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Children’s Hospital Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
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Alan Palestine, MD
Provider's Specialties
- Ophthalmology
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Departments and Programs
Conditions Treated
- Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
- Eye Disease
- AIDS / HIV Disease
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Viral Infections
- Fungal Infections
- Bacterial Infections
- Immunodeficiency
Languages spoken
- English
Experience and background
Ocular inflammations including uveitis, scleritis, pars planitis, retinitis, AIDS, systemic inflammatory disease, retinal vasculitis, Behcet's Disease, VKH, birdshot retinochoroidopathy, choroiditis, local and systemic immune-suppression, macular edema, intra-ocular infections, CMV and herpetic retinitis, opportunistic ocular infections, and ocular toxoplasmosis
Undergraduate 1974
Cornell University (NY)
Medical Education 1978
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Internship 1979
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester) Program
Residency 1982
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic (Rochester) Program
Fellowship 1986
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Award 1978
George H. Whipple Academy of Medicine
Honor Award 1989
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Academic Faculty Teaching Award 2015
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado
Academic Faculty Teaching Award 2017
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado
Academic Teaching Award 2023
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado
Faculty member of
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