Dr. Stuart James Mckinnon M.D., PH.D.
Ophthalmologist
Duke University Eye Ctr Box 3802 Erwin Road Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Stuart Mckinnon is an ophthalmologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Mckinnon specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Mckinnon 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. Mckinnon 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.
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO- 2007
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Glaucoma, apoptosis, and neuroprotection.
- Baculoviral IAP repeat-containing-4 protects optic nerve axons in a rat glaucoma
- Bilateral optic disk edema and blindness as initial presentation of acute lymphocytic leukemia.
- Glaucoma: ocular Alzheimer's disease?
- Antibody-targeted photodynamic therapy.
- Alpha-fodrin is cleaved by caspase-3 in a chronic ocular hypertensive (COH) rat model of glaucoma.
- Tonopen measurement of intraocular pressure in mice.
- Microarray analysis of gene expression in adult retinal ganglion cells.
- Current management of glaucoma and the need for complete therapy.
- Mouse models of retinal ganglion cell death and glaucoma.
- Surgical management of hypotony owing to overfiltration in eyes receiving glaucoma drainage devices.
- Distribution of amyloid precursor protein and amyloid-beta in ocular hypertensive C57BL/6 mouse eyes.
- Rats! Hyperglycemia protects against glaucoma!
- The cell and molecular biology of glaucoma: common neurodegenerative pathways and relevance to glaucoma.
- Dorsomedial/Perifornical hypothalamic stimulation increases intraocular pressure, intracranial pressure, and the translaminar pressure gradient.
Treatments
- Glaucoma, Ahmed Implant, Anterior Segment Eye Disorders And More
Fellowships
- Glaucoma, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1996
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