Vitreoretinal Surgery Expert Witnesses

Ophthalmology - Retina, retinopathy of prematurity, retinal detachment, ocular trauma, ruptured globe, macular hole, vitreoretinal surgery, intravitreal injection, retinopathy, epiretinal membrane, vitrectomy, scleral buckle, endophthalmitis, uveitis, pediatric retina, gene therapy, shaken baby

Dr. Aaron Nagiel is Director of the Retina Service at Children's Hospital Los Angeles/ University of Southern California specializing in retinal disease with a special emphasis on disorders affecting children. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University summa cum laude, and then underwent combined MD and PhD training at Cornell University and The Rockefeller University in New York City. After an internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Nagiel completed both ophthalmology residency and vitreoretinal fellowship at the renowned Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. He treats a broad array of surgical and medical vitreoretinal diseases, including ocular trauma and retinopathy of prematurity. He has authored four book chapters and published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Ophthalmology - Vitreoretinal Surgery, Surgical Retina, Medical Retina, Retina, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration, Endophthalmitis.

I am a board certified ophthalmologist who is fellowship trained in Clinical and Surgical Diseases of the Vitreous and Retina. I spent over 10 years completing my medical and surgical training in Ophthalmology and Vitreo-retinal surgery in the United States. I am presently the only vitreoretinal surgeon in a multispecialty private practice in Chattanooga TN with a referral base from the surrounding 4 states. I received my medical degree from the University of the Philippines. I completed an Ocular Pathology fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins Hospital and residency training in Ophthalmology at Boston University Medical Center. I completed a clinical fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary-Harvard Medical School program, where I was chief retina fellow my second year. I was the medical director of Ophthalmology at the Texas Diabetes Institute (TDI), where I performed thousands of outpatient retina...