Orlando Alves da Silva, MD
Da Silva is a consultant ophthalmologist, surgeon and professor of ocular motricity and proprioception based in Lisbon, Portugal, where he directs a busy multidisciplinary clinic. He has published papers on the topic of postural deficiency/PDS and has treated nearly 50,000 patients with PDS over his career. He pioneered the use of active prisms for the management of PDS and for dissociated vertical deviation, avoiding the need for surgery. He has also developed a treatment for certain types of functional amblyopia in adults.
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