Dr. Dennis BrooksDr. Dennis Brooks, DVM, PhD, DACVO
Ophthalmology Service Chief
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
University of Florida
 

Biography: Dr. Brooks is the Ophthalmology Service Chief for the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. He holds his DVM degree in veterinary science from the University of Illinois in Urbana, 1976-1980 and residency at UF, 1981-1985. He holds a PhD in Glaucoma from UF in 1987 and is a diplomate of American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists board certified in 1984. His research interests include corneal transplantation in horses, eye problems in horses and glaucoma in all animals.

Lecture Topic: "Complications of Ophthalmic Surgery in the Horse" (notes)

Summary: Advances in the understanding of ophthalmic diseases of the horse and improved microsurgical technologies now allow for more complicated ophthalmic surgical procedures to be successfully performed on the horse eyelids, cornea, lens and vitreous, and for the successful treatment of equine glaucoma. A discussion of the common complications of selected ophthalmic surgical procedures in the horse can perhaps reduce their occurrence and minimize the degree of ocular dysfunction per occurrence.