
Dr. Jennifer K Sun M.D.
Ophthalmologist
Beetham Eye Institute 1 Joslin Place Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Jennifer Sun is an ophthalmologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Sun specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Sun 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. Sun 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1999
Harvard Medical School 1999
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adjunctive therapies for proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
- Retinal thickness on Stratus optical coherence tomography in people with diabetes and minimal or no diabetic retinopathy.
- Randomized trial evaluating ranibizumab plus prompt or deferred laser or triamcinolone plus prompt laser for diabetic macular edema.
- Optical coherence tomography imaging for diabetic retinopathy and macular edema.
- Expanded 2-year follow-up of ranibizumab plus prompt or deferred laser or triamcinolone plus prompt laser for diabetic macular edema.
- Intravitreal anti-VEGF therapy with prompt or deferred laser compared with steroid with prompt laser and prompt laser alone for treatment of diabetic macular edema.
- Purpose in life and reduced risk of myocardial infarction among older U.S. adults with coronary heart disease: a two-year follow-up.
- Ultra-wide field retinal imaging in detection, classification, and management of diabetic retinopathy.
- Purpose in life and reduced incidence of stroke in older adults: 'The Health and Retirement Study'.
- Sexual dysfunction as a marker of cardiovascular disease in males with 50 or more years of type 1 diabetes.
- Genetics of diabetic retinopathy.
- Vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and vitreous proteome changes in diabetic retinopathy.
- Life satisfaction and frequency of doctor visits.
- Characterization of circulating and endothelial progenitor cells in patients with extreme-duration type 1 diabetes.
- Complications of intravitreal injections in patients with diabetes.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Retinal Detachment
- Retinal Tear
- Type 2 Diabetes
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