Ophthalmology Doctors in Weslaco, TX Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Deborah Watkins Alexander, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 1519 E 6th St, Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 956-968-3171    Fax: 956-968-5783
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Dr. Joel Glenn George, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 1519 E 6th St, Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 956-968-3171    Fax: 956-968-5783
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Christina Prueger Johnson, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 1519 E 6th St, Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 956-968-3171    Fax: 956-968-5783
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Dr. Karl Coblenz Bentley, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 1519 E 6th St, Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 956-968-3171    Fax: 956-968-5783

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Ophthalmology: An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.


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