Armando L. Oliver, MD

Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Armando L. Oliver, MD.

Contact Info

  • Department of Ophthalmology
    University of Puerto Rico
    Medical Sciences Campus
    PO Box 365067
    San Juan, PR 00936-5067
  • Phones numbers:
    Tel: (787) 756-7090
    (787) 758-2525 X 1930,1931,1932,1933, 1944
    Fax: (787) 758-3488

Education

  • Boston Medical Center: Boston, MA
    2004 to 2006 | Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship
  • Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute: Baltimore, MD
    2003-07-01 to 2004-06-30 | Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Fellowship
  • University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus: San Juan, Puerto Rico
    1999 to 2002 | Ophthalmology Residency
  • University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine: San Juan, PR
    1998 to 1999 | Flexible Internship
  • University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine: San Juan, PR
    1994 to 1998 | M.D.

Board Certification

  • 2003 to present | American Board of Ophthalmology

ACADEMIC PROFILES

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7533-6121

PUBLICATIONS

  • Arruza C, Requejo Figueroa GA, Colón J, Ramirez Marquez E, Puebla G, Ortega D, Pappaterra Rodriguez M, López Fontanet J, Colón A, Ayala Rodríguez SC, Rivera Grana E, Marrero F, Báez E, Santos C, Oliver AL. Systemic Disease Associations in a Cohort of Hispanic Patients with Scleritis. J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 2;12(5):1969. doi: 10.3390/jcm12051969.
  • Pappaterra-Rodriguez MC, Muns SM, Ayala Rodríguez SC, Requejo Figueroa GA, Izquierdo N, Oliver AL. Variables in the ACBD5 Gene Leading to Distinct Phenotypes: A Case Report. Cureus. 2022 Dec 25;14(12):e32930. doi: 10.7759/cureus.32930. PMID: 36699790; PMCID: PMC9872965.
  • Pappaterra-Rodriguez MC, Amaral C, Requejo Figueroa GA, Ayala Rodríguez SC, De Jesús Rodríguez E, Alejandro KC, Oliver AL. Pars Plana Vitrectomy With Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling for the Treatment of Cystoid Macular Edema in a Patient With Syphilitic Uveitis and HIV Infection. Cureus. 2022 Dec 23;14(12):e32865. doi: 10.7759/cureus.32865.
  • Ramirez Marquez E, Ayala Rodríguez SC, Rivera L, Pappaterra-Rodriguez MC, Requejo-Figueroa GA, Rios R, Rivera-Grana E, Rodríguez-García EJ, Oliver AL. Contralateral Recurrences of Post-vaccination Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome. Cureus. 2022 Dec 7;14(12):e32300. doi:10.7759/cureus.32300.
  • Lugo-Merly A, Molina Thurin LJ, Izquierdo-Encarnacion NJ, Casillas-Murphy SM, Oliver-Cruz A. Stargardt Disease Due to an Intronic Mutation in the ABCA4: A Case Report. Int Med Case Rep J.2022 Nov 29;15:693-698. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S391001.
  • Ramirez Marquez E, Requejo Figueroa GA, Pappaterra-Rodriguez M, Ayala Rodríguez SC, Puebla G, Nieves I, Oliver AL. Aflibercept as a Treatment for Secondary Central Serous4 Chorioretinopathy in a Patient With Myasthenia Gravis. Cureus. 2022 Nov 9;14(11):e31287. doi:10.7759/cureus.31287.
  • Nieves-Ríos C, Requejo Figueroa GA, Ayala Rodríguez SC, Santiago-Díaz A, Rodriguez-Garcia EJ, Perez AL, Rivera-Grana E, Figueroa-Díaz AC, Martín-García R, Oliver AL. Bilateral Granulomatous Iridocyclitis Associated with Early-Onset Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis. Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2022 Oct 7;2022:3990406. doi: 10.1155/2022/3990406.
  • Santos DF, Molina Thurin LJ, Vargas JG, Izquierdo NJ, Oliver A. Retinitis Pigmentosa in the Puerto Rican Population: A Geographic Distribution. Clin Ophthalmol. 2022;16:3175-3179. Published 2022 Sep 28. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S375365
  • Santos DF, Molina Thurin LJ, Gustavo Vargas J, Izquierdo NJ, Oliver A. A Genotype-Phenotype Analysis of Usher Syndrome in Puerto Rico: A Case Series. Cureus. 2022;14(8):e28213. Published 2022 Aug 20. doi:10.7759/cureus.28213
  • Vargas JG, Izquierdo NJ, Oliver A, et al. Genetic analysis of patients with nonsyndromic and syndromic retinitis pigmentosa in Puerto Rico: a genetic legacy. Ophthalmic Genet. 2022;43(4):454-461. doi:10.1080/13816810.2022.2050764
  • Lugo Merly, A. N., Montalvo Toledo, L. A., Requejo, G. A., Meléndez, A., Álvarez, S., López, A., Ríos, R., Villegas, V. M., & Oliver, A. L. (2022). Risk Factors Leading to Enucleation or Evisceration in Infectious Endophthalmitis. Journal of clinical medicine, 11(11), 3145. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11113145
  • González-Martínez, O. G., Ortiz, J., Quiñones, S., Alicea, J. G., Guevara, F., Pérez, A., Pappaterra, M., Requejo-Figueroa, G. A., Amaral, C., Rivera-Grana, E., Villegas, V. M., Quiñones, C., Emanuelli, A., & Oliver, A. L. (2022). Characteristics Upon Presentation of Patients with Type 2 Macular Telangiectasia in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico health sciences journal, 41(1), 9–12.
  • Kurup SK, Tabbaa T, Echegaray JJ, Oliver AL. Intraocular inflammation secondary to intravitreal brolucizumab treated successfully with Sub-Tenon triamcinolone: A case report. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022;25:101289. Published 2022 Jan 22. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101289
  • Amaral, C., Rodriguez, E., Barquet, V., Fantauzzi, A., De Jesus Rodriguez, E., Ulloa-Padilla, J. P., Pappaterra-Rodriguez, M., Requejo, G. A., Vila, M. S., Figueroa, R., Fernandez, C. J., Almodovar, J. C., Santos, C., & Oliver, A. L. (2022). Seasonal Patterns of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease. Ocular immunology and inflammation, 1–5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2022.2029499
  • Amaral C, Joy L, Jimenez H, Cruz-Inñigo YJ, Ulloa-Padilla JP, Oliver AL. Syphilitic Outer Retinopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases. 2022;6(1):63-70. doi:10.1177/247412642110183005
  • Barquet, V., Rodríguez, E., Fantauzzi, A., Ortíz, J. C., Ulloa-Padilla, J. P., Vilá-Delgado, M. S., Fernández, C. J., Almodóvar, J. C., Santos, C., & Oliver, A. L. (2021). Characteristics, Upon Presentation, of a Cohort of Patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico health sciences journal, 40(4), 168–173.
  • Guardiola GA, Ramos F, Izquierdo NJ, Oliver AL. A Genotype-Phenotype Analysis of the Bardet- Biedl Syndrome in Puerto Rico. Clin Ophthalmol. 2021;15:3757-3764. Published 2021 Sep 7. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S328493
  • Hua HU, Martens R, Read SP, Cernichiaro-Espinosa LA, Fallas B, Oliver AL, Younis R, Rodriguez L, Berrocal AM. Neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with retinal detachment and laryngeal plexiform neurofibroma in a toddler. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2021 Jul 22;23:101170. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101170. PMID: 34381922; PMCID: PMC8332657.
  • Pappaterra MC, Rivera EJ, Oliver AL. Transient Oculomotor Palsy Following the Administration of the Messenger RNA-1273 Vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 Diplopia Following the COVID-19 Vaccine. J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Aug 4. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001369. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34369471.
  • Amaral S, Joy L, Jimenez H, Cruz-Iñigo Y, Ulloa-Padilla J, Oliver A. Syphilitic Outer Retinopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [published online]. J Vitreoretin Dis. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F24741264211018300
  • Padidam S, Raiji V, Moorthy R, Oliver A, Do B. Association of Dupilumab with Intraocular Inflammation [published online ahead of print, 2021 Apr 7]. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2021;1-6. doi:10.1080/09273948.2020.1861305
  • Amaral C, Jimenez H, Davila P, Ulloa-Padilla JP, Guiot HM, Oliver AL. Short-term oral albendazole therapy for diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis: A case report Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2021;22:101054. Published 2021 Mar 6. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2021.101054
  • Quinones X, Ortiz J, Santos C, Oliver AL, Rodríguez J. Acute idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome following influenza vaccination. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020;20:100949. Published 2020 Sep 29. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100949
  • Gonzalez Collazo MP, Rebollo Rodriguez NP, Santiago-Vazquez M, Crespo-Ramos SM, Marcos- Martinez MJ, Villegas VM, Oliver AL. Bilateral hypopyon in syphilitic uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Dec 31;21:101007. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.101007
  • Muns SM, Montalvo LA, Vargas Del Valle JG, Martinez M, Oliver AL, Izquierdo NJ. Clinical characteristics and ultra-widefield fundus image analysis of two siblings with Bardet-Biedl syndrome type 1 p.Met390Arg variant Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020;20:100914. Published 2020 Sep 18. doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100914