Dr. Michael B Whalen MD
Ophthalmologist
1375 Washington Ave Suite 227 Albany NY, 12206About
Dr. Michael Whalen is an ophthalmologist practicing in Albany, NY. Dr. Whalen specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Whalen 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. Whalen 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
Natl Univ of Ireland 1967
University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Characterization of divIVA and other genes located in the chromosomal region downstream of the dcw cluster in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Analysis of the beta-lactamase plasmid of borderline methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: focus on bla complex genes and cadmium resistance determinants cadD and cadX.
- Streptococcus pneumoniae DivIVA: localization and interactions in a MinCD-free context.
- Variation of the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein gene is not primarily associated with multiple sclerosis in the Sardinian population.
- Genetic loci linked to type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis families in Sardinia.
- Variants within the immunoregulatory CBLB gene are associated with multiple sclerosis.
- A comparison of Y-chromosome variation in Sardinia and Anatolia is more consistent with cultural rather than demic diffusion of agriculture.
- History, geography and population structure influence the distribution and heritability of blood and anthropometric quantitative traits in nine Sardinian genetic isolates.
- A genome-wide association scan on the levels of markers of inflammation in Sardinians reveals associations that underpin its complex regulation.
- Low-pass DNA sequencing of 1200 Sardinians reconstructs European Y-chromosome phylogeny.
- Genetic variants regulating immune cell levels in health and disease.
- Detection of phylogenetically informative polymorphisms in the entire euchromatic portion of human Y chromosome from a Sardinian sample.
- Helicobacter pylori: enemy, commensal or, sometimes, friend?
- Overexpression of the Cytokine BAFF and Autoimmunity Risk.
Treatments
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Glaucoma
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Conjunctivitis
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