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Mathew W. MacCumber, MD, PhD

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Specialty:	Ophthalmology
Board Certification:	Ophthalmology
Faculty Rank:	Professor
Medical or Graduate Education:	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency:	Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins - Ophthalmology
Fellowship:	Duke Eye Center - Vitreoretinal Surgery
Clinical Expertise:	AIDS-related eye disorders Diabetic retinopathy Eye injuries and trauma Inflammatory eye disease Macular degeneration Retinal disorders Vitreoretinal surgery
Research Interests:	Management of ocular injuries and emergencies Prevention and management of age-related macular degeneration Ocular pharmacology and drug development
Languages Spoken:	Spanish

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Below is a list of scientific publications for which this practitioner was either the primary author or a contributor. Citations come from PubMed, a database of biomedical literature, life science journals and online books. PubMed is a service of the US Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Click on the title of the cited work for more information (this will take you directly to PubMed.gov). Listings go back five years.

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges.
Huang DX, Master YW, Master RW, He Bachelor GG, Gabrielian A, Maccumber MW.
Retina.
2011 Aug 9
Ultra-wide-field imaging for cytomegalovirus retinitis
Mudvari SS, Virasch VV, Singa RM, MacCumber MW
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging
2010 May-Jun
41(3):311-5; doi: 10.3928/15428877-20100430-03

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When I was a kid, I used to paint very small models, and I knew my hands were quite steady. And so I gravitated to vitreo-retinal surgery where a steady hand is important.

When patients have difficulty with vision, they may not be able to work like they used to. They may not be able to drive a car. So we usually like to have a family member in the room with us to discuss how the patient’s eye disorder can impact their life, and how we can best help, not just the patient, but the whole family cope with the situation.

Age-related macular degeneration or AMD is a genetic condition. Early on there are no symptoms. So this is why we recommend that patients over age 55 have a yearly eye exam. When I first came to Chicago, we had very little in the way of treatment. Now we have several laser treatments, special drugs that we can give directly to the eye for the treatment. And over the last few years, for the first time, we’ve had treatments that actually improve the vision in most patients. Before that we only slowed vision loss.