Retinopathy of Prematurity Research
Improving Diagnostics of ROP
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of preventable childhood blindness worldwide caused by abnormal proliferation of immature retinal blood vessels.
Our team is committed to improving diagnostic techniques for ROP in infants using blood flow information. We believe that by incorporating dynamic blood flow data, we can diagnose ROP earlier and with enhanced accuracy.
Meet the Team
- Janet Alexander, MD – Principal Investigator
- Moran Levin, MD – Co-investigator
- Kristin Williams – ROP Nurse
- Chris Mena – ROP Nurse
- Christina Kilby – Clinical Research Coordinator
- Jeong-yoon Wu – Clinical Research Coordinator
Publications
- Alexander JL, Sinha A, Balasubramanian T, Sidelnikov D, Shats D, Das U, Forbes G, Williams K, Levin MR, Rege A, Saeedi OJ. Laser Speckle Imaging for Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Pilot Study. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2023;64(8):4926.
- McCahon H, Chen V, Paz EF, Steger R, Alexander JL, Williams K, Pharr C, Tutnauer J, Easter L, Levin MR. Improving follow-up rates by optimizing patient educational materials in retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS. 2023;27(3):134.e1-134.e5. doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2023.04.002.
- Shats D, Balasubramanian T, Sidelnikov D, Das U, Onyekaba NA, Forbes HE, Lu N, Williams K, Levin MR, Sundararajan S, Vij S, Gadagkar H, Rege A, Saeedi O, Chen V, Alexander JL. Association of SpeckleBased Blood Flow Measurements and Fluorescein Angiography in Infants with Retinopathy of Prematurity. Ophthalmol Sci. 2023;4(4):100463. Published 2023 Dec 29. doi:10.1016/j.xops.2023.100463.
- Cho E, Das U, Sidelnikov D, Balasubramanian T, Shats D, Mansoor S, Forbes HE, Zhou J, Kapoor R, Chase S, Kore M, Williams K, Saeedi OJ, Sundararajan S, Levin MR, Magder L, Alexander JL. Retinal blood flow association with age and weight in infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity. Sci Rep. 2024;14(1):12790. Published 2024 Jun 4. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-63534-6.
Contact Us
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine
419 W. Redwood Street, Suite 470
Baltimore, MD 21201
Email: eyeresearch@som.umaryland.edu
Phone: 667-214-1463