27 hours ago Dr. DiStefano was awarded “Who’s Who In The South and Southeast 1983-1984 and in 1996-2008, 2011-2012, and again in 2013, “Best Doctors in America” as seen on “60 Minutes.”. Dr. Deborah … >> Go To The Portal
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Dr. DiStefano was recruited from her Harvard fellowship to Chattanooga to become the Chairperson of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She remained in that position for 10 years.
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Instead of being an internationally recognized Ophthalmologist, Dr. Deborah DiStefano could have been blind herself. Dr. DiStefano was born prematurely, and at that time, preemies were kept in incubators with 100% pure oxygen. Doctors didn’t realize the oxygen saturation would damage eyes that were still developing.
So Dr. DiStefano was driven from an early age to be interested in eyesight. Her father was a doctor and her mother a nurse, so she grew up in a medical family. In college, she became involved in research involving an electron microscope, which furthered her interest in vision.
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Dr. DiStefano's office is located at 1815 Gunbarrel Rd, Chattanooga, TN....
Ophthamologists diagnose and treat eye diseases, including vision loss, detached retinas, cataracts and glaucoma. They perform laser retina surgery...
Dr. Deborah R. DiStefano is an ophthalmologist in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is affiliated with CHI Memorial Hospital. She received her medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Ophthamologists diagnose and treat eye diseases, including vision loss, detached retinas, cataracts and glaucoma. They perform laser retina surgery, refractive surgery and lens replacement operations.
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Dr. Distefano is one Chattanooga's best known physicians. She first came to the area in 1982 as chairperson of the Department of Ophthamology at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She completed her Medical Degree, Internship and Residency (Chief Resident) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr.
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