- Dr. Kurt A Gitter, MD
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Dr. Kurt A Gitter, MD
Ophthalmology - Louisiana, New Orleans
Overview
Dr. Kurt A Gitter, MD works in New Orleans, Louisiana is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine in 1962. Dr. Gitter is affiliated with East Jefferson General Hospital, Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital, Touro Infirmary and practicing for 61 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Advanced Laparoscopic Breast Surgery• Airway Reconstruction Surgery
• Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
• Breast Pain
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Dependence
• Diabetic Eye Disease
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• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Inner Ear Repair
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Neglect
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Psychosomatic Medicine Services
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Ritalin Abuse
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Temporal Bone Disorder
• Thoracic Tumors
• Tonsillectomy
• Vitreoretinochoroidopathy Dominant
• White Coat Hypertension
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Procedures
• Angiography• Argon Laser Treatment
• B-Scan Ultrasound
• Cryosurgery
• Eye Examination
• Eye Surgery
• Fluorscein Angiography
• Foreign Body Removal from Eye
• Indocyanine Green Angiography
• Macugen® Injection
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• Photocoagulation
• Repair of Retinal Detachment
• Scleral Buckling
• Steroid Injection
• Surgery, Trauma
• Vitrectomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 61
State License
- Louisiana
Education & Training
Medical School
Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 1962
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 1962
Residency Hospital
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Year completed: 1968
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Year completed: 1968
Awards
1 AA Oph
2 ACS
3 Macula Society
4 Ret Society
5 Vitr Society
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Office Locations
Primary location
Retina Associates
3525 Prytania Street Suite 320
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70115
Phone:(504) 895-3961
Other Office Locations
Retina Associates
4224 Houma Boulevard Suite 160
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70006
Phone:(504) 456-9061
Retina Associates
64040 Highway 434 Suite 103
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70445
Phone:(985) 882-4201
Retina Associates
110 West Robert Street
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70401
Phone:(800) 895-3961
Retina Associates
900 Canal Boulevard Suite 3
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70301
Phone:(800) 895-3961
Retina Associates
603 Dunn Street
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70360
Phone:(800) 895-3961
Retina Associates
712 Belanger Street
Louisiana (LA)
New Orleans
70360
Phone:(800) 895-3961
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Retina Associates, 3525 Prytania Street Suite 320, New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), 70115
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Humana
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Principal Life
- Tricare
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Touro Infirmary
1401 Foucher Street
Louisiana LA,
New Orleans,
70115
Touro Infirmary is a hospital located in New Orleans, LA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 5 of 10 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 10 procedures.
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