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Office
941 California Blvd
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401Phone+1 805-544-0006Fax+1 877-843-9745
Education & Training
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 2000 - 2002
- SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1997 - 2000
- University of California Davis HealthInternship, Transitional Year, 1992 - 1993
- Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1992
- University of UtahB.S., Neurobiology, Chemistry, Magna cum Laude, 1985 - 1988
- Casper CollegeA.S., Pre-Medicine, Scholastic Honor Society, 1983 - 1985
Certifications & Licensure
- OR State Medical License 2004 - Present
- UT State Medical License 2002 - 2026
- CA State Medical License 1993 - 2025
- ID State Medical License 2002 - 2005
- MT State Medical License 2002 - 2005
- NV State Medical License 2002 - 2005
- WY State Medical License 2002 - 2005
- American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Charles Schepens Award for Retinal Research Schepens International Society, 2002-2003
- Air Force Commendation Medal United States Air Force, 1997
- Pre-Medical Honor Society, Scholastic Honor Society, elected to the Student Senate as College of Science representative University of Utah, 1988
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsManagement of subretinal hemorrhage.Derek B. Lauritzen, John J. Weiter
International Ophthalmology Clinics. 2002-01-01 - Interventions in pseudophakic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.Derek B. Lauritzen, Marcos Pereira de Ávila, Sheldon M. Buzney, John J. Weiter
Seminars in Ophthalmology. 2002-09-01
Journal Articles
- Autologous Serum as an Adjuvant to Standard Pars Plana Vitrectomy – A Randomized ControlledLauritzen DB, Hampton GR, Spalding III SC, Torrisi PF, Rutledge BK, and Delaney WV., in; Ann of Ophthalmol. 2003;35(2):123-129., 2/1/2003
- Lumbrical Innervation in the Hand.Lauritzen RS, Szabo RR, and Lauritzen DB, Journal of Hand Surgery, 2/1/1996
- New matrix material for potential use in "reversible" vasectomy. Preliminary animal biocompatibility studies.Carroll JC, Schwaitzberg SD, Ucci AA Jr, Schlesinger RM, Lauritzen D, Sant GR, Urology. 1993, 1/1/1993
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Autologous Serum as an Adjuvant to Standard Pars Plana Vitrectomy – A Randomized Controlled Study [ARVO abstract]. Abstract nr 951Lauritzen DB, Hampton GR, Spalding III SC, Torrisi PF, Rutledge BK, and Delaney WV, Ann of Ophthalmol., 1/1/2003
- Transplanation of Neural Progenitor Cells to the Retina of Mutant Rhodopsin Transgenic RatsLauritzen DB, Schepens International Society Meeting., Las Vegas, NV, 6/1/2001
- Transplanation of Neural Progenitor Cells to the Retina of Mutant Rhodopsin Transgenic RatsLauritzen DB, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual meeting, 5/1/2001
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Lectures
- Management of Rhegmatogenous Retinal DetachmentTalk delivered at University of Utah’s Department of Ophthalmology / Moran Eye Center Clinical Facul - 9/1/2003
- Neural Progenitor Cell (‘Stem cell”) Transplantation in Rats Transgenic for Mutant RhodopsinPaper presentation at the joint 5th Vitreoretinal Symposium of Marburg-Frankfurt, 2002 and the 15th - 7/1/2002
- Interventions in Pseudophakic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.Talk given at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Fellows Course on Subspecialty Management of C - 5/1/2002
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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