiology, 1999
Internship: Hospital Manuel Fajardo, Rotating, 1995
Medical School: Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de la Habana, 1995
- Adult and pediatric neuro-ophthalmology
- Visual electrophysiology
- Medical retina
- Hereditary retinal diseases
- Macular diseases
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Optic nerve diseases
- Toxic-nutritional optic neuropathies
- Mitochondrial optic neuropathies
- Retina in neurological diseases (Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple System Atrophy)
- Hydroxychloroquine retinal toxicity
- Optical coherence tomography of the retina and optic nerve
Research Interests
- The Eye in Familial Dysautonomia
- Retinal Biomarkers of Neurological Diseases (Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, Multiple System Atrophy)
- Hereditary Optic Neuropathies
- Retinal and Optic Nerve Imaging
- Hydroxichloroquine Retinal Toxicity
- Hereditary Retinal Diseases
- Visual Electrophysiology
- Neuro-Ophthalmology