Nikhil Wagle, M.D.
Leading Ophthalmologist in Bettendorf & Rock Island

- Fellowship: Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC
- Residency, Department of Ophthalmology Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC
- Internship: Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, IL
- Medical School: University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- Spring Park Surgery Center
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- The American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Appointed to the Iowa Board of Medicine by Governor Reynolds, May 2019
- President of the Pleasant Valley Community School Board, Pleasant Valley, IA
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Drs. Joseph Dean Medical Scholarship
- Ralph M. Waters Medical Scholarship
- Student Representative, Medical Student Association
- Treasurer, Medical Student Association
- Vice President, Medical Student Association
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
- Executive Board Student Representative, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
- Mortar Board National Honor Society
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- Wisconsin Student Association Senator
- Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society
- Dean’s List – All Semesters
- Wagle NS, Freedman SF, Buckley EG, Davis JS, Biglan AW: Long Term Outcome of Cyclocryotherapy for Refractory Pediatric Glaucoma. Ophthalmology 1998; 105: 1921-26. Also presented at the meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA, October 1997.
- Castillo M, Mekherji S, Wagle NS. “Imaging of the Pediatric Orbit.” Department of Neuroradiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC and Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC. Accepted for publication in Neuroimaging Clinics of North America.
Glaucoma Causes and Treatments
Glaucoma Treatment
Red Eye
Authored Articles
Misplaced Your Reading Glasses ... Again? Presbyopia, or age-related blurry near vision, is a common, progressive...
Cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure done in the United States, and every year, about three million...
Glaucoma is a chronic disease of the eye that results in damage to the optic nerve, a vital structure that is responsible...