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

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

Waiting for Publication Outputs: How Large Language Models Are Creating A New Style Guide

Spaide RF

2025 Nov 1

PMID:

40854171

PMCID:

Advanced Dimensionality Reduction for Imaging Mass Spectrometry of Human Eye Tissue through Low-Rank Modeling with Sparse and Dense Residuals

Moens RAR, Migas LG, Anderson DMG, Messinger JD, Ovchinnikova OS, Caprioli RM, Curcio CA, Schey KL, Spraggins JM, Van de Plas R

2025 Oct 28. Epub 2025 Oct 13

PMID:

41081442

International consensuses and guidelines on central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) by the Asia Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS), the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) and the Academia Retina Internationalis (ARI)

Radke NV, van Dijk EHC, Spaide RF, Holz FG, Koizumi H, Freund KB, Subhi Y, Lange C, Singh SR, Chen H, Chen LJ, Chen SN, Chhablani J, Behar-Cohen F, Das T, Fung AT, Gomi F, Kim M, Lai CC, Lai TYY, Lee CS, Lotery A, Sivaprasad S, Zhao M, Lam DSC, Boon CJF

2025 Oct 15. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41106484

Peripapillary Retinoschisis: The Expanded Spectrum and New Insights From Multimodal Imaging

Yang LY, Kam AW, Chen FK, Jeffrey RCH, Farag A, Kalevar A, Chhablani J, Lupidi M, Chilov M, Branley M, Ip J, Kalatzis D, Dhanji S, Bestch D, Gupta RR, Choudhry N, Cabral D, Baumal C, Freund KB, Fung AT

2025 Oct 17. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41110675

International Consensus and Guidelines on Diagnosing and Managing Pachydrusen from APVRS, AEEC, APOIS, AAPPO, and ARI

Sasaki M, Apte RS, Bastion MC, Cheung C, Chakravarthy U, Chang A, Hwang DK, Lai CC, Lee WK, Miyake M, Raman R, Sivaprasad S, Spaide R, Tan AC, Tham YC, Ruamviboonsuk P, Yanagi Y

2025 Oct 12. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41086904

Minimum set of outcome measures for non-advanced age-related macular degeneration: a Delphi consensus statement by the TRACER (intermediate age-related macular degeneration) study group

Cozzi M, Zweifel S, Balaskas K, Curcio CA, Viola F, Mehta H, Zarranz-Ventura J, Teo KYC, O'Toole L, Nolan J, Green-Gomez M, Johnson EJ, Arnold J, Staurenghi G, Gillies MC, Barthelmes D, Invernizzi A

2025 Oct 8. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41062254

PMCID:

PMC13018740

Endophthalmitis Caused by Enterococcus Gallinarum Following Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema

Zhao MY, Kiryakoza LC, Rohowetz LJ, Albini TA, Yannuzzi NA, Miller D, Flynn HW Jr

2025 Oct 7. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41052358

Total Retinal Pigment Epithelium Thickness and Reflectivity, in Relation to Histology and Vision, at the Aging-AMD Transition: ALSTAR2 Baseline

Habibi A, Ashrafkhorasani M, Emamverdi M, Chinasigari PR, Goerdt L, Gao L, McGwin G, Clark ME, Abbasgholizadeh R, Fasih-Ahmad S, Vatanatham C, Wang ZC, Mishra Z, Nittala MG, Owsley C, Curcio CA, Hu ZJ, Sadda SR

2025 Oct 1

PMID:

41143474

PMCID:

PMC12574747

Super-Resolution Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Microscopy Depicts Melanin Containing Organelles of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Human Donor Eyes

Jauch AS, Schwenzer N, von der Emde L, Wall K, Wang H, Holz FG, Heintzmann R, Curcio CA, Ach T

2025 Oct 1

PMID:

41159652

PMCID:

PMC12577771

Open-Globe Injuries With Retained Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Anesthesia Options and Endophthalmitis Rates

Rohowetz LJ, Yi JS, Gowaily K, Sengillo JD, Yannuzzi NA, Gayer S, Flynn HW Jr

2025 Sep 25. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41020168

PMCID:

PMC12463914

Band Visibility in High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography Assessed With a Custom Review Tool and Updated, Histology-Derived Nomenclature

Goerdt L, Swain TA, Kar D, McGwin G, Berlin A, Clark ME, Owsley C, Sloan KR, Curcio CA

2024 Dec 2

PMID:

39671227

PMCID:

PMC11645748

Elevated intraocular pressure in a child with Stickler syndrome after scleral buckle surgery for retinal detachment

Anter AM, Ghalibafan S, Cai LZ, Wu CM, Bitrian E, Yannuzzi NA.

2024 Dec 28. Epub 2024 Nov 14

PMID:

39547541

Myopic Tractional Maculopathy and Retinoschisis with Telangiectasia

Faes L, Freund KB

2024 Nov 4. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

39503686

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

Faes L, Freund KB

2024 Nov 4. Epub ahead of print

PMID:

39503663

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

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

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

Abetalipoproteinemia with angioid streaks, choroidal neovascularization, atrophy, and extracellular deposits revealed by multimodal retinal imaging

Bijon J, Hussain MM, Bredefeld CL, Boesze-Battaglia K, Freund KB, Curcio CA

Winter 2024. Epub 2024 Oct 7

PMID:

39373891

PMCID:

PMC11598668

Outer Retinal Thinning is Associated With Brain Atrophy in Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Jiang Y, Swain T, Gim N, Blazes M, Donald CM, Rokem A, Owen JP, Balu N, Clark ME, Goerdt L, McGwin G, Hunt D, Curcio CA, Levendovszky SR, Trittschuh EH, Owsley C, Lee CS

WInter 2025. Epub 2024 Oct 5

PMID:

39369929

PMCID:

PMC11634662

Pathways To Geographic Atrophy In Nonneovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Spaide RF

2024 Oct 1

PMID:

39121492

Waiting for Publication Outputs: How Large Language Models Are Creating A New Style Guide

Spaide RF

2025 Nov 1

PMID:

40854171

PMCID:

Advanced Dimensionality Reduction for Imaging Mass Spectrometry of Human Eye Tissue through Low-Rank Modeling with Sparse and Dense Residuals

Moens RAR, Migas LG, Anderson DMG, Messinger JD, Ovchinnikova OS, Caprioli RM, Curcio CA, Schey KL, Spraggins JM, Van de Plas R

2025 Oct 28. Epub 2025 Oct 13

PMID:

41081442

International consensuses and guidelines on central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) by the Asia Pacific Vitreo-retina Society (APVRS), the Academy of Asia-Pacific Professors of Ophthalmology (AAPPO) and the Academia Retina Internationalis (ARI)

Radke NV, van Dijk EHC, Spaide RF, Holz FG, Koizumi H, Freund KB, Subhi Y, Lange C, Singh SR, Chen H, Chen LJ, Chen SN, Chhablani J, Behar-Cohen F, Das T, Fung AT, Gomi F, Kim M, Lai CC, Lai TYY, Lee CS, Lotery A, Sivaprasad S, Zhao M, Lam DSC, Boon CJF

2025 Oct 15. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41106484

Peripapillary Retinoschisis: The Expanded Spectrum and New Insights From Multimodal Imaging

Yang LY, Kam AW, Chen FK, Jeffrey RCH, Farag A, Kalevar A, Chhablani J, Lupidi M, Chilov M, Branley M, Ip J, Kalatzis D, Dhanji S, Bestch D, Gupta RR, Choudhry N, Cabral D, Baumal C, Freund KB, Fung AT

2025 Oct 17. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41110675

International Consensus and Guidelines on Diagnosing and Managing Pachydrusen from APVRS, AEEC, APOIS, AAPPO, and ARI

Sasaki M, Apte RS, Bastion MC, Cheung C, Chakravarthy U, Chang A, Hwang DK, Lai CC, Lee WK, Miyake M, Raman R, Sivaprasad S, Spaide R, Tan AC, Tham YC, Ruamviboonsuk P, Yanagi Y

2025 Oct 12. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41086904

Minimum set of outcome measures for non-advanced age-related macular degeneration: a Delphi consensus statement by the TRACER (intermediate age-related macular degeneration) study group

Cozzi M, Zweifel S, Balaskas K, Curcio CA, Viola F, Mehta H, Zarranz-Ventura J, Teo KYC, O'Toole L, Nolan J, Green-Gomez M, Johnson EJ, Arnold J, Staurenghi G, Gillies MC, Barthelmes D, Invernizzi A

2025 Oct 8. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41062254

PMCID:

PMC13018740

Endophthalmitis Caused by Enterococcus Gallinarum Following Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema

Zhao MY, Kiryakoza LC, Rohowetz LJ, Albini TA, Yannuzzi NA, Miller D, Flynn HW Jr

2025 Oct 7. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41052358

Total Retinal Pigment Epithelium Thickness and Reflectivity, in Relation to Histology and Vision, at the Aging-AMD Transition: ALSTAR2 Baseline

Habibi A, Ashrafkhorasani M, Emamverdi M, Chinasigari PR, Goerdt L, Gao L, McGwin G, Clark ME, Abbasgholizadeh R, Fasih-Ahmad S, Vatanatham C, Wang ZC, Mishra Z, Nittala MG, Owsley C, Curcio CA, Hu ZJ, Sadda SR

2025 Oct 1

PMID:

41143474

PMCID:

PMC12574747

Super-Resolution Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Microscopy Depicts Melanin Containing Organelles of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Human Donor Eyes

Jauch AS, Schwenzer N, von der Emde L, Wall K, Wang H, Holz FG, Heintzmann R, Curcio CA, Ach T

2025 Oct 1

PMID:

41159652

PMCID:

PMC12577771

Open-Globe Injuries With Retained Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Anesthesia Options and Endophthalmitis Rates

Rohowetz LJ, Yi JS, Gowaily K, Sengillo JD, Yannuzzi NA, Gayer S, Flynn HW Jr

2025 Sep 25. Epub ahead of print.

PMID:

41020168

PMCID:

PMC12463914

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recurrent Acute Retinal Necrosis

Spaide RF. Byun SS

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

PMID:

33346624

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

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

Diminutive Paracentral Acute Middle Maculopathy Lesion

Spaide RF

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

PMID:

31274851

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

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

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

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

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

Bacci T, Rudich DS, Brodie SE, Freund KB

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

PMID:

33394967

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

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

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