Dr. E. John Eldridge is a licensed Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Board Certified Ophthalmologist who specializes in the diagnosis and management of medical conditions affecting the eye, orbits, and visual pathways. VIDEO Dr. Eldridge has performed over 100,000 comprehensive eye examinations and conducted nearly 200,000 patient examinations. As an Eye M.D., he is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of the four most common causes of blindness in the United States: diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and cataracts. His special interest is in the field of medical ophthalmology, which also includes ocular inflammatory disease, retinal vascular disease, and neuro-ophthalmology. As a medical doctor, he is experienced in the many systemic conditions that can affect the eye, such as diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, inflammation, infection, and malignancy. Ocular disorders may be the first manifestations of systemic disease. Dr. Eldridge evaluates and treats the whole patient, not just their eyes.
Dr. Eldridge is a 1983 graduate and former faculty member of the Northwestern University Medical School, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He completed his residency training in Ophthalmology at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1987. He also completed an additional year of training in retinal diseases while practicing in Evanston, Illinois. He has been in private practice in Kenosha for more than thirty years.
Dr. Eldridge is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Catherine's Hospital, and as President of the Kenosha Physicians Network IPA. His biography has appeared in Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in the United States, and Who's Who in the World.
Dr. Eldridge has had extensive experience with the diagnosis and treatment of medical retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, and macular degeneration. He trained with and has been taught by many renowned vitreoretinal specialists. Dr. Eldridge has personally performed hundreds of fluorescein angiograms for medical retinal diseases. He has also performed thousands of laser procedures for diabetic retinopathy, other retinal vascular diseases, and retinal tears.
Dr. Eldridge has many other interests and experiences that influence his interactions with his ophthalmology patients. He has special interests in the fields of diabetes, lipidology, nutrition, the metabolic syndrome, allergy and immunology, and pharmacology. In addition to ophthalmology, Dr. Eldridge has worked in the fields of emergency medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. He has worked as a consultant to a CMS contractor investigating alleged Medicare fraud and abuse. Dr. Eldridge served as president and a director of an independent physician's association of over one hundred local physicians that contracted directly with insurance companies in an attempt to provide quality medical care to the residents of Kenosha at a reasonable cost to their employers.
Dr. Eldridge is a 1983 graduate and former faculty member of the Northwestern University Medical School, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He completed his residency training in Ophthalmology at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in 1987. He also completed an additional year of training in retinal diseases while practicing in Evanston, Illinois. He has been in private practice in Kenosha for more than thirty years.
Dr. Eldridge is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Catherine's Hospital, and as President of the Kenosha Physicians Network IPA. His biography has appeared in Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in the United States, and Who's Who in the World.
Dr. Eldridge has had extensive experience with the diagnosis and treatment of medical retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease, and macular degeneration. He trained with and has been taught by many renowned vitreoretinal specialists. Dr. Eldridge has personally performed hundreds of fluorescein angiograms for medical retinal diseases. He has also performed thousands of laser procedures for diabetic retinopathy, other retinal vascular diseases, and retinal tears.
Dr. Eldridge has many other interests and experiences that influence his interactions with his ophthalmology patients. He has special interests in the fields of diabetes, lipidology, nutrition, the metabolic syndrome, allergy and immunology, and pharmacology. In addition to ophthalmology, Dr. Eldridge has worked in the fields of emergency medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. He has worked as a consultant to a CMS contractor investigating alleged Medicare fraud and abuse. Dr. Eldridge served as president and a director of an independent physician's association of over one hundred local physicians that contracted directly with insurance companies in an attempt to provide quality medical care to the residents of Kenosha at a reasonable cost to their employers.