Where did Dr. da Costa do his training?
Dr. da Costa graduated with a B.S. in Physics with Honors at the University of Arkansas where he published on biomechanics of dog knees. He graduated from veterinary school at LSU in Baton Rouge where he published on feline heartworm disease and on diseases of taurine deficiency, which can cause retinal disease. He did emergency practice in Florida for 2 years with a group of specialists before his ophthalmology residency. Residency training was done in Arizona with the Eye Clinic for Animals, a.k.a. Eye Care for Animals, which is currently the largest veterinary ophthalmology residency program in the nation. Since residency training, Dr. da Costa has published on cataracts and glaucoma shunt surgery.
