Meet

Brian Firestone, MD

Special Interests
  • Intraocular tumors, including uveal nevus, melanoma, retinoblastoma, metastatic tumors, lymphoma, retinal vascular tumors, rare tumors, and simulating lesions (e.g., Coats disease, FEVR).
  • Ocular surface tumors, including conjunctival melanoma, squamous neoplasia, lymphoma, and others.
  • Ocular adnexal and orbital tumors, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, sebaceous carcinoma, melanoma, and others.
  • Ophthalmic pathology, including gross and microscopic evaluation and special stains.
  • Medical retina conditions, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular diseases, and inherited retinal diseases.
Education
  • BA: Oklahoma Baptist University (magna cum Laude, with honors), Shawnee, OK – 2004
  • MD: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK – 2008
  • Preliminary Internal Medicine: Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX – 2008-2009
  • Ophthalmology Residency: Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX – 2009-2012
  • Ocular Oncology Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA – 2012-2013
  • Ocular Pathology Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA – 2013
Dr. Firestone - Ocular Oncologist and Pathologist in Oklahoma City
Bio

Dr. Firestone is the only fellowship-trained ocular oncologist and pathologist in Oklahoma. He has specific interest and expertise in caring for patients with tumors in or around the eye and also performs microscopic evaluation of eye-related biopsies and tissue. He sees adults with a wide variety of lesions ranging from small “freckles” and other benign tumors to melanoma and other cancers. He also sees children with retinoblastoma, Coats’ disease, and other lesions. Dr. Firestone’s team works with other cancer specialists in Oklahoma and surrounding states to provide the most comprehensive and high-quality treatment for eye cancer available in the region.

Dr. Firestone is a native of southern Oklahoma and received his undergraduate education at Oklahoma Baptist University, where he received the William Neptune Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014. He received his medical training at the University of Oklahoma. He served as chief resident during his ophthalmology residency at the Scott and White Eye Institute at Texas A&M University. He served as clinical fellow on the oncology service at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - the largest eye cancer center in the United States - under the direction of Jerry A. Shields, MD and Carol L. Shields, MD. Dr. Firestone then served as a fellow in the ocular pathology department at Wills Eye Hospital under the direction of Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., MD. The pathology department processes one of the largest volumes of ophthalmic specimens in the world.

He served as a Clinical Associate Professor at the Dean McGee Eye Institute/University of Oklahoma Department of Ophthalmology for over ten years, during which time he trained dozens of ophthalmology residents and fellows, delivered invited lectures, and produced numerous publications on topics related to ocular oncology and pathology.

He has been married to his lovely wife, Jessica, for twenty years, and their four children and four dogs keep them constantly entertained.

Dr. Firestone and his team at Retina Consultants of Oklahoma and Ocular Oncology of Oklahoma are eager to help with any eye-related lesion you or your patient may have.

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