- Dr. Robert E Wiggins, MD
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Dr. Robert E Wiggins, MD
Ophthalmology
- North Carolina, Asheville
Overview
Dr. Robert E Wiggins, MD works in Asheville, North Carolina is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Duke Eye Center in 1988. Dr. Wiggins is affiliated with Mission Hospitals and practicing for 39 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Abdominal Disorders• Abdominal Injuries
• Abscess
• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Aneurysm Embolization
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Astigmatism
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Bile Duct Cancer
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• Blepharitis
• Bone Reconstruction Recovery
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
• Bowel Strangulation
• Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatric
• Cataract, Congenital, With Microcornea or Slight Microphthalmia
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Cough
• Chronic Infections
• Colic
• Colpopexy
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Coronary Artery Revascularization
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Dependence
• Dermatitis
• Diverticulitis
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Fecal Impaction Removal
• Feeding Assessment
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Glaucoma Associated With Systemic Abnormalities
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Hepatitis A
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercholesterolemia Due to LDL Receptor Deficiency
• Immunodeficiency Without Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Laser Microsurgery
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lichen Sclerosis Et Atrophicus
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphocytosis
• Maxillofacial
• Metastatic Tumors (Brain)
• Minimally Invasive Parathyrodectomy
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Multiple Miscarriages
• Nail and Nail Bed Infection
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Non-Surgical Bite Correction
• Nondependent Hallucinogen Abuse
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Obstetric Procedures
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Oculo-Cerebro-Acral, (Roberts-Like) Ectrodactyly
• Optic Pathway Glioma
• Pancreas Disorders
• Phacolytic Glaucoma
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radial Keratotomy
• Radiation Proctitis
• Radiation-Related Neoplasm
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
• Repair of Rectocele With Robotic Assistance
• Ritalin Abuse
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Rumination Disorder
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Salpingo-Oophorectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Sandplay Therapy
• Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorders
• Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Stereotactic Lesions
• Stripping of Varicose Veins
• Suicide
• Thinning of Skin
• Thoracic Tumors
• Thrombolysis
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tilia Tree Pollen Allergy
• Tomosynthesis-Guided Breast Biopsy
• Tonsillectomy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Transoral Laser Microsurgery
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
• Ureter Tumor
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
• White Coat Hypertension
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
• Wound and-or Ulcer Foot
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Procedures
• Acquired Coloboma• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Alternating Hyperphoria
• Anisocoria
• Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• Anterior Scleritis
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
• Astigmatism
• Behçet's Disease
• Bell's Palsy
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• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Benign Neoplasm of Eye
• Blepharitis
• Blind Hypotensive Eye
• Blindness
• Blocked Tear Duct
• Cataract
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Chalazion
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Choroidal Neovascular Membranes (CNVM)
• Color Blindness
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Contact Lens
• Contact Lens Services
• Contusion of the Eyeball
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Corneal Erosion
• Corneal Ulcer
• Dacryocystostomy or Dacryocystotomy
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diplopia
• Disseminated Chorioretinitis and Disseminated Retinochoroiditis
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Drusen
• Dry Eyes
• Duane Retraction Syndrome
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Endophthalmitis
• Entropion
• Esophoria
• Esotropia
• Excision of Chalazion
• Exophoria
• Exotropia
• Extraocular Muscle Surgery
• Eyelid Spasm
• Eyelid Surgery
• Farsightedness
• Floaters
• Focal Chorioretinitis and Focal Retinochoroiditis
• Foveal and-or Macular Hypoplasia
• Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
• Giant Cell Arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Graves' Disease
• Headache
• Herpetic Keratitis
• Heterophoria
• Hypertropia
• Hyphema
• Hypotropia
• Juvenile Chronic Arthritis
• Juvenile Macular Degeneration
• Keratitis
• Keratoconus
• Lazy Eye
• Leucocoria
• Lupus Erythematosus
• Macular Edema
• Macular Hole
• Malignant Neoplasm of Eye
• Marfan Syndrome
• Mechanical Strabismus
• Migraine
• Monofixation Syndrome
• Nearsightedness
• Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Non-Cosmetic Chemodenervation
• Nystagmus
• Ocular Hypertension
• Optic Neuritis
• Orbital Cellulitis
• Paracentesis of Anterior Eye
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Pars Planitis
• Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
• Pinguecula
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Pituitary Gland Cancer
• Posterior Scleritis
• Presbyopia
• Progressive High Myopia
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Pterygium
• Removal of Foreign Body from External Eye
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Retinal Dystrophy
• Retinal Hemorrhage
• Retinal Ischemia
• Retinal Neovascularization
• Retinal Telangiectasia
• Retinal Vascular Occlusion
• Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
• Retinoblastoma
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Retinoschisis
• Sarcoidosis
• Senile Cataracts
• Sjögren's Syndrome
• Still's Disease
• Stye
• Sympathetic Uveitis
• Trichiasis
• Uveitis and Iridocyclitis
• Vertical Heterophoria
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 39
State License
- North Carolina
Education & Training
Residency Hospitals
Duke Eye Center
Durham, NC, USA
Year completed: 1988
Durham, NC, USA
Year completed: 1988
Internship Hospital
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Year completed: 1985
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Year completed: 1985
Medical School
University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School Of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Graduated: 1984
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Graduated: 1984
Awards
1 AMA
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Office Locations
Primary location
Asheville Eye Associates
8 Medical Parks Drive
North Carolina (NC)
Asheville
28803
Phone:(828) 258-1586
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Asheville Eye Associates, 8 Medical Parks Drive, Asheville, North Carolina (NC), 28803
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- American Republic
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
- Blue Options PPO
- CHAMPVA
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health Care
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- GEHA
- Golden Rule
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- MedCost
- MedCost PPO
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MVP Health Care
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Tricare
- UniCare
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Wellpath Preferred PPO
- Wells Fargo Insurance
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Affiliated Hospitals
Mission Hospitals
509 Biltmore Avenue
North Carolina NC,
Asheville,
28801
Mission Hospitals is a hospital located in Asheville, NC. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 2 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 5 of 16 procedures.
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