
Dr. Jonathan C Javitt M.D., M.P.H.
Ophthalmologist
1701 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Suite 300 Washington DC, 20006About
Dr. Jonathan Javitt is an ophthalmologist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Javitt specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Javitt 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. Javitt 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
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cost savings associated with detection and treatment of diabetic eye disease.
- How often should patients with diabetes be screened for retinopathy?
- Cataract extraction with multifocal intraocular lens implantation: a multinational clinical trial evaluating clinical, functional, and quality-of-life outcomes.
- Health economic analysis of micronutrient supplementation: the World Bank perspective.
- Risk of motor vehicle crashes in patients with cataract surgery.
- National outcomes of cataract extraction. III. Corneal edema and transplant following inpatient surgery.
- Assessment of visual acuity via a telephone interview.
- National five-year mortality after inpatient cataract extraction.
- How to succeed in health information technology.
- Using a claims data-based sentinel system to improve compliance with clinical guidelines: results of a randomized prospective study.
- Rule Britannia.
- Federal budgetary costs of blindness.
- Association between vision loss and higher medical care costs in Medicare beneficiaries costs are greater for those with progressive vision loss.
- Comparison of comorbid conditions between neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients and a control cohort in the medicare population.
- Information technology and medical missteps: evidence from a randomized trial.
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