Aaron M. Ricca, MD

Dr. Aaron Ricca is an ophthalmologist at Retina Associates of Kentucky.

Dr. Ricca completed his Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in June 2019, and completed a two-year Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in June 2021.

Education

• MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
• BSME, Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Post-Graduate Education

• Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship, University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
• Ophthalmology Residency, University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

EyeRounds Contribution

1. Kramer BA, Ricca AM, Binkley EM, Boldt HC. Coats Disease. EyeRounds.org. June 30, 2016; Available from: https://eyerounds.org/cases/237-Coats-Disease.htm
2. Scruggs BA, Ricca AM, Folk JC. Unilateral Optic Nerve Granuloma. EyeRounds.org. March 14, 2017; Available from: https://eyerounds.org/cases/248-unilateral-optic-nerve-granuloma.htm
3. Stiff HA, Ricca AM, Goins KM. Corneal Marginal Ulcer: Marginal keratitis with ulceration in a 45 year-old male. EyeRounds.org. posted March 14, 2017; Available from: https://eyerounds.org/cases/249-corneal-marginal-ulcer.htm
4. Ricca AM. Pattern Dystrophy. EyeRounds.org. September 18, 2017; Available from: https://eyerounds.org/atlas/pages/pattern-dystrophy.html
5. Ricca AM. Ruptured Globe due to Blunt Eye Injury. EyeRounds.org. September 18, 2017; Available from: https://EyeRounds.org/atlas/pages/open-globe.html
6. Ricca AM. Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). EyeRounds.org. September 18, 2017; Available from: https://EyeRounds.org/atlas/pages/retinitis-pigmentosa-RP.html
7. Ricca AM. Tuberous Sclerosis with Optic Nerve Hamartoma. EyeRounds.org. September 18, 2017; Available from: https://EyeRounds.org/atlas/pages/retinal-astrocytic-hamartomas.htm
8. Ricca AM. Bull's-eye maculopathy due to hydroxychloroquine toxicity. EyeRounds.org. September 18, 2017; Available from: https://EyeRounds.org/atlas/pages/Hydroxychloroquine-toxicity/index.htm
9. Ricca AM. Johnson AT. True Exfoliation Syndrome. EyeRounds.org. November 28, 2017; Available from: https://EyeRounds.org/cases/262-True-Exfoliation-Syndrome.htm
10. Ricca AM, Binkley EM, Boldt HC. Fungal endophthalmitis: Hematogenous seeding in an immune suppressed patient with positive fungal and bacterial blood cultures. EyeRounds.org. posted December 15, 2017; Available from https://EyeRounds.org/cases/264-Fungal-Endophthalmitis.htm
11. Ricca AM, Kim AK, Chahal HS, Shriver EM. Nasolacrimal Stents: An Introductory Guide. EyeRounds.org. posted January 29, 2018; Available from: https://eyerounds.org/tutorials/Stents/
12. Ricca AM, Choi D, Ko AC. Festoon vs. Lower Eyelid Dermatochalasis.EyeRounds.org. Posted July 27, 2018; Available from https://eyerounds.org/atlas/pages/festoon-LED.htm
13. Ricca AM, Yom KH, Ko AC. Phenylephrine Response in Upper Eyelid Ptosis. EyeRounds.org. Posted July 31, 2018; Available from https://eyerounds.org/atlas/pages/phenylephrine-response-upper-eyelid-ptosis.htm
14. Ricca AM, Gorrepati PL, Ko AC. Periorbital Emphysema Following Ocular Trauma. EyeRounds.org. Posted July 31, 2018; Availablef from https://eyerounds.org/atlas/pages/periorbital-emphysema-ocular-trauma.htm
15. Yom KH, Ricca AM, Shriver EM, Ko AC. Enucleation and Evisceration: What to Expect. EyeRounds.org. posted September 27, 2017; Available from: https://eyerounds.org/cases/279-anophthalmic-socket.htm
16. Canady FJ, Ricca AM, Stiff HA, Shriver EM, Ko AC. Self-Resolving Ischemic Third Nerve Palsy. EyeRounds.org. October 8, 2018. Available from https://eyerounds.org/cases/280-self-resolving-ischemic-TNP.htm