Joel S. Schuman

Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS, Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology

Joel S. Schuman is an American ophthalmologist, specialising in glaucoma. He has been the Eye and Ear Foundation Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at the Eye and Ear Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Eye Center since 2004. He is also Professor of Bioengineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh.[1] He is a member of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh. He became a Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh in September 2014.[2]

Research

Dr. Schuman and his colleagues were the first to identify a molecular marker for human glaucoma. This discovery was published in Nature Medicine in 2001.[3] The National Eye Institute has funded Schuman as a principal investigator since 1995.

Joel Schuman, along with Eric Swanson, James Fujimoto, Carmen Puliafito and David Huang, invented the optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology. This technology, allows a quick and noninvasive 3D map of the eye, in particular the retina. It is one of the tools available for early detection of eye diseases such as glaucoma, along with macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. More than 20,000 of these machines are used daily throughout the world.[4][5][6]

Awards and nominations

He received the Champalimaud Award, which includes a monetary award of $1 million euros.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Ophthalmology". Ophthalmology.medicine.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Pitt Faculty Members Awarded Distinguished Professorships | Pitt Chronicle | University of Pittsburgh". Chronicle.pitt.edu. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Press Releases - Nature Medicine". Nature.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  4. ↑ "Disclosures" (PDF). Fda.gov. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Articles that mention Joel S. Schuman -Optical Coherence Tomography News". Octnews.org. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  6. ↑ "Sight + Sound" (PDF). Eyeabdear.org. 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  7. ↑ "2012". Fchampalimaud.org. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
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