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