Email

alejandro.arboleda@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

BS from University of Miami

05/2014 - Coral Gables

Biomedical Engineering

MS from University of Miami

05/2014 - Coral Gables

Biomedical Engineering

MD from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

05/2019 - Miami

Internship at Ocala Regional Medical Center

06/2020 - Ocala

Residency at Stanford University

06/2023 - Palo Alto

Clinical Fellowship at University of California San Francisco/Proctor Foundation

07/2024 - San Francisco

Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional Interests

• Cataract Surgery
• Cornea Transplants: PKP/DALK/DSAEK/DMEK
• Pterygium Removal
• Secondary Lens for Aphakia
• Microbial Keratitis
• Keratoprosthesis
• Corneal Ectasia/Keratoconus/Pellucid Marginal Degeneration
• Corneal Crosslinking

Selected Publications

• "Complete Publications." ;
• Arboleda A, Miller D, Cabot F, Taneja M, Aguilar MC, Alawa K, Amescua G, Yoo SH, Parel JM "Assessment of rose bengal versus riboflavin photodynamic therapy for inhibition of fungal keratitis isolates." Am J Ophthalmol. 2014;158(1):64-70. Pubmed PMID: 24792103
• Naranjo A, Arboleda A, Martinez JD, Durkee H, Aguilar MC, Relhan N, Nikpoor N, Galor A, Dubovy SR, Leblanc R, Flynn HW, Miller D, Parel JM, Amescua G "Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy for Patients With Progressive Infectious Keratitis: A Pilot Clinical Study." Am J Ophthalmol. 2019;208 Pubmed PMID: 31493402
• Arboleda A, Durkee H, Miller D, Aguilar MC, Alawa K, Relhan N, Amescua G, Parel JM "Variations in irradiation energy and rose bengal concentration for photodynamic antimicrobial therapy of fungal keratitis isolates." Lasers Med Sci. 2024;39(1) Pubmed PMID: 38379056

Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Languages

Spanish, French