Dr. Jody R Piltz-seymour M.D.
Ophthalmologist
6409 Rising Sun Ave Philadelphia PA, 19111Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Jody Piltz-seymour is an ophthalmologist practicing in HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA. Dr. Piltz-seymour specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Piltz-seymour 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. Piltz-seymour 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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine M.D. 1984
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Laser Doppler flowmetry of the optic nerve head in glaucoma.
- Optic nerve blood flow is diminished in eyes of primary open-angle glaucoma suspects.
- Association of retinal vessel caliber and visual field defects in glaucoma.
- Visual field loss in patients with glaucoma who have asymmetric peripapillary focal arteriolar narrowing.
- Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study: a summary of results to date.
- The confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy ancillary study to the ocular hypertension treatment study: study design and baseline factors.
- Baseline topographic optic disc measurements are associated with the development of primary open-angle glaucoma: the Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy Ancillary Study to the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study.
- Intermittent headaches as the presenting sign of subacute angle-closure glaucoma.
- Cardiovascular risk factors and events in glaucoma patients with peripapillary focal arteriolar narrowing.
- Detection and prognostic significance of optic disc hemorrhages during the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study.
- Central corneal thickness and corneal diameter in patients with childhood glaucoma.
- Long-term survival of central visual field in end-stage glaucoma.
- The significance of optic disc hemorrhages in glaucoma.
- Effect of intravenous fenoldopam on intraocular pressure in ocular hypertension.
- Coexisting optic nerve head drusen and glaucoma.
Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 American Academy Ophthalmology
- Humanitarian Award 2015 Pennsylvania Academy Ophthalmology
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- Volunteer for Orbis and Unite for Sight
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