Raquel Goldhardt, MD FACS
Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology , Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL, USA, 2010
- Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and VA Miami Hospital
Education and Training
- Retinal fellowship
- University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL, USA
Biography
As a cataract surgeon, medical retina and uveitis specialist, Dr. Goldhardt MD FACS, has extensive surgical and clinical experience in the management of complicated cataract surgery, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases, retinal pathologies including macular degeneration, vein occlusions, and diabetic retinopathy. Her research focuses on novel imaging techniques for macular degeneration, Stargardt’s disease, corneal nerves analysis after anti-VEGF injections, quality of life following cataract extraction in AMD patients, biomarkers of ocular Gulf War illness, and was the first to describe posterior subhyaloid precipitates associated with cytomegalovirus retinitis. Dr. Goldhardt has been a critical figure in the national and international physician education while playing an active role in the inclusion and diversity, admission, and executive committees for our medical school and leading mission trips to South America, Mexico, and China.