
Dr. Craig Michael Greven MD
Ophthalmologist
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Craig Greven is an ophthalmologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Greven specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Greven can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Greven can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Retinal arterial occlusions in the young.
- Optic chiasm, optic nerve, and retinal involvement secondary to varicella-zoster virus.
- Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis secondary to Ochrobactrum anthropi.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related primary intraocular lymphoma.
- Delayed visual loss after pars plana vitrectomy for retained lens fragments.
- Central retinal vein occlusion secondary to an intraocular nematode.
- Avoiding and managing the dislocated crystalline lens.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
- Posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation combined with lensectomy-vitrectomy and intraretinal foreign-body removal.
- Intraretinal foreign bodies.
- Intravitreal methotrexate in therapeutically resistant exudative age-related macular degeneration.
- Unusual manifestations of X-linked retinoschisis.
- The use of intravitreal air in selected retinal detachments.
- Bilateral Candida endophthalmitis in a premature infant.
- Green or yellow laser treatment for diabetic macular edema: exploratory assessment within the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network.
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Retina Specialists
- Member Am Academy Of Ophthalmology
- Member Am Coll Of Surgeons
- Member Am Medical Assn
- Member Am Soc Of Clinical Oncology
- Member Am Soc Of Neurological I.
- Member Assoc For Study Of Animal Beha
- Member Forsyth-Davie-Stokes Medical S
- Member Int'l Bronchsophagological Soc
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- Wills Eye Hospital, Ophthalmology, PA, USA 1989
- Wills Eye Hosp 1989
- Wills Eye Hospital, Retina/Vitreous Surgery 1987
Dr. Craig Michael Greven MD's Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
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