Albert T. Vitale MD

Albert T. Vitale specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of patients suffering from diseases of the retina and vitreous. He is also one of the only ophthalmologists in the Intermountain West specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of uveitis and other infections and inflammatory diseases of the eye.

His research interests include ocular manifestations of systemic diseases, novel therapeutic agents and new drug delivery systems in the treatment of ocular inflammatory disease, retinal vascular disease, and the pharmacotherapy of age-related macular degeneration. He is also one of about a handful of people in the country with dual training in ocular immunology and inflammatory disease as well as vitreoretinal surgery, and the only provider of such expertise in the Intermountain West. He is also co-author of the definitive text on the subject, with Dr. Steven Foster, entitled, Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis.