DeanPalancaOuanoMD

Cataract Related, Cornea & External Disease, Refractive Surgery

Consulting Associate in the Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine

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Office
802 McCarthy Blvd
New Bern, NC 28562
Phone+1 252-633-4183

Fax+1 252-636-1674

Dr. Dean Ouano is an ophthalmologist based in New Bern, NC, with subspecialty expertise in complex cataract and glaucoma surgery, cornea & external disease, and anterior segment reconstruction. His education includes a fellowship at Duke University Eye Center and a residency at the University of Pennsylvania / Scheie Eye Institute. He has been in private practice at the Coastal Eye Clinic since 1996. He has several publications in his field, notably in the International Ophthalmology and Cornea journals. He is a recognized Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery, 1994 - 1995
University of Pennsylvania Health System/Scheie Eye InstituteResidency, Ophthalmology, 1991 - 1994
Brown UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1991
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 1990

PubMed

Intracameral Enoxaparin for Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Pilot Safety Study.
Lakshman Mulpuri, Dean P Ouano, Kamran M Riaz, Evan J Warner, Donald U Stone
Cornea. 2025-03-01
Topical Caspofungin 0.5% Monotherapy for Filamentous Fungal Keratitis.
Mehrnaz Atighehchian, Hamed Ghassemi, Golshan Latifi, Dean Ouano, Zohreh Abedinifar
Cornea. 2025-01-14
8 citations
Initial outcomes of mitomycin intravascular chemoembolization (MICE) for corneal neovascularization.
Michael Mimouni, Dean Ouano
International Ophthalmology. 2022-08-01

Lipid Keratopathy: A Review of Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, and ManagementOctober 15th, 2020
Lipid Keratopathy: A Review of Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, and ManagementOctober 15th, 2020