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The Macula Foundation has supported an extraordinary number of publications, mostly in prestigious, peer-review journals.

For a complete listing of publications, visit our Publications Archive.

The Midwest, Downtown, and Sattler's Layer: When Everyone Knows What We Mean, But Nobody Knows Where It Is

Spaide RF

2025 May 1

PMID:

39999818

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000004436

Assessing structure - Function relationships in non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Chew EY, Cukras C, Duncan JL, Dysli C, He Y, Henry E, Holz F, Moult E, Owsley C, Roorda A, Sarraf D, Schwartz R, Spaide R, Taylor L, Teussink M, Zhang Y, Staurenghi G.

2025 Jun:255:110349. Epub 2025 Mar 22.

PMID:

40127748

PMCID:

PMC12058413

DOI:

10.1016/j.exer.2025.110349

En face OCT: Breakthroughs in understanding the pathoanatomy of retinal disease and clinical applications

Feo A, Ramtohul P, Govetto A, Borrelli E, Sacconi R, Corradetti G, Querques G, Romano MR, Rosenfeld PJ, Spaide RF, Freund KB, Sadda S, Sarraf D.

Prog Retin Eye Res. 2025 May:106:101351. Epub 2025 Mar 5.

PMID:

40054600

DOI:

10.1016/j.preteyeres.2025.101351

Atypical Autofluorescence Findings in Geographic Atrophy: The Influence of Age-Related Choroidal Atrophy

Faes L, Jung JJ, Sorenson J, Freund KB

2025 Feb 19. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39999827

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001739

Choroidal Synphlebia in a Patient with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Naderi A, Spaide R

2025 Feb 6 Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39929173

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001728

Enormous Bilateral Optic Disc Drusen Presenting as a Central Retinal Vein and Cilioretinal Artery Occlusion

Naderi A, Spaide R

2025 Feb 6. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

39929179

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001727

Stellate Nonhereditary Idiopathic Foveomacular Retinoschisis and Central Anomalous Retinoschisis with mid-PEripheral Traction

Feo A, Govetto A, Ramtohul P, Abraham N, Cabral D, Chang PY, Chaudhry N, Chen FK, Eliott D, Faes L, Heath Jeffery RC, Mrejen S, Popovic MM, Tieger MG, Zatreanu L, Sadda SR, Freund KB, Romano MR, Sarraf D

2025 Feb 6. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

39922381

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2025.01.019

Deep Learning Approaches to Predict Geographic Atrophy Progression Using Three-Dimensional OCT Imaging

Yoshida K, Anegondi N, Pely A, Zhang M, Debraine F, Ramesh K, Steffen V, Gao SS, Cukras C, Rabe C, Ferrara D, Spaide RF, Sadda SR, Holz FG, Yang Q

2025 Feb 3

PMID:

39913124

PMCID:

PMC11806428

DOI:

10.1167/tvst.14.2.11

Functional Deficits Associated with Dark Without Pressure

Cobbs LV, Bijon J, Freund KB

2025 Feb 3. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39903922

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001723

Standardization of OCT Angiography Nomenclature in Retinal Vascular Diseases: Consensus-Based Recommendations

Munk MR, Turgut F, Faes L, Jaggi D, Freund KB, Sadda SR, Peto T, Wang RK, Pircher M, Curcio CA, Sun J, Kashani AH; International Retinal Imaging Society Research Group

2025 Jan 31. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39894444

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2025.01.015

Myopic Tractional Maculopathy and Retinoschisis with Telangiectasia

Faes L, Freund KB

2024 Nov 4. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

39503686

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2024.09.015

Bilateral Colobomas Affecting the Iris, Optic Nerve, Choroid, and Retina

Faes L, Freund KB

2024 Nov 4. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39503663

DOI:

10.1016/j.ophtha.2024.10.001

Progression Of Peripapillary And Macular Chorioretinal Atrophy In Multifocal Choroiditis Is Associated With Periatrophic Inflammatory Plumes

Ossewaarde-van Norel J, Spaide RF

2024 Nov 1

PMID:

39089007

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000004227

Features of Valsalva-Induced Choroidal Hemorrhage in High Myopia

Faes L, Feo A, Sheng J, Ramtohul P, Gundlach BS, Jumper JM, Sarraf D, Freund KB

Winter 2025. Epub 2024 Oct 29

PMID:

39477208

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2024.10.021

Review of type 3 macular neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration: no DRAMA (Deep Retinal Age-related Microvascular Anomalies)

Faes L, Bijon J, Bacci T, Freund KB

Spring 2025. Epub 2024 Oct 11

PMID:

39394372

PMCID:

PMC11933695

DOI:

10.1038/s41433-024-03343-3

Pathways To Geographic Atrophy In Nonneovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Spaide RF

2024 Oct 1

PMID:

39121492

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000004242

Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy And Placoid Variant Diseases Masquerading As Age-Related Macular Degeneration In The Elderly: A Case Series

Cheng JY, Santina A, Margines JB, Voichanski S, Ramtohul P, Bousquet E, Bijon J, Freund KB, Yannuzzi L, Sarraf D

2024 Oct 1

PMID:

39027974

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000004191

Prevalence, Features, and Outcomes of Type 1 Neovascularization in Eyes with Angioid Streaks

Cicinelli MV, Ramtohul P, Bianco L, Introini U, Bandello F, Freund KB, Battaglia Parodi M

Winter 2025. Epub 2024 Aug 9

PMID:

39127109

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2024.08.002

Clinical Implications of Alternating Hypointense Bands on OCT Angiography in Retinal Vascular Occlusive Disease

Cabral D, Bijon J, Vaz M, Naguib M, Sarraf D, Freund KB

Fall 2024. Epub 2024 May 7

PMID:

38719189

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2024.04.022

Hyporeflective Subretinal Lucency in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Ophthalmology

Bijon J, Freund KB

2024 Dec. Epub 2024 Jan 27

PMID:

38284952

DOI:

10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.12.023

The Midwest, Downtown, and Sattler's Layer: When Everyone Knows What We Mean, But Nobody Knows Where It Is

Spaide RF

2025 May 1

PMID:

39999818

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000004436

Assessing structure - Function relationships in non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Chew EY, Cukras C, Duncan JL, Dysli C, He Y, Henry E, Holz F, Moult E, Owsley C, Roorda A, Sarraf D, Schwartz R, Spaide R, Taylor L, Teussink M, Zhang Y, Staurenghi G.

2025 Jun:255:110349. Epub 2025 Mar 22.

PMID:

40127748

PMCID:

PMC12058413

DOI:

10.1016/j.exer.2025.110349

En face OCT: Breakthroughs in understanding the pathoanatomy of retinal disease and clinical applications

Feo A, Ramtohul P, Govetto A, Borrelli E, Sacconi R, Corradetti G, Querques G, Romano MR, Rosenfeld PJ, Spaide RF, Freund KB, Sadda S, Sarraf D.

Prog Retin Eye Res. 2025 May:106:101351. Epub 2025 Mar 5.

PMID:

40054600

DOI:

10.1016/j.preteyeres.2025.101351

Atypical Autofluorescence Findings in Geographic Atrophy: The Influence of Age-Related Choroidal Atrophy

Faes L, Jung JJ, Sorenson J, Freund KB

2025 Feb 19. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39999827

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001739

Choroidal Synphlebia in a Patient with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Naderi A, Spaide R

2025 Feb 6 Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39929173

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001728

Enormous Bilateral Optic Disc Drusen Presenting as a Central Retinal Vein and Cilioretinal Artery Occlusion

Naderi A, Spaide R

2025 Feb 6. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

39929179

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001727

Stellate Nonhereditary Idiopathic Foveomacular Retinoschisis and Central Anomalous Retinoschisis with mid-PEripheral Traction

Feo A, Govetto A, Ramtohul P, Abraham N, Cabral D, Chang PY, Chaudhry N, Chen FK, Eliott D, Faes L, Heath Jeffery RC, Mrejen S, Popovic MM, Tieger MG, Zatreanu L, Sadda SR, Freund KB, Romano MR, Sarraf D

2025 Feb 6. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

39922381

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2025.01.019

Deep Learning Approaches to Predict Geographic Atrophy Progression Using Three-Dimensional OCT Imaging

Yoshida K, Anegondi N, Pely A, Zhang M, Debraine F, Ramesh K, Steffen V, Gao SS, Cukras C, Rabe C, Ferrara D, Spaide RF, Sadda SR, Holz FG, Yang Q

2025 Feb 3

PMID:

39913124

PMCID:

PMC11806428

DOI:

10.1167/tvst.14.2.11

Functional Deficits Associated with Dark Without Pressure

Cobbs LV, Bijon J, Freund KB

2025 Feb 3. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39903922

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001723

Standardization of OCT Angiography Nomenclature in Retinal Vascular Diseases: Consensus-Based Recommendations

Munk MR, Turgut F, Faes L, Jaggi D, Freund KB, Sadda SR, Peto T, Wang RK, Pircher M, Curcio CA, Sun J, Kashani AH; International Retinal Imaging Society Research Group

2025 Jan 31. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39894444

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2025.01.015

Outcomes in Patients with Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage After Anterior Segment Surgery

Fan J, Hudson JL, Pakravan P, Lazzarini TA, Lin BR, Fan KC, Yannuzzi NA, Sridhar J, Townsend JH, Berrocal AM, Smiddy WE, Vanner EA, Flynn HW Jr

Clin Ophthalmol. 2022 Dec 15;16:4199-4205. eCollection 2022

PMID:

36544898

PMCID:

PMC9762989

DOI:

10.2147/OPTH.S379557

Scleral Windows in the Treatment of Uveal Effusion Syndrome

Laura DM, Albini TA, Stewart KP, Nissen M, Besirli CG, Yannuzzi NA

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2022 Dec;53(12):651-653. Epub 2022 Dec 1.

PMID:

36547965

DOI:

10.3928/23258160-20221115-01

Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injection For Retinopathy of Prematurity: An International Multicenter Study

Patel NA, Acaba-Berrocal LA, Hoyek S, Fan KC, Martinez-Castellanos MA, Baumal CR, Harper CA 3rd, Berrocal AM; Retinopathy of Prematurity Injection Consortium

Ophthalmology. 2022 Dec;129(12):1380-1388. Epub 2022 Jul 19

PMID:

35863512

DOI:

10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.07.009

Patient Understanding of Nonapproved Stem Cell Therapies for Retinal Disease

Patel M, Homes HR, Yannuzzi NA, Kuriyan A, Sridhar J

Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 Mar;6(3):254-255. Epub 2021 Nov 2

PMID:

34740816

PMCID:

PMC8901474

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2021.10.012

Optic Nerve Tortuoisty and Displacements During Horizontal Eye Movements in Healthy and Highly Myopic Subjects

Wang X, Chang S, Grinband J, Yannuzzi LA, Freund KB, Hoang QV, Girard MJ

Br J Ophthalmol. 2022 Nov;106(11):1596-1602. Epub 2021 May 26

PMID:

34039559

DOI:

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2021-318968

Giant Retinal Tears: Long-Term Outcomes of Fellow Eyes

Sengillo JD, Smiddy WE, Yannuzzi NA, Flynn HW Jr

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2022 Nov;53(11):619-625. Epub 2022 Nov 1

PMID:

36378614

DOI:

10.3928/23258160-20221018-01

Cost Analysis: Port Delivery System versus Monthly Ranibizumab for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Treatment

Al-Khersan H, Patel NA, Yannuzzi NA, Lin J, Smiddy WE

Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 Nov;6(11):1105-1106. Epub 2022 May 27.

PMID:

35636743

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2022.05.021

Mechanical Property Comparison of 23-, 25-, and 27-Gauge Vitrectors across Vitrectomy Systems

Lai JM, Patel V, Watane A, Fils AJ, Pakravan P, Huang CY, Patel N, Sridhar J, Yannuzzi NA

Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 Nov;6(11):1001-1008. Epub 2022 May 13.

PMID:

35569764

PMCID:

PMC9637701

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2022.05.004

Acute-Onset Postoperative Endophthalmitis After Cataract Surgery Performed by Resident and Attending Physicians at a University Teaching Hospital

Kunkler AL, Sengillo JD, Al-Khersan H, Fan KC, Laura DM, Miller D, Donaldson KE, Yoo SH, Yannuzzi NA, Sridhar J, Gedde SJ, Smiddy WE, Flynn HW Jr

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2022 Nov 1;48(11):1312-1317

PMID:

35786812

DOI:

10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000989

Recurrent Acute Retinal Necrosis

Spaide RF. Byun SS

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2022 Nov 1;16(6):667-669

PMID:

33346624

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000001107

Cost-Utility Analysis of Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Methotrexate for Noninfectious Uveitis

Al-Khersan H, Folwer B, Clauss K, Kunkler A, Yannuzzi NA, Patel N, Sridhar J, Albini T, Smiddy W

Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 Dec;5(12):1281-1282

PMID:

34411777

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2021.08.004

Myopic Presentation of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Ravenstun M, Van DIJK E, Haarman A, Kaden T, Vermeer K, Boon C, Yannuzzi LA, Klaver C, Yzer S

Retina. 2021 Dec 1;41(12):2472-2478

PMID:

34483315

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000003297

Diminutive Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy Lesion

Spaide RF

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021 Nov 1;15(6):643-646.

PMID:

31274851

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000000890

Foveal Outer Retinal Hyperreflectivity: A Novel Optical Coherence Tomography Finding in Idiopathic Multifocal Choroiditis

Dolz-Marco R, Kalevar A, McDonald HR, Cunningham, Jr. E, Freund KB

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021 Nov 1;15(6):651-656.

PMID:

31274847

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000000878

Multimodal Imaging of IGG4-Related Papillitis and Retinal Disease

Tsui E, Goldberg N, Pillai C, Goduni L, Freund KB

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021 Nov 1;15(6):657-661.

PMID:

31343561

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000000902

Resolution of Subfoveal Choroidal Cavern After Half-Dose Photodynamic Therapy for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Sakurada Y, Parikh P, Freund KB

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021 Nov 1;15(6):673-675

PMID:

31348118

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000000903

Evaluation of Segmental Retinal Arteritis with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

Tsui E, Leong B, Mehta N, Gupta A, Goduni L, Cunningham, Jr., E, Freund, KB, Lee G, Dedania V, Yannuzzi LA, Modi YS

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2021 Nov 1;15(6):688-693

PMID:

31313702

DOI:

10.1097/ICB.0000000000000900

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

Bacci T, Rudich DS, Brodie SE, Freund KB

Retina. 2021 Nov 1;41(11):2412-2415.

PMID:

33394967

DOI:

10.1097/IAE.0000000000003088

Fundus Autofluorescence in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Clinicopathologic Correlation Relevant to Macular Atrophy

Chen L, Messinger DC, Ferrara D, Freund KB, Curcio C

Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 Nov;5(11):1085-1096

PMID:

33540168

PMCID:

PMC9631811

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2021.01.012

Presumed Natural History of Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Ledesma-Gil G, Essilfie J, Gupta R, Fung AT, Lupidi M, Pappura RR, Nayak S, Sahoo NK, Kaliki S, Yannuzzi LA, Reid K, Lim L, Sacconi R, Dave V, Singh SR, Ayachit A, Gabrielle PH, Cai S, Lima L, Querques G, Arevalo JF, Freund KB, Shields CL, Chhablani J

Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 Nov;5(11):1156-1163

PMID:

33516918

DOI:

10.1016/j.oret.2021.01.011

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