Doctor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic - Rochester
Location: Africa
Dr. Alfred Yellson was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Villanova University. He obtained his medical degree at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. His residency was at Thomas Jefferson and its affiliated Wills Eye Hospital, and he completed his training with fellowships at the University of Connecticut incataract andcorneal surgery.
Dr. Yellson has thirty years’ experience in ophthalmic surgery,withspecialinterestin cataract surgery,corneal transplantation,andlaserrefractiveprocedures.Heisa founding member of Precision LASIK Group, Chief of Ophthalmology at The Hospital ofCentral Connecticut,andco-medical director of the Connecticut eye bank.
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Reichmuth AM, Oberli MA, Jaklenec A, Langer R, Blankschtein D. mRNA vaccine delivery using lipid nanoparticles. Ther Deliv. 2016;7(5):319-34. doi: 10.4155/tde-2016-0006. Erratum in: Ther Deliv. 2016 Jun;7(6):411. PMID: 27075952; PMCID: PMC5439223.
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