Fellowship
Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Eye Institute of West Florida

Residency
Ophthalmology
Duke Eye Center

Internship
Duke University
Internal Medicine

Medical Education
University of Utah School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine

Undergraduate
Duke University
Bachelor of Arts

Resident Excellence Award, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (2025)

Resident and Fellow Grant, Panacea Financial Foundation (2025)

American Academy of Ophthalmology (2017 - Present)

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (2021 - Present)

YoungMD Connect (2025 - Present)

Refractive Surgery Alliance (2024 - 2025)

Eye Bank Association of America (2023 - 2025)

Corpuz E., Peralta E., Maldonado R., Asrani S., Fekrat S. 2025. Longitudinal Multimodal Imaging Findings Following Inadvertent 577nm Laser Backscatter Exposure During Panretinal Laser Photocoagulation. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases, 2025.

Tuttle J., Peralta E., Lee T., Kenneth-Nwosa, K., Wisely E., Legault G. 2025. Collegiate Athlete Perspectives on Eye Injury, Eye Protection, Vision Training, and Refractive Surgery. In submission.

Peralta E., Wiley W. 2025. Post-LASIK Presbyopia: Meeting Expectations with Evolving Technology. Ophthalmology Times, 50(4).

Peralta E., Kim C., Tian J., Ahmed S., Carlson A., Williams L. 2025. Cyclosporine as Postoperative Immunomodulating Agent in Penetrating Keratoplasty for Keratomycosis: a Case Series. Digital Journal of Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2025.

Peralta E., Maniar A., Proia A., Ahmed S., Materin M. 2025. Dissecting Trabeculectomy Filtering Bleb Masquerading as Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia. Digital Journal of Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2025.

Morgan R., Peralta E., Valikodath N., Fekrat S. 2024. Vitreous Prolapse into Anterior Chamber Secondary to Double Dose Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Neovascular AMD. Digital Journal of Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 7(2025).

Peralta E., Hutton D., Fekrat S. 2024. Protecting vision during solar eclipses: Insights for ophthalmologists. Ophthalmology Times.

Tian J., Peralta E., Houser K. 2022. An Update on Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. touchReviews in Ophthalmology, 16(2):72-75.

Tian J., Peralta E., Peters K., Konda S., Robbins C., Wisely E., Challa P. 2022. Review of “IOL power calculations after LASIK or PRK: Barrett True-K biometer-only calculation strategy yields equivalent outcomes as a multiple formula approach” ASCRS EyeWorld.

Peralta E., Etheridge T., Harrie R., Lin A. 2022. Implantation Cyst of Anterior Chamber: a Case Report. Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 13(3):929-935.

Etheridge T., Brintz B., Jensen M., Peralta E., Ayesha A., Jebaraj A., Marx D. 2022. Incidence and Severity of Asymptomatic Ocular Injury in Adult and Pediatric Orbital Fractures. Orbit, 42(3):273-278.

Peralta E., Swiston C., Wiggins R., Warner J., Vegunta S. 2022. Temporal Lobe Encephalocele in a Patient with Suspected IIH: a Case Report. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 43(4):173-174.

Wallace R., Murri M., McCoy L., Peralta E., Pettey J., Chaya C. 2022. Patterns of Blindness in the Navajo Nation: a 9-Year Study. Vision, 6(3).

Peralta E., Murri M., Wallace R., Pettey J. 2021. Outcomes of Outreach Surgery in the Navajo Nation, a Retrospective Study. 2021. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 62(8).

Hong K., Collon S., Chang D., Thakalli S., Welling J., Oliva M., Peralta E., Gurung R., Ruit S., Tabin G., Myung D., Thapa S. 2019. Teleophthalmology through Handheld Mobile Devices: a Pilot Study in Rural Nepal. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine, 8(1), 1-10.

Gray K., Benetz B., Stoeger C., Vizzerra A., Edwards D., Chavarria J., Stuart N., Clover J., Davis D., Ansin A., Stockman A., Freiburger M., Van Oss S., Schmidt G., Chau M., Peralta E., Lass J. et al. 2018. Current and New Technologies in Corneal Donor Tissue Evaluation: Comparative Image Atlas. Cornea: The Journal of Cornea and External Disease, 37(6).

Hong K., Collon S., Chang D., Thakalli S., Welling J., Oliva M., Peralta E., Gurung R., Ruit S., Tabin G., Myung D., Thapa S. 2018. Clinical Utility of a Mobile Device Teleophthalmology System at Community Eye Centers in Rural Nepal. Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.

Peralta E., Muir K., Rosdahl J. 2016. Systematic Review of Knowledge Assessments for Glaucoma Patients. Seminars in Ophthalmology, 33(3):377-388.

Rao V., Peralta E., Rosdahl J. 2016. Validation of a Glaucoma Knowledge Assessment in Glaucoma Patients. Clinical Ophthalmology, 10:1913-1918.

Choosing Cataract and Refractive. Cover Story, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today (2025)

Post-LASIK Presbyopia: Meeting Expectations with Evolving Technology. Ophthalmology Times, 50(4) (2025)

The Discovery That Saved a Baby’s Life. Morning Rounds, AAO EyeNet (2023)

ASCRS Foundation Resident Excellence Award. EyeWorld (2025)

Duke Residents Honored with Resident ASCRS Excellence Award. Duke Eye Center (2025)

Opening Eyes Special Olympics (2025)

Duke Blue Devil Bridges (2025)

Mentoring Rising Stars in Cornea (2023)

Moran Eye Center Global Outreach (2019 - 2022)

University of Utah, Telemedicine for Future Providers Course (2021 - 2022)

University of Florida, Ophthalmology Equal Access Clinic Director (2018 - 2020)

AAO/AUPO Minority Ophthalmology Mentoring Program (2017)

Himalayan Cataract Project (2016)

DukeLens (2015)