Robert H. Rosa, Jr., M.D.

Primary Office

Temple, Scott & White Pavilion
254-724-3937

Robert H. Rosa, Jr., M.D.

Director, Division of Ophthalmic Pathology

Ophthalmic Pathology, Vitreoretinal Surgery

Faculty Rank - Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Associate Professor of Surgery

Education

  • Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, M.D., 1990
  • Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, B.S.,1986

Specialty Training

  • Fellowship, Medical Retinal Diseases, Moorfields Eye Hopsital, University of London, UK, 1995-1996
  • Fellowship, Ophthalmic Pathology, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1994-1995
  • Residency, Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1991-1994
  • Internship, Internal Medicine, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Temple, TX, 1990-1991

Scott & White Appointment

August 14, 2000

Board Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology

Publications and Research

  • Rosa, RH Jr, Hein TW, Yuan Z, Xu W, Pechal MI, Geraets RL, Newman JM, Kuo L.
    Brimonidine evokes heterogeneous vasomotor response of retinal arterioles: diminished nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation when size goes small. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006;291:H231-H238.
  • Geraets RL, Rosa RH Jr.
    Pathology of the Retina. In Tasman W, Jaeger EA: Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, 2006, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • VIM (Visudyne in Minimally Classic Choroidal Neovascularization) Study Group. Verteporfin therapy of subfoveal minimally classic choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration: 2-year results of a randomized clinical trial. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:448-457.

Patient Care Emphasis

Age-related macular degeneration, macular and retinal diseases, ophthalmic pathology

Awards

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
  • Chief's Award for Resident Education (Scott & White Eye Institute)
  • First Year Resident Teaching Award (Bascom Palmer Eye Institute)
  • Florida Lions Eye Bank Ross Carr Memorial Award for Outstanding Service and Complete Devotion to the Cause of Sight
  • Verhoeff Zimmerman Society

Foreign Languages

Spanish

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