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Dr. Susan M Culican MD
Ophthalmologist
516 DELAWARE ST SE MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55455About
Dr. Susan Culican is an ophthalmologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Culican specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Culican 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. Culican 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
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1998
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1998
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Aicardi-like chorioretinitis and maldevelopment of the corpus callosum in congenital lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.
- Nummular keratopathy in a patient with Hyper-IgD Syndrome.
- Phr1 is required for proper retinocollicular targeting of nasal-dorsal retinal ganglion cells.
- Use of biologic agents in ocular manifestations of rheumatic disease.
- Scleral hemangioma: case report and response to propranolol.
- Spontaneous activity promotes synapse formation in a cell-type-dependent manner in the developing retina.
- Identification of potential mediators of retinotopic mapping: a comparative proteomic analysis of optic nerve from WT and Phr1 retinal knockout mice.
- An allosteric regulator of R7-RGS proteins influences light-evoked activity and glutamatergic waves in the inner retina.
- Exome sequencing identifies novel and recurrent mutations in GJA8 and CRYGD associated with inherited cataract.
- Obtaining Lissamine Green 1% Solution for Clinical Use.
- Assessing the utility of 2.5% phenylephrine for diagnostic pupillary dilation.
- A quantitative fluorescence-imaging technique for studying acetylcholine receptor turnover at neuromuscular junctions in living animals.
- Axon withdrawal during synapse elimination at the neuromuscular junction is accompanied by disassembly of the postsynaptic specialization and withdrawal of Schwann cell processes.
Awards
- Listed in Best Doctors in America (Best Doctors, Inc.) 2009-2013
- Special Service Award, John Cochran VA Hospital 2008
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Birth Defects
- Down Syndrome
- Strabismus
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- Pediatric Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 2004
- Washington Univ St Louis-MO, Pediatric Ophth 2003
- St. Louis Children's Hospital St. Louis Missouri
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