Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

University of Miami Health System

8100 SW 10th StreetBuilding 3Plantation, Florida 33324United States

https://umiamihealth.org/bascom-palmer-eye-institute

To make an appointment, please call: (954) 465-2824.

Medical professionals: to refer a patient for PROSE treatment at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, please complete the referral form and fax it, with your last note, to the attention of the PROSE Network Clinic at 954-465-2725

The Ocular Surface Center at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of UHealth at the University of Miami, offers comprehensive eye care for patients with ocular surface disorders, including ocular Graft Versus Host Disease, dry eye syndrome, Sjögren’s Syndrome, cicatricial ocular pemphigoid, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and thermal and chemical burns. The PROSE Network Clinic at the Plantation, FL, location, opened in 2012. The PROSE Program Coordinator is happy to assist you with any questions you may have regarding candidacy, billing, insurance, or scheduling. It is their goal to make the approval and treatment process as easy as possible.

YOUR PROSE PROVIDER

Priscilla Sotomayor, OD BostonSight PROSE Clinical Fellow

Dr. Priscilla Sotomayor is a graduate of the University of Miami and received her Doctorate of Optometry from Nova Southeastern University. She completed her residency at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and in 2012 completed the BostonSight PROSE Clinical Fellowship. Dr. Sotomayor is fluent in Spanish.

OPHTHALMOLOGY TEAM

Guillermo Amescua, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Dr. Guillermo Amescua is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at UHealth, part of the University of Miami, specializing in ocular surface diseases, keratoprostheses, corneal transplant surgery, uveitis, and corneal and external diseases. His research interests are in the areas of ocular chemical and thermal burns, high-risk corneal transplantation, and ocular microbiology. Dr. Amescua received a combined medical and undergraduate degree from Ignacio A. Santos School of Medicine in Monterrey, Mexico, and completed a pre-graduate ocular immunology research fellowship at Cole Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He then completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he served as Chief Resident, as well as two fellowships in cornea and refractive surgery and in cornea, ocular surface, and uveitis, both at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.