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Office
840 Walnut Street
Suite 1110
Philadelphia, PA 19107Phone+1 215-928-3197Fax+1 215-928-0166
Summary
- As of May 1, 2023, Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS is Professor of Ophthalmology, the Kenneth L. Roper Endowed Chair, Vice Chair for Research Innovation and Co-Director of the Glaucoma Service at Wills Eye Hospital. He is also Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems. He chaired the ophthalmology department at NYU Langone Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine 2016-2020, and was Vice Chair for Ophthalmology Research in the department 2020-2022. Prior to arriving at NYU in 2016, he was Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at University of Pittsburgh and UPMC (2003-2016) and before that was at Tufts University where he was Residency Director (1991-1999), Glaucoma and Cataract Service Chief (1991-2003) and Vice Chair (2001-2003).
Dr. Schuman and his colleagues were first to identify a molecular marker for human glaucoma, published in Nature Medicine in 2001. Continuously funded by the National Eye Institute as a principal investigator since 1995, he is an inventor of optical coherence tomography (OCT), used world-wide for ocular diagnostics. Dr. Schuman has published more than 450 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles.
In 2002 he received the Alcon Research Institute Award and the Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize and in 2012 the Carnegie Science Center Award as well as sharing the Champalimaud Award. In 2013 he received the AAO Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014 he became a Gold Fellow of ARVO and received a Special Recognition Award from the AAO in 2015. In 2022 he received the USC Keck Roski Eye Institute Laureate Award and the Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Foundation Muse Award.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Ophthalmology, 1988 - 1990
- Medical College of VirginiaResidency, Ophthalmology, 1985 - 1988
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth IsraelInternship, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1985
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1984, MD
- Columbia UniversityB.A., Psychology, Cum Laude, 1977 - 1980
- University of PennsylvaniaNone, 1976 - 1977
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1985 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 1985 - 2026
- MA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2003 - 2024
- American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly
- American Association of Physicians American Association of Physicians, 2016
- America’s Top Doctors – The Best in American Medicine 2006-present
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Clinical Trials
- Novel Diagnostics for Ocular Structure Start of enrollment: 1995 Jan 01
- Novel Diagnostics With Optical Coherence Tomography: Imaging the Anterior Eye Start of enrollment: 2005 Oct 01
- Tracking Optical Coherence Tomography Start of enrollment: 2004 Oct 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsGABA decrease is associated with degraded neural specificity in the visual cortex of glaucoma patients.Ji Won Bang, Carlos Parra, Kevin Yu, Gadi Wollstein, Joel S Schuman
Communications Biology. 2023-06-29 - 26 citationsIn Vivo Evaluation of White Matter Integrity and Anterograde Transport in Visual System After Excitotoxic Retinal Injury With Multimodal MRI and OCT.Leon C. Ho, Bo Wang, Ian P. Conner, Yolandi van der Merwe, Richard A. Bilonick
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2015-06-01 - 88 citationsA feature agnostic approach for glaucoma detection in OCT volumes.Stefan Maetschke, Bhavna J. Antony, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Gadi Wollstein, Joel S. Schuman
Plos One. 2019-07-01
Journal Articles
- Seeing the Hidden Lamina: Effects of Exsanguination on the Optic Nerve HeadJoel S Schuman, Matthew A Smith, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- Psychophysical Evaluation of Haptic Perception Under Augmentation by a Handheld DeviceWu B, Klatzky R, Lee R, Shivaprabhu V, Galeotti J, Siegel M, Schuman JS, Hollis R, Stetten G, Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society., 1/26/2014
- Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel loci that influence cupping and the glaucomatous processSpringelkamp H, Höhn R, Mishra A, Hysi PG, Khor CC, Loomis SJ, Bailey JN, Gibson J, Thorleifsson G, Janssen SF, Luo X, Ramdas WD, Vithana E, Nongpiur ME, Montgomery GW..., Nat Commun, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Viability and Structural Integrity is Established in Vascularized Whole Eye Transplantation Model.Li Y, Komatsu C, Wang B, Kostereva N, Zhang W, Xiao B, Solari M, Kagemann, L, Wollstein G, Schuman JS, Gorantla V, Washington K, UPMC Plastic Surgery Resident Research Day, 1/27/2014
- Measuring Effects of Intraocular and Intracranial Pressures on Optic Nerve Head Deformations.Wang Y, Schuman JS, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1/22/2014
- Machine classifer clustering of ocular structure.Nevins JE, Danks D, Wollstein G, Ishikawa H, Kagemann L, Sigal IA, Schuman JS, ARVO Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 1/9/2013
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Lectures
- How to Use OCT in Deciding Whether or Not to Intervene in Glaucoma.Maui, HI - 1/21/2015
- Moderator – Glaucoma.Maui, HI - 1/21/2015
- Interpretation and Management of Glaucoma using OCTMexico City, Mexico - 1/21/2015
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Other
- Welcome and Introduction: Spotlight on OCT. American Academy of Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting and Subspecialty Day, New Orleans, LASchuman JS, AAO Meetings On Demand
1/1/2013 - Three-dimensional spectral-domain optical coherence tomography data analysis for glaucoma detection.Xu J, Ishikawa H, Wollstein G, Bilonick RA, Folio LS, Nadler Z, Kagemann L, Schuman JS
1/1/2013 - Glaucoma Progression: Structure and Function.Kotowski J, Wollstein G, Ungar AK, Schuman JS, Focal Points, Clinical Modules for Ophthalmologist
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Press Mentions
- Sprinting into the Field of Neuro-Ophthalmology from the Streets of BrooklynJuly 20th, 2020
- This Is the Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do to Your EyesSeptember 14th, 2018
- The Future of Ocular Imaging?August 15th, 2018
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Grant Support
- Novel Glaucoma Diagnostics For Structure And FunctionNational Eye Institute2000–2024
- Novel Glaucoma Diagnostics For Structure And FunctionNational Eye Institute2003–2011
- Novel Glaucoma Diagnostics For Structure And FunctionNational Eye Institute2000–2002
- Measurement Of Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness In Normal AndNational Eye Institute1999
- Optical Coherence Tomography--Novel Glaucoma DiagnosticNational Eye Institute1995–1998
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Member
- American Society for Clinical InvestigationMember
- Association of American PhysiciansMember
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)Fellow
- American Ophthalmological SocietyMember
- New York Ophthalmological SocietyMember
- Manhattan Ophthalmological SocietyMember
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