Dr. Tatyana Metelitsina
Location
Areas of Expertise
About Me
Dr. Tatyana Metelitsina is a board-certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon who specializes in retinal conditions and macular degeneration. She completed her medical degree with honors at Odessa State Medical University in Ukraine and pursued advanced ophthalmology training in the United States, including a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Scheie Eye Institute of the University of Pennsylvania and a vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at Retina Consultants, Ltd. in the Chicago area.
Her clinical practice focuses on age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and other retinal diseases. Dr. Metelitsina is actively involved in research, having authored numerous articles on choroidal blood flow and retinal conditions, and she regularly presents at national ophthalmology conferences. She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retinal Specialists.
Dr. Metelitsina sees patients at the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois offices. She is typically available for appointments in Cape Girardeau on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday, and in Carbondale every Monday. Surgical procedures are performed at St. Francis Medical Center.
Training
Vitreo-Retinal
Retina Consultants, LTD
FellowshipOphthalmology
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Ophthalmology
Residency
Publications & Press
Peripheral retinopathy associated with aplastic anemia
Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2017;11(2):108-110•2017Batten disease caused by a novel mutation in the PPT1 gene
Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2016;10(3):211-213•2016The association between drusen extent and foveolar choroidal blood flow in age-related macular degeneration
Retina. 2012;32(1):25-31•2012
Certifications & Licensure
- Licensed In
- IL, MO, PA
- License Numbers
- 036-130196, 2014039705, MT192042
