{"id":44256,"date":"2019-06-08T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=44256"},"modified":"2019-06-07T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T03:41:06","slug":"dr-mark-christian-rivera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2019\/06\/08\/dr-mark-christian-rivera\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Professionals in Manila: Dr. Mark Christian R. Rivera, M.D., D.P.B.O."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eyes are the mirror to the soul and also to good health! Talking with Dr. Rivera of Asian Eye Institute, we learned that many health\u00a0conditions\u00a0affect\u00a0our visions which is why we need to take better care of\u00a0our eyes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/2017\/02\/16\/world-class-eye-treatment-at-asian-eye-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\">Receive World-Class Eye Treatment at Asian Eye Institute<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Dr. Mark Christian R. Rivera, M.D., D.P.B.O.<br \/>\n<em>Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Cataract, Comprehensive Ophthalmology<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44301\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/rivera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/rivera.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/rivera-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/rivera-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/rivera-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asian Eye Institute Cornea and Refractive Specialist <strong>Dr. Mark R. Rivera<\/strong> chose to become a doctor for two main reasons \u2013 he comes from a family of doctors and he loves the feeling of seeing and helping patients have healthy vision.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Rivera took up his medical degree at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), it is also where he obtained his post-graduate internship and residency training in ophthalmology. He then underwent fellowship training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Asian Eye, under Harvard-trained and multi-awarded surgeon Dr. Robert Ang. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A diplomate of the Philippine Board of Ophthalmology (PBO),\u00a0Dr. Rivera has been invited to give lectures and has published and received recognition for several scientific papers. He performs LASIK surgeries to correct eye grade and eliminate the need for eyeglasses, and cataract surgeries to help the elderly have clearer visions and live a better quality of life. He recommends everyone to have comprehensive eye exams because prevention is always better than the cure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Make an appointment:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Asian Eye Rockwell<\/strong>:<br \/>\n8th, 9th, 10th floors, Phinma Plaza, Rockwell Center, Makati<br \/>\nContact number: 02-898-2020 \/ 0918-898-2020<br \/>\nSchedule: Wednesday, 8 am to 5 pm (by appointment); Thursday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. (by appointment)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Asian Eye Alabang<\/strong>:<br \/>\nG\/F Commercenter, Commerce Ave. cor. Filinvest Ave., Alabang, Muntinlupa City<br \/>\nContact number: 02-403-9013 \/ 02-403-8996 \/ 0917-628-2807<br \/>\nSchedule: Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Image from Asian Eye Institute<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rivera is an ophthalmologist at the Asian Eye Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3683],"tags":[4358,6442,4359],"class_list":["post-44256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medical-feature","tag-asian-eye-institute","tag-health","tag-ophthalmology"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/06\/rivera.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44256"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44319,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44256\/revisions\/44319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}