ChristinaJoyFlaxelMD

Retinal Disease

Professor, Ophthalmology, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

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Office
3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland, OR 97239
Phone+1 503-418-3352

Fax+1 503-494-7233

Dr. Christina Flaxel is an ophthalmologist in Portland, OR and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including VA Portland Healthcare System and OHSU Hospital. She received her medical degree from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine and has been in practice 29 years. She specializes in retinal disease and is experienced in retina surgery, vitreoretinal disease, and uveitis and ocular immunology.

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU Health)Residency, Ophthalmology, 1989 - 1992
Oregon Health Science University HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
Oregon Health and Science University School of MedicineClass of 1988

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

Lucentis (Ranibizumab) for Eales' Disease Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
Pilot Study of OCT Versus Fluorescein Angiography in DME Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Completed
Diabetes PRP and OCT Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
OCT in Retinal Vein Occlusions Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
Completed
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Retinal Vasculitis Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01
Completed
OCT in Rare Chorioretinal Diseases Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Recruiting
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PubMed

1 citations
Two Cases of Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Successfully Treated with Systemic Interferon Alpha.
Lingling Huang, Christina Flaxel, Eric Suhler, Phoebe Lin
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2024-09-01
320 citations
Diabetic Retinopathy Preferred Practice Pattern
Christina J. Flaxel, Ron A. Adelman, Steven T. Bailey, Amani A. Fawzi, Jennifer I. Lim
Ophthalmology. 2020-01-01
14 citations
Automated boundary detection of the optic disc and layer segmentation of the peripapillary retina in volumetric structural and angiographic optical coherence tomography.
Pengxiao Zang, Simon S. Gao, Thomas S. Hwang, Christina J. Flaxel, David J. Wilson
Biomedical Optics Express. 2017-03-01

Journal Articles

Classification of Choroidal Neovascularization Using Projection-Resolved Optical Coherence Tomographic Angiography
J Peter Campbell, Thomas Hwang, Steven T Bailey, Christina Flaxel, Brandon Lujan, David Huang, Andreas Lauer, Lee Kiang, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Effect of Initial Management with Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual AcuityMay 1st, 2019