Dr. John H Fingert MD
Ophthalmologist
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
4/5
About
Dr. John Fingert is an ophthalmologist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Fingert specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Fingert can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Fingert can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 2000
University of Ia Roy J & L Carver Com 1996
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 2000
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Normal range of hearing associated with myocilin Thr377Met.
- Evidence for genetic heterogeneity within eight glaucoma families, with the GLC1A Gln368STOP mutation being an important phenotypic modifier.
- Broad phenotypic variability in a single pedigree with a novel 1410delC mutation in the PST domain of the PAX6 gene.
- Retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma: mechanisms and neuroprotective strategies.
- Myocilin Gly252Arg mutation and glaucoma of intermediate severity in Caucasian individuals.
- Automated segmentation of the optic disc from stereo color photographs using
- Increased expression of serum amyloid A in glaucoma and its effect on intraocular
- Mutation in the SLC4A11 gene associated with autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy in a large Saudi family.
- Lyst mutation in mice recapitulates iris defects of human exfoliation syndrome.
- Novel intragenic FRMD7 deletion in a pedigree with congenital X-linked nystagmus.
- Automated quantification of inherited phenotypes from color images: a twin study of the variability of optic nerve head shape.
- Microarray analysis of iris gene expression in mice with mutations influencing pigmentation.
- Reduced frequency of known mutations in a cohort of LHON patients from India.
- Clinical and genetic characterization of a Danish family with North Carolina macular dystrophy.
- Chromosome 7q31 POAG locus: ocular expression of caveolins and lack of association with POAG in a US cohort.
Treatments
- Glaucoma
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