Dr. Michael Joel Elman M.D.
Ophthalmologist
1838 Greene Tree Road Suite 170 Pikesville MD, 21208About
Michael Elman, MD, has practiced ophthalmology for more than 30 years and specializes in diseases of the retina and vitreous. Author of more than 150 publications on retinal diseases and surgery, Dr. ...
Education and Training
Wayne State School of Medicine M.D. 1979
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator for central retinal vein occlusion.
- Bilateral macular staphylomas in a patient with cone dystrophy.
- Optic nerve decompression surgery improves visual function in patients with pseudotumor cerebri.
- Pretreatment fundus characteristics as predictors of recurrent choroidal neovascularization.
- Systemic associations of retinal vein occlusion.
- The effect of age and initial visual acuity on the systemic and visual prognosis of central retinal vein occlusion.
- Modified optic nerve decompression in patients with functioning lumboperitoneal shunts and progressive visual loss.
- Patterns of referral of retinal patients for low vision intervention in the anti-VEGF era.
- Risk of endophthalmitis after intravitreal drug injection when topical antibiotics are not required: the diabetic retinopathy clinical research network laser-ranibizumab-triamcinolone clinical trials.
- Optic nerve sheath decompression for nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy
- Intraoperative massive suprachoroidal hemorrhage during pars plana vitrectomy.
- The risk for systemic vascular diseases and mortality in patients with central retinal vein occlusion.
- The natural course of central retinal vein occlusion.
- The natural history of serous retinal pigment epithelium detachment in patients with age-related macular degeneration.
- Earliest symptoms caused by neovascular membranes in the macula.
Awards
- Young Scholar Award University of Maryland
Treatments
- Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
- Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
- Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Video
- Choroidal Neovascularization
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Endophthalmitis
- Epiretinal Membranes
- Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Macular Degeneration
- Macular Edema
- Macular Pucker and Holes
- Ocular Trauma
- Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tears and Holes
- Retinal Vascular Occlusion
- Retinopathy Of Prematurity
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Fundus Photography
- Humphrey Visual Field
- Intravitreal Injections of Medication
- Laser Surgery
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Thrombolytic Therapy
- Ultrasonography
- Vitreo-Retinal Microsurgery
Professional Memberships
- Professional Member American Ophthalmological Society
- Professional Member American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Professional Member ARVO
- Professional Member Macula Society
Fellowships
- Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Retinal Vascular Diseases
- Barnes Hospital/Retina Consultants, Ltd. of Washington University Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous
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