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1101 Clarity RdSuite 100Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone+1 843-884-8584
Fax+1 843-375-1480
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Summary
- Dr. Francisco Folgar, MD is a board certified ophthalmologist in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina, North Carolina, and New York.
Education & Training
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2008
- New York University School of MedicineClass of 2007
Certifications & Licensure
- SC State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- NC State Medical License 2012 - 2020
- NY State Medical License 2008 - 2012
- American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsSubfoveal Lucency after Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction without Macular Hole in the Phase 3 Trials of Ocriplasmin Vitreolysis.Akshay S. Thomas, Francisco A. Folgar, Glenn J. Jaffe, Cynthia A. Toth, Tamer H. Mahmoud
Ophthalmology. Retina. 2019-01-01 - 7 citationsRecovery of Foveal Anatomy and Subfoveal Lucency after Pharmacologic and Surgical Macular Hole Closure in the Ocriplasmin Phase III TrialsFrancisco A. Folgar, Glenn J. Jaffe, Cynthia A. Toth, Tamer H. Mahmoud
Ophthalmology. Retina. 2017-05-01 - 67 citationsOptical Coherence Tomography Reflective Drusen Substructures Predict Progression to Geographic Atrophy in Age-related Macular Degeneration.Malini Veerappan, Abdul-Karim M. El-Hage-Sleiman, Vincent Tai, Stephanie J. Chiu, KP Winter
Ophthalmology. 2016-12-01