Peter A. Nixon, MD

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Austin Retina Associates was voted "Best Eye Care Provider" 2018

Each physician at Austin Retina Associates has been selected as one of the top 5% of physicians and named a "Texas Super Doct...

Dr. Mark Levitan and Dr. Peter Nixon collaborating at Third Coast Retina 2018

801 W 38th St Ste 200

Austin, TX 78705

+1 (512) 451-0103

http://www.austinretina.com

Born and raised in South Africa, Dr. Nixon moved to the United States with his family at the age of 14. He attended high school in Huntsville, Alabama, and later graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Earning a medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, Dr. Nixon received additional training in ophthalmology while studying in Zurich, Switzerland, before completing his internship at the Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham. His ophthalmology residency program was held at the renowned Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, one of the nation's leading facilities for treating traumatic eye injuries. Dr. Nixon went on to complete a two-year vitreoretinal surgery fellowship a...

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10/30/2022

Dr Nixon went out of his way to help my wife during a medical emergency involving her eyes that could have cost her the sight in one or both eyes. He came in on a morning he did not have office...

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Dr. Shelley Day Ghafoori grew up in Sunnyvale, California and later moved to Massachusetts where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University with a degree in History and Science. She stayed in Boston and attended Harvard Medical School where she was awarded the competitive Beecher Prize and Osler Medal. She then completed a top-tier general ophthalmology residency program at the University of California, San Francisco where she was the recipient of the Garcia/Asbury Award for research. She traveled back to the east coast to complete a 2-year vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at Duke University, training with world-renowned faculty. During this time, she was the recipient of the nationally awarded Heed Ophthalm...

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