Ophthalmic Pathology

Dr. Margo is an ophthalmologist and pathologist in Tampa,FL. He graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1974 and is board certified in both ophthalmology and anatomic pathology. He is Clinical Professor and Instructor in Ophthalmology at the Morsani College of Medicine,University of South Florida. His academic interests are in clinical-pathology correlation, history of medicine,and clinical epidemiology. He has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, and authored over 50 book chapters and several medical textbooks. He was the recipient of the Senior Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Margo was the former Dorothy Daniels Professor of Ophthalmic Pathology at the University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Part I. Conjunctival and Ocular Neoplasia 1. Modern notion of cancer 2. In situ cancer 3. Epithelial tumors of conjunctiva 4. Conjunctival dysplasia and carcinoma in situ 5. Melanocytic tumors of conjunctiva 6. In situ melanoma 7. Uveal melanoma 8. Intraocular melanocytoma 9. Retinoblastoma 10. Retinocytoma 11. Ocular lymphoma 12. Medulloepithelioma 13. Hamartoma and choristoma

Part II. Conjunctival and Ocular Inflammations 1. Conjunctivitis 2. Sympathetic ophthalmia 3. Lens-induced inflammation 4. Toxocariasis 5. Intraocular granulomatous inflammation 6. Autoimmune inflammation of cornea and sclera 7. Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia

Part III. Ocular and Conjunctival Degenerations and Miscellaneous 1. Pterygium and pinguecula 2. Stromal dystrophies of the cornea 3. Corneal endothelial proliferations 4. Open-angle glaucoma 5. Cataracts and artificial intraocular lenses 6. Cavernous degeneration of optic nerve 7. Epiretinal membranes 8. Age-related macular degeneration 9. Papilledema

Part IV. Eyelid and Orbit 1. Basal cell carcinoma 2. Sebaceous carcinoma 3. Squamous cell carcinoma 4. Adnexal cancers 5. Mesenchymal tumors 6. Indolent lymphomas 7. High-grade lymphomas 8. Idiopathic inflammations 9. Rhabdomyosarcoma 10. Langerhans histiocytosis 11. Xanthomatous inflammations 12. Optic nerve meningioma 13. Optic nerve glioma 14. Germ cell tumors 15. Vascular tumors and malformations 16. The leukemias

Part V. The Influencers 1. Histochemistry 2. Electron microscopy 3. Immunohistochemistry 4. Adjuvant laboratory studies and molecular diagnostics 5. Cytology 6. Cancer grading and staging 7. Subspecialty training