Igor Westra, MD
Dr. Igor Westra received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial University of Miami Hospitals in Miami, FL...
Dr. Igor Westra received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Jackson Memorial University of Miami Hospitals in Miami, FL. His ophthalmology residency was completed at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Westra then completed a two-year fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous at Casey Eye Institute/Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Westra is Board Certified in Ophthalmology. As a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, he also participates in many other medical groups including the American Society of Retina Specialists, North Carolina Medical Society, and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Dr. Westra also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Adjunct Faculty member of the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Residents and medical students rotate through our clinics to learn more about eye care and retinal disease.
Dr. Westra lives with his wife in Wrightsville Beach. He has 3 adult daughters. His interests outside of medicine include water activities like kite boarding, paddle boarding, boating, as well as bicycling and traveling.
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