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Trends in fungal keratitis in the United States, 2001 to 2007Emily W Gower
Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Ophthalmology 117:2263-7. 2010..The recent Fusarium keratitis outbreak raised questions regarding the background rate of Fusarium-related keratitis and other fungal keratitis in this population...- A cost-effectiveness analysis of three treatments for age-related macular degenerationEmily W Gower
Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Retina 30:212-21. 2010.... 
Rates and risk factors for unfavorable outcomes 6 weeks after trichiasis surgeryEmily W Gower
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 52:2704-11. 2011..This study was conducted to evaluate risk factors for early trichiasis recurrence and other unfavorable short-term outcomes...- Visual and cognitive deficits predict stopping or restricting driving: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Driving Study (SEEDS)Lisa Keay
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 50:107-13. 2009..To determine the visual and other factors that predict stopping or restricting driving in older drivers... - Visual characteristics of elderly night drivers in the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Driving StudyMona A Kaleem
Department of Ophthalmology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 53:5161-7. 2012..To characterize visual factors among those who continue to drive and those who restrict night driving in the elderly population... - Predictors of lane-change errors in older driversCynthia A Munro
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Meyer 218, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:457-64. 2010..To determine the factors that predict errors in executing proper lane changes among older drivers... - Effect of trichiasis surgery on visual acuity outcomes in EthiopiaTinsay A Woreta
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 127:1505-10. 2009..To determine the effect of trichiasis surgery on visual acuity... - Prospective one-year study of ranibizumab for predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesions in age-related macular degenerationMargaret A Chang
Retina Division and Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Retina 30:1171-6. 2010..To determine the safety and effect of ranibizumab on predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesions due to age-related macular degeneration... - Poor sense of direction is associated with constricted driving space in older driversKathleen A Turano
Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Wilmer Room 129, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:348-55. 2009..The SBSOD score also showed a significant association with women's self-reported driving restriction. The findings emphasize the need to explore the role of psychological factors, and include gender, in driving studies and models... - Sex differences in cognition in healthy elderly individualsCynthia A Munro
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 19:759-68. 2012..Our finding that the pattern of sex differences in cognition observed in young adults is observed in old age has implications for future studies of both healthy elderly individuals and of those with cognitive disorders... - Detection of new-onset choroidal neovascularization using optical coherence tomography: the AMD DOC StudyDiana V Do
Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ophthalmology 119:771-8. 2012.... - Cataract surgery among Medicare beneficiariesOliver D Schein
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 19:257-64. 2012..To present descriptive epidemiology of cataract surgery among Medicare recipients in the United States... - Impact of Trichiasis surgery on physical functioning in Ethiopian patients: STAR trialMeraf A Wolle
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 151:850-7. 2011..To evaluate the physical functioning of Ethiopian trichiasis surgery patients before and 6 months after surgery... - Relationship between immediate post-operative appearance and 6-week operative outcome in trichiasis surgeryShannath L Merbs
Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6:e1718. 2012..However, the immediate post-operative appearance that minimizes the chance of recurrence and other adverse outcomes has not been investigated... 
Disparities in access to medical care for individuals with vision impairmentChristine Spencer
School of Public Affairs, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 16:281-8. 2009..We investigated the relationship between blindness and vision impairment and access to medical care...- The trachomatous trichiasis clamp: a surgical instrument designed to improve bilamellar tarsal rotation procedure outcomesShannath L Merbs
Department of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 130:220-3. 2012.... - Postcataract surgery endophthalmitis in the United States: analysis of the complete 2003 to 2004 Medicare database of cataract surgeriesLisa Keay
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ophthalmology 119:914-22. 2012..To estimate endophthalmitis incidence after cataract surgery nationally and at the state level in 2003 and 2004 and to explore risk factors... - Urban and rural differences in older drivers' failure to stop at stop signsLisa Keay
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States
Accid Anal Prev 41:995-1000. 2009..In this cohort failure to stop at stop signs was not explained by poor vision or cognition. Conversely in urban areas, those who have visual field loss appear to be more cautious at stop signs... - Trichiasis: making progress toward eliminationEmily W Gower
Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Int Ophthalmol Clin 47:77-86. 2007 - Regional variations and trends in the prevalence of diagnosed glaucoma in the Medicare populationSandra D Cassard
Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Ophthalmology 119:1342-51. 2012..To determine the prevalence of diagnosed glaucoma in the Medicare population and to assess regional variations and trends... - Recent trends in the management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachmentAkrit Sodhi
Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Surv Ophthalmol 53:50-67. 2008.... - Intraoperative phacoemulsification complication rates of second- and third-year ophthalmology residents a 5-year comparisonAlonzo S Woodfield
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ophthalmology 118:954-8. 2011..To determine whether year of residency is associated with intraoperative phacoemulsification complication rates... - Economic impact of visual impairment and blindness in the United StatesKevin D Frick
Department of Health Policy and Management, Health Services Research and Development Center, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 1901, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 125:544-50. 2007..To assess the economic impact of excess medical and informal care and the health utility loss associated with visual impairment and blindness in adults aged 40 years and older in the United States...