JohnBFiletaMD

Cataract Related, Cornea & External Disease, Refractive Surgery

Cornea, Refractive, & Cataract Surgeon

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I am an Eye Surgeon specializing in Cataract surgery, Corneal transplants, LASIK, Intraocular lens exchange after complications from prior Cataract surgery, Dry Eye Syndrome, and Comprehensive Eye Care. I completed a fellowship in Cornea, Refractive Surgery and Advanced Cataract surgery under world renowned surgeons at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the number one eye hospital in the country.

It is a great privilege and responsibility to be entrusted with your vision, I look forward to caring for you in our office.

University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery, 2014 - 2015
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterResidency, Ophthalmology, 2011 - 2014
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 2010

Penn State Eye Center Research Project of the Year Penn State Hershey Eye Center, 2014
Preliminary Medicine Intern of the Year Penn State Hershey Department of Internal Medicine, 2011
Hematology and Oncology Resident of the Year Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, 2011
Alvin & Diane Watne Endowed Scholarship University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2010
Medical Student Research Project of the Year University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2009-2010
Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2009
National Eye Institute Travel Grant The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2006
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014
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PubMed

26 citations
Efficient Estimation of Retinal Ganglion Cell Number: a Stereological Approach
John B. Fileta, Wei Huang, Gina P. Kwon, Theodoros Filippopoulos, Y. Ben
Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2008-05-15
56 citations
Calpain activation in experimental glaucoma.
Wei Huang, John B. Fileta, Ian Rawe, Juan Qu, Cynthia L. Grosskreutz
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2010-06-01
101 citations
Calcineurin cleavage is triggered by elevated intraocular pressure, and calcineurin inhibition blocks retinal ganglion cell death in experimental glaucoma
Wei Huang, John B. Fileta, Adam Dobberfuhl, Theodoros Filippopolous, Yan Guo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2005-08-23

Abstracts/Posters

Frequency of Ocular Injury, and Examination Findings Predictive of Serious Ocular Injury, in Patients with Orbital Fractures.
Fileta JB, Scott IU., Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science., 2014
Meta-Analysis of Endophthalmitis After Intravitreal-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor.
Fileta JB, Scott IU, Flynn HW., Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2013