{"id":277265,"date":"2025-09-29T21:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/carlos-defreitas-od\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:42:31","slug":"carlos-defreitas-od","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/carlos-defreitas-od\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos DeFreitas OD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>O Dr. DeFreitas \u00e9 licenciado pelo Providence College, onde obteve o seu diploma de Bacharel em Artes em 1990. Continuou os seus estudos de p\u00f3s-gradua\u00e7\u00e3o no The New England College of Optometry, onde recebeu o grau de Doutor em Optometria em 1994.<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. DeFreitas \u00e9 especializado em cuidados oftalmol\u00f3gicos familiares completos, incluindo exames oftalmol\u00f3gicos de rotina, servi\u00e7os de lentes de contacto, interven\u00e7\u00e3o terap\u00eautica, incluindo o tratamento do glaucoma e a gest\u00e3o conjunta pr\u00e9 e p\u00f3s-operat\u00f3ria de pacientes com cataratas e cirurgia refractiva.<\/p>\n<p>Est\u00e1 licenciado em Rhode Island e Massachusetts com plenos privil\u00e9gios terap\u00eauticos e \u00e9 membro da Rhode Island e da American Optometric Association.<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. DeFreitas \u00e9 natural de Rhode Island e \u00e9 um americano de primeira gera\u00e7\u00e3o de pais imigrantes da ilha do Faial, A\u00e7ores. 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