AlessandroIannacconeMDMS, FARVO
Ophthalmology • Chapel Hill, NCRetinal Disease
Professor of Ophthalmology Director, Center for Retinal Degenerations and Ophthalmic Genetic Diseases
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Office
2226 Nelson Hwy
Ste 200
Chapel Hill, NC 27517Phone+1 984-974-2020Fax+1 919-684-9016
Summary
Education & Training
University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMS, Epidemiology, 2000 - 2003
University of Tennessee College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Retinal and Optic Nerve Diseases, 1996 - 1998
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 1995 - 1996
Sapienza University of RomeClass of 1989
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2016 - 2025
TN State Medical License 1998 - 2016
Clinical Trials
- Safety and Efficacy of rAAV-hRS1 in Patients With X-linked Retinoschisis (XLRS) Start of enrollment: 2015 May 01
- RST-001 Phase I/II Trial for Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 14
- Safety and Efficacy Trial of AAV Gene Therapy in Patients With CNGB3 Achromatopsia (A Clarity Clinical Trial) Start of enrollment: 2016 Apr 11
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 81 citationsSafety, tolerability, and efficacy of PBT2 in Huntington's disease: A phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialD. Angus, C. Herd, Cameron Stone, Julie C. Stout, Marguerite Wieler
The Lancet. Neurology. 2015-01-01 - 89 citationsDiagnostic Sensitivity and Specificity of Dark Adaptometry for Detection of Age-Related Macular DegenerationGregory R. Jackson, Ingrid U. Scott, Ivana K. Kim, David A. Quillen, Alessandro Iannaccone
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2014-03-01 - 66 citationsComprehensive identification of mRNA isoforms reveals the diversity of neural cell-surface molecules with roles in retinal development and disease.Thomas A. Ray, Kelly Cochran, Chris Kozlowski, Jingjing Wang, Graham Alexander
Nature Communications. 2020-07-03
Journal Articles
- Murine Retinal Citrullination Declines with Age and Is Mainly Dependent on Peptidyl Arginine Deiminase 4 (PAD4)Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Grant Support
- Autoimmunity and Age-Related Macular DegenerationNational Eye Institute2012–2015
- Auto-Antibodies As Serum Biomarkers For Age-Related Macular DegenerationNational Eye Institute2009–2010
- Clinical Epidemiology Of Retinal DegenerationsNational Eye Institute2001–2005
Committees
- Member, ARVO Advocacy and Outreach Committee 2015 - 2018
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology - ARVOFellow
- North Carolina Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons - NCSEPSMember
- International Society for Genetic Eye Disease and Retinoblastoma - ISGEDRMember
- International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision - ISCEVMember
Other Languages
- Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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