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Philip L. Custer, M.D.

Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

Specialty Areas

  • Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
  • Oculoplastic Surgery - Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Patients Seen At

Eye Center
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, Suite C, Floor 12
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 362-3937
Fax: (314) 362-3725

Mailing Address

Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Campus Box 8096
St. Louis, MO 63110

Areas of Clinical Interest

  • Cosmetic eyelid surgery
  • eyelid malpositions (ptosis, ectropion, entropion)
  • lacrimal (tearing) disorders
  • post-traumatic deformities
  • orbital conditions
  • enucleation/socket reconstruction
  • thyroid eye disease
  • eyelid and orbital tumors

Board Certification

Ophthalmology--Certified

Medical Education

  • B.S.: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesse, 1974
  • Medical Degree: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennesse, 1978
  • Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 1982
  • Fellowship: Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, 1984

Hospital Affiliations

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  • St. Louis Children's Hospital

Honors and Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Culican SM, Custer PL. Repair of cicatricial ectropion in an infant with harlequin ichthyosis using engineered human skin. Am J Ophthalmol 2002 Sep; 134(3):442-3
  • Custer PL, Harvey H. The arm as a skin graft donor site in eyelid reconstruction. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2001 Nov; 17(6):427-30
  • Custer PL, Reistad CE. Enucleation of blind, painful eyes. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Sep; 16(5):326-9
  • Custer PL. Lagophthalmos: an unusual manifestation of oculomotor nerve aberrant regeneration. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Jan; 16(1):50-1
  • Custer PL, Trinkaus KM. Volumetric determination of enucleation implant size. Am J Ophthalmol 1999 Oct; 128(4):489-94
  • Custer PL. Postoperative rotation of hydroxyapatite enucleation implants. Arch Ophthalmol 1999 Nov; 117(11):1521-3
  • Custer PL, Trinkaus KM, Fornoff J. Comparative motility of hydroxyapatite and alloplastic enucleation implants. Ophthalmology 1999; 106:513-516
  • Custer PL. Enucleation. Eds. Krupin T, Kolker AE, Rosenberg LF. Complications in Ophthalmic Surgery (2nd edition). St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1999; pp291-301
  • Custer PL.Blepharoptosis. Eds. Yanoff M, Duker JS. Ophthalmology. London, England :Mosby 1999; Sec 7, Chap 5, pp1-8
  • Tarbet KJ, Custer PL. External dacryocystorhinostomy: surgical success, patient satisfaction and economic cost. Ophthalmology 1995; 102:1065-1070
  • Custer PL. Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty. In Principles and Practices of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Philidelphia, PA: WB Sanders Co., 1996; 617-625
  • Walker RS, Custer PL, Nerad, JA. Surgical excision of periorbital capillary hemangioma. Ophthalmology 1994; 101:1333-1340
  • Epply BL, Custer PL, Sadove AM. Cutaneous approaches to the orbital skeleton and periorbital structures. J Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1990; 48:842-854
  • Custer PL. Conceptual approach to eyelid reconstruction. Otolaryngologic Clinics of N America 1990; 23:991-1002
  • Custer PL, Tenzel RR, Kowalczyk AP. Blepharochalasis Syndrome. Am J Ophthalmol 1985; 99:424-428
  • Custer PL. Ptosis: Approach to evaluation and management. Presented to American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1985

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