Dr. Ula V Jurkunas MD
Surgeon
243 Charles St Mass Eye And Ear Inf Boston MA, 02114Rating
4/5
About
Ula V. Jurkunas, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. She was a former Chief Cornea Fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear, and she has been serving as a full-time faculty m ...
Education and Training
Univ of Louisville Sch of Med, Louisville Ky 2000
University of Louisville School of Medicine 2000
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Keratoglobus in association with posterior polymorphous dystrophy.
- Colocalization of increased transforming growth factor-beta-induced protein (TGFBIp) and Clusterin in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
- Topical bevacizumab in the treatment of corneal neovascularization: results of a prospective, open-label, noncomparative study.
- Limbal stem cell deficiency and corneal neovascularization.
- Intraocular lens calculations after corneal refractive surgery.
- Unusual presentation of presumed posterior polymorphous dystrophy associated with iris heterochromia, band keratopathy, and keratoconus.
- Evidence of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
- Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
- Inflammation and the nervous system: the connection in the cornea in patients with infectious keratitis.
- Reversible corneal epitheliopathy caused by vitamin B12 and folate deficiency in a vegan with a genetic mutation: a new disease.
- Comparative analysis of human-derived feeder layers with 3T3 fibroblasts for the ex vivo expansion of human limbal and oral epithelium.
- p53-regulated increase in oxidative-stress--induced apoptosis in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy: a native tissue model.
- Decline in DJ-1 and decreased nuclear translocation of Nrf2 in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy.
- Cellular and subbasal nerve alterations in early stage Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy: an in vivo confocal microscopy study.
- Telomerase immortalization of human corneal endothelial cells yields functional hexagonal monolayers.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 1995 Phi Beta Kappa
- 1996 Presidential Scholarship
- 1999 Alpha Omega Alpha
- 2010 Research to Prevent Blindness Award
- 2013 Alcon Research Institute Young Investigator Grant
Treatments
- Refractive Surgery, Cornea Transplant
- Cataracts
- Pterygium
- Glaucoma
- Corneal Ulcer
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Fellow 2004
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