Dr. Robert B Nixon, MD



Ophthalmology   -  South Dakota,  Rapid City

 Overview

Dr. Robert B Nixon, MD works in Rapid City, South Dakota is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Boston University Hospital in 1983. Dr. Nixon is affiliated with Rapid City Regional Hospital and practicing for 46 years

 Specialties

  • Ophthalmology

 Conditions

• Abdominal Disorders
• Abscess
• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Aneurysm Embolization
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Argon Laser Treatment
• Astigmatism
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Blepharitis
  ...
• Bone Reconstruction Recovery
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
• Bowel Strangulation
• Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
• Colic
• Colpopexy
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Coronary Artery Revascularization
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Dependence
• Dermatitis
• Diverticulitis
• Drug-Induced Mental Disorders
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Eyebrows, Duplication of, With Stretchable Skin and Syndactyly
• FAA Physical Examination
• Fecal Impaction Removal
• Feeding Assessment
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Gluten Sensitivity
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Hepatitis A
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercholesterolemia Due to LDL Receptor Deficiency
• Idiopathic Osteoporosis
• Immunodeficiency Without Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Laser Microsurgery
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lichen Sclerosis Et Atrophicus
• Lymphocytosis
• Metastatic Tumors (Brain)
• Minimally Invasive Parathyrodectomy
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Multiple Miscarriages
• Nail and Nail Bed Infection
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Non-Surgical Bite Correction
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Optic Pathway Glioma
• Pelvic Disorders
• Phacolytic Glaucoma
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radiation-Related Neoplasm
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
• Ritalin Abuse
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Salpingo-Oophorectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Sandplay Therapy
• Schizophreniform and Schizoaffective Disorder
• Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorders
• Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Stereotactic Lesions
• Stripping of Varicose Veins
• Suicide
• Thinning of Skin
• Thoracic Tumors
• Thrombolysis
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tilia Tree Pollen Allergy
• Tomosynthesis-Guided Breast Biopsy
• Tonsillectomy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Transoral Laser Microsurgery
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
• Ureter Tumor
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• White Coat Hypertension
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
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 Procedures

• Acquired Coloboma
• Acute Endophthalmitis
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Alternating Hyperphoria
• Anisocoria
• Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• Anterior Scleritis
• Anterior Vitrectomy
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
• Astigmatism
  ...
• Bell's Palsy
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Benign Neoplasm of Eye
• Black Eye
• Blepharitis
• Blind Hypotensive Eye
• Blindness
• Blocked Tear Duct
• Cataract
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Chalazion
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Choroidal Neovascular Membranes (CNVM)
• Color Blindness
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Contact Lens
• Contusion of the Eyeball
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Corneal Ulcer
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diplopia
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Drusen
• Dry Eyes
• Duane Retraction Syndrome
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Endophthalmitis
• Entropion
• Enucleation of Eye
• Esophoria
• Esotropia
• Excision of Chalazion
• Excision or Destruction of Lesion of Cornea
• Exophoria
• Exotropia
• Extraocular Muscle Surgery
• Eyelid Spasm
• Eyelid Surgery
• Farsightedness
• Floaters
• Foveal and-or Macular Hypoplasia
• Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
• Giant Cell Arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Graves' Disease
• Harada's Disease
• Headache
• Heterophoria
• Hypertropia
• Hyphema
• Hypopyon
• Hypotony of Eye
• Hypotropia
• Juvenile Chronic Arthritis
• Keratitis
• Lazy Eye
• Macular Edema
• Macular Hole
• Malignant Neoplasm of Eye
• Marfan Syndrome
• Mechanical Strabismus
• Migraine
• Monofixation Syndrome
• Nearsightedness
• Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Nystagmus
• Ocular Hypertension
• Optic Neuritis
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Photokeratitis
• Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
• Pinguecula
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Posterior Scleritis
• Presbyopia
• Progressive High Myopia
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Pterygium
• Pterygium Excision
• Purulent Endophthalmitis
• Removal of Foreign Body from External Eye
• Removal of Intraocular Foreign Body
• Repair of Eye Laceration
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Retinal Dystrophy
• Retinal Hemorrhage
• Retinal Vascular Occlusion
• Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
• Retinoblastoma
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Sarcoidosis
• Scleral Reinforcement Surgery
• Senile Cataracts
• Still's Disease
• Strabismus
• Stye
• Sympathetic Uveitis
• Trichiasis
• Uveitis and Iridocyclitis
• Vertical Heterophoria
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitrectomy (incl. Macular Hole Repair)
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
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 Board Certifications

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology

 Years Since Graduation

  • 46

 State License

  • South Dakota

 Education & Training

Residency Hospitals

Boston University Hospital

Year completed: 1983

Internship Hospital

Holy Cross Hospital

Calgary, AB, Canada

Year completed: 1979

Fellowship Hospitals

Indiana University

Indianapolis, IN, USA

Year completed: 1985

Medical School

University Of Alberta Faculty Of Medicine And Dentistry

Edmonton, Canada
Graduated: 1977

 Awards

1   AAO
2   AAPOS
3   AMA
4   ARVO

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 Office Locations


Primary location

 Black Hills Regional Eye Institute
2800 3rd Street
South Dakota (SD)
Rapid City
57701
 Phone:(605) 341-2000
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center?    Yes
Office Volume:    140 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site?    Yes

Accepting New Patients

  • Yes
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 Map & Directions



Black Hills Regional Eye Institute, 2800 3rd Street, Rapid City, South Dakota (SD), 57701




 Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)

  • Aetna
  • American Enterprise Group
  • American Republic
  • Assurant Health
  • Blue Card PPO
  • Blue Choice Personal
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming
  • Choice Plus POS
  • Choice Plus POS II
  • Cigna
  • Cigna PPO
  • Commercial Insurance Company
  • First Choice Health
  • GEHA
  • Golden Rule
  • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
  • Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
  • Group Health Cooperative
  • Humana
  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
  • MedHealthInsurance
  • Medica
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Medicare MCR
  • Medico
  • Meritain Health
  • Navigate POS
  • NGS CoreSource
  • Open Access Plus
  • Options PPO
  • Thrivent Financial
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthCare

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 Affiliated Hospitals


Rapid City Regional Hospital photo


Rapid City Regional Hospital

353 Fairmont Boulevard Po Box 6000 South Dakota SD, Rapid City, 57701

Rapid City Regional Hospital is a hospital located in Rapid City, SD. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 9 of 13 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 2 of 13 procedures.



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