Pathologic Myopia

Dr. Richard F. Spaide, MD has made many discoveries in the field of vitreoretinal diseases including myopia, macular degeneration, and intraocular inflammation. He has spearheaded development of multiple forms of retinal imaging. He has 250 peer reviewed publications, 8 books, is on the Editorial Board of multiple journals and is the Associate Editor of the Journal RETINA. He has won numerous awards including the Award of Merit from the Retina Society, the Henkind and the Richard and Linda Rosenthal Foundation awards, and the Prix Soubrane de la Recherche en Ophthalmologie. Kyoko Ohno-Matsui is a chief of the High Myopia Clinic at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, which is by far the largest clinic specializing in Pathologic Myopia. She is also an associate professor at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Tokyo Medical and Dental University. She has published more than 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is currently the Editor-in-chief of International Ophthalmology.  Dr. Lawrence Yannuzzi is a professor of clinical ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical School, vice–chairman and director of The Retinal Research Center of the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, and founder and president of The Macula Foundation, Inc. He is a world renowned retinal specialist who has published more than 300 scientific papers and 11 textbooks, with particular interest in diseases of the macula, such as diabetic retinopathy and age–related macular degeneration. His book The Retinal Atlas won the 2010 PROSE Award.

Table of Contents

Pathological Myopia 

Eds: Rick Spaide, Lawrence Yannuzzi, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Preface

Foreword

1. Myopia: A Historical Perspective

            Vinnie P. Shah & Nan-Kai Wang

2. Genes involved in the development of myopia

            Kenji Yamashiro & Nagahisa Yoshimura

 3. Epidemiology of Myopia

            Chen-Wei Pan, Seang-Mei Saw, & Tien-Yin Wong

 4. Animal Models of Experimental Myopia:

Limitations and Synergies With Studies on Human Myopia

            Ian G Morgan, Kathryn A. Rose, & Regan S. Ashby

 5. The Sclera and its Role in Regulation of the Refractive State

            Jody A. Summers

 6.  Public Health Impact of Pathologic Myopia

            Peggy Pei-Chia Chiang, Eva Fenwick, Chiu Ming Gemmy Cheung, & Ecosse Lamoureux

 7.   Update on the Pathology of Pathologic Myopia

            Alia Rashid & Hans E Grossniklaus

 8.   The Sclera and Induced Abnormalities in Myopia

            Richard F. Spaide

 9.  The Choroid

            Richard F. Spaide

 10.  The Optic Nerve in High Myopia

            Jost Jonas

 11.   Vitreous Changes

            Shoji Kishi

 12.  Staphyloma, Part 1

            Richard F. Spaide

 13.  Staphyloma, Part 2

            Kyoko Ohno-Matsui & Muka Moriyama

 14. Myopic Chorioretinal Atrophy

            Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

 15.  Choroidal Neovascularization

            Richard F. Spaide

 16.  Myopic Macular Retinoschisis

            Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

 17.   Peripheral Retinal Abnormalities

            Sarah Mrejen & Michael Engelbert

 18.   Retinal Detachment

            C. P. Wilkinson

 19.   Glaucoma in Myopia

           Sung Chul Park,  Jeffrey M. Liebmann, & Robert Ritch

 20.   Myopic Optic Neuropathy

            Kyoko Ohno-Matsui & Richard F. Spaide

 21.  Special Considerations for Cataract Surgery in the Face of Pathologic Myopia

            Jack M. Dodick &  Jonathan B. Kahn

 22.   Ocular Motility Abnormalities

            Tsuranu Yokoyama

 23.  Myopia: Ocular and Systemic Disease

            Quan V. Hoang, Jamie A. Leong, & Roberto Gallego-Pinazo

 24. Prevention of Myopia

            Takashi Fujikado

 25. Sclera-targeted Therapies for Pathologic Myopia

            Kyoko Ohno-Matsui