Louis R. Pasquale, MD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Co-Director, Glaucoma Service

Specialty Area

Glaucoma

Address

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

MEEI

Tel: 617-573-3670
Office hours: 3rd and 4th Tuesday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.; Thursday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Selected Saturdays 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Clinical Background

Medical School

SUNY, Stony Brook School of Medicine

Residency

Temple University Hospital, Ophthalmology

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Glaucoma

Board Certification

Opthalmology

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society

Clinical Interests

"Normal tension glaucoma," difficult surgical glaucoma, secondary glaucoma in the pediatric population

Research Interests

Gene-environment interactions in glaucoma

Selected Publications

Please see the CV (click) or the biosketch.
See also below.

Kang JH, Pasquale LR, Rosner B, Willet W, Faberowshi N, Hankinson SE, Prospective study of antioxidant intake and the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma in two cohorts. Am Journal of Epidemiology, 2003; 158:337-346

Kang JH, Pasquale LR, Rosner B, Willet W, Egan KN, Faberowshi N, Hankinson SE, Prospective Study of cigarette smoking and the risk of priimary open-angle glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol, 2003; 121:1762-68

Kang JH, Pasquale LR, Rosner B, Willet W, Faberowshi N, Hankinson SE, Dietary fat consumption and primary opne-angle glaucoma in two cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr., 2004; 79:755-64

Zhao JC, Zacks DN, Gragoudas ES, Pasquale LR. Pupil-sparing excision of an atypical iris melanocytoma induces remission of secondary glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol, 2004;88:842-3

What would you like your patients to know about you?

I am devoted to research to prevent functional glaucoma blindness and I believe the very best research ideas come from interacting with patients.

Publications

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