Dr. Peter Diedrichsen

Ophthalmology/Cataract

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Office:

402.887.6210

Facility/Office:

Travels to AMH every third month: First Tuesday (March, June, Sept., Dec.)

Education:

Education

* Undergraduate: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

* Graduate: University of Nebraska College of medicine

* Ophthalmology Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center

* Fellowship: Phakic Intraocular Lens Implant Surgery

Certification:

Accomplishments

* Board Certified Ophthalmologist

* Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

* Member of the Nebraska Academy of Ophthalmology

* Member of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery

* Member of the Atlanta Ophthalmology Associates

* Member of the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

* Served on the Columbus Community Hospital Board of Directors (9 years)

* Past-President of the Nebraska Academy of Ophthalmology

* Performed the first approved laser refractive surgical procedure in Nebraska for myopia in January 1996

* Specialist in laser surgery (LASIK) and lens implantation

More/Other Information:

Dr. Diedrichsen's refractive surgery experience extends over the past 20 years. He became certified to implant all the currently approved multifocal intraocular lens to allow patients to be spectacle-free after cataract or clear lens removal and was one of the first Nebraska physicians to begin using multifocal lens implants and astigmatic keratectomies at the time of cataract surgery.

Biography:

Dr. Diedrichsen grew up in Scribner, Nebraska.