Overview
Richard Lewis is an Ophthalmologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lewis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. His top areas of expertise are Retinopathy Pigmentary Mental Retardation, Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Glaucoma, Retinitis Pigmentosa, and Cataract Removal.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 191 peer reviewed articles and participating in 3 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 6 articles in the study of Cataract Removal.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Lewis has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
3 Clinical Trials
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Douglas Koch is an Ophthalmologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Koch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. His top areas of expertise are Astigmatism, Cataract, Keratoconus, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant. Dr. Koch is currently accepting new patients.
Baylor College Of Medicine
Mitchell Weikert is an Ophthalmologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Weikert is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. His top areas of expertise are Cataract, Astigmatism, Dry Eye Syndrome, Cataract Removal, and Corneal Transplant. Dr. Weikert is currently accepting new patients.
Elizabeth Baze is an Ophthalmologist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Baze is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Cataract Removal. Her top areas of expertise are Cataract, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, and Cataract Removal.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- GlaucomaDr. Lewis isDistinguished. Learn about Glaucoma.
- Ocular Hypertension (OHT)Dr. Lewis isDistinguished. Learn about Ocular Hypertension (OHT).
- Retinopathy Pigmentary Mental RetardationDr. Lewis isDistinguished. Learn about Retinopathy Pigmentary Mental Retardation.
- Advanced
- Isolated Ectopia LentisDr. Lewis isAdvanced. Learn about Isolated Ectopia Lentis.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Lewis isAdvanced. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Optic Nerve AtrophyDr. Lewis isAdvanced. Learn about Optic Nerve Atrophy.
- Pigment-Dispersion SyndromeDr. Lewis isAdvanced. Learn about Pigment-Dispersion Syndrome.
- Retinitis PigmentosaDr. Lewis isAdvanced. Learn about Retinitis Pigmentosa.
- Experienced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- Anophthalmia Plus SyndromeDr. Lewis isExperienced. Learn about Anophthalmia Plus Syndrome.
- Brown SyndromeDr. Lewis isExperienced. Learn about Brown Syndrome.
- CataractDr. Lewis isExperienced. Learn about Cataract.
- Cataract RemovalDr. Lewis isExperienced. Learn about Cataract Removal.
- CHARGE SyndromeDr. Lewis isExperienced. Learn about CHARGE Syndrome.