Glaucoma
Young H. Kwon, MD, PhD | Email Address | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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| Title | Clifford M. and Ruth M. Altermatt Professor of Glaucoma |
| Service | Glaucoma |
| Address | 11190-B PFP |
| Phone | 319-356-3933 |
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Education
- BS (Biology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- PhD (Neuroscience), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post-Graduate Education
- Internship (Internal Medicine), Mt. Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Residency (Ophthalmology), Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School
- Fellowship (Glaucoma), Yale University School of Medicine
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- American Board of Ophthalmology
Professional Affiliations
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- American Medical Association
- American Academy of Ophthalmology (Fellow)
- Iowa Medical Society
- Iowa Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Glaucoma Society
Research Interests & Current Projects
- Development of sustained-release injectable timolol using PLGA. Collaborators: Markus Kuehn, PhD and Erin Lavik, PhD
- Development of automatic segmentation of optic disc into cup/rim from stereo optic disc photographs using pixel classification machine learning algorithm. Collaborators: Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD
- Development of automatic segmentation of optic nerve cup/rim/peripapillary NFL volumetric measures from SD OCT for glaucoma severity classification. Collaborators: Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD; Milan Sonka, PhD; Mona Garvin, PhD
Related Links
- ICTS Research Profile
- United States Department of Veteran Affairs Center for Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss
- The Iowa Glaucoma Center
