Dr. Peter Kertes, Ophthalmologist, Toronto, ON

Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto majored in Molecular Biology at Princeton University as an undergraduate and went to McGill University for medical school. Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto then did a residency in Ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa and undertook a two year vitreo-retinal surgical fellowship with Dr. Gholam Peyman at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, LA.

Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto   was in practice in Ottawa from 1997 and moved to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Toronto in 2003. He is currently a vitreoretinal surgeon at Sunnybrook and on staff at the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto was the Ophthalmologist-in-chief of the John and Liz Tory Eye Centre at Sunnybrook from 2010 to 2021. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto has an interest in clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine and has published 3 books on the major clinical trials in Ophthalmology. He also served as one of the editors-in-chief of the journal, Evidence-based Ophthalmology, has authored many chapters, and 90 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto has a special interest in international ophthalmology and has participated in 25 volunteer projects throughout the developing world, many of them focused on retinopathy of prematurity and pediatric retina.

Appointments and Affiliations

• Affiliate scientist, evaluative clinical sciences, Tory Trauma Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Dr. Peter Kertes , Ophthalmologist, Toronto Is in good standing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canadian Ophthalmological Society and the Canadian Medical Association

Keywords: retina, macular disease, vitreous humour, Dry Eye,  vitreoretinal surgery, uveitis, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, Glaucoma and Intravitreal Injections Pars Plana Vitrectomy

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