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Dr. Andrea Diane Birnbaum MD, PHD
Ophthalmologist
1718 W Wolfram St Chicago IL, 60657About
Dr. Andrea Birnbaum is an ophthalmologist specializing in uveitis and ocular inflammation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. As an Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology, Dr. Birnbaum cares for patients ...
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neurotransmitter modulation of extracellular H+ fluxes from isolated retinal horizontal cells of the skate.
- Cloning, immunolocalization, and functional expression of a GABA transporter from
- Ocular disease in pregnancy.
- Pharmacological characterization, localization, and regulation of ionotropic glutamate receptors in skate horizontal cells.
- Optic neuritis associated with adalimumab in the treatment of uveitis.
- TNF inhibition for ophthalmic indications: current status and outlook.
- Correlation between clinical signs and optical coherence tomography with enhanced depth imaging findings in patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy.
- Fourteen patients with fifty-eight eyes-reply.
- Sarcoidosis in the national veteran population: association of ocular inflammation and mortality.
- Update on sarcoidosis.
Treatments
- Cataract Surgery With Lens Replacement, Sarcoidosis, Scleritis And More
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- University of Illinois at Chicago 2010
- Univ Illinois Coll of Med - Chicago, Uveitis/Immunology 2009
- University of Illinois Hospital 2010
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