Editors:
- This updated edition features clinically essential and expertly-illustrated figures
- Written by world-renowned authors from a variety of medical disciplines
- Provides a comprehensive discussion of ocular imaging modalities used in the diagnosis of various uveitis and intraocular inflammation
Part of the book series: Essentials in Ophthalmology (ESSENTIALS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Non-Infectious Posterior or Pan Uveitis
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Front Matter
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Infectious Posterior or Panuveitis
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Front Matter
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Non-Infectious Uveitis: Treatment Options
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
Editors and Affiliations
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Ophthalmology, USC Roski Eye Institute Ophthalmology, Los Angeles, USA
Narsing A. Rao
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Department of Ophthalmology and Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Julie Schallhorn
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Department of Ophthalmology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
Damien C. Rodger
About the editors
For his outstanding contributions to ophthalmology, he was awarded the Lorenz E. Zimmerman medal from American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Ramon L. Font medal from Pan American Society of Ophthalmology, the International Ocular Inflammation Society Award, and received an award from European Vision and Eye Research Association in 2006. Dr. Rao was also the recipient of the prestigious Bietti medal from International Council of Ophthalmology.
Narsing A. Rao, MD
Department of Ophthalmology
USC-Roski Eye Institute
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
USA
Damien C. Rodger, MD, PhD, worked as a co-op intern at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on attitude control microsystems for unmanned space exploration while completing his Bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 2000. Dr. Rodger then earned his Medical Degree from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and his PhD in bioengineering from the California Institute of Technology. Heis Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at USC. He was awarded the Heed Fellowship for the 2013-2014 year and the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery for the 2014-2015 year. He specializes in medical and surgical retina, as well as in uveitis and ocular inflammation.
Damien C. Rodger MD, PhD
Southern California Permanente Medical Group
Department of Ophthalmology
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
USAJulie M. Schallhorn, MD, MS, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at Keck Medicine of USC. She specializes in the surgical treatment of cataracts, corneal transplantation, lens implantation, and anterior segment disease. Her research interests include optical coherence tomography and its applications to the anterior segment, new methods of corneal transplantation, refractive surgery and ocular inflammatory diseases.
Julie Schallhorn, MD MS
Department of Ophthalmology
F.I. Proctor Foundation
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Posterior Uveitis
Book Subtitle: Advances in Imaging and Treatment
Editors: Narsing A. Rao, Julie Schallhorn, Damien C. Rodger
Series Title: Essentials in Ophthalmology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03140-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03139-8Published: 28 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03140-4Published: 19 March 2019
Series ISSN: 1612-3212
Series E-ISSN: 2196-890X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 232
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 63 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ophthalmology