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Office
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242Phone+1 319-356-3938Fax+1 319-353-7699
Summary
- I am a board-certified ophthalmologist with fellowship training in glaucoma and I have a Ph.D. in ophthalmic genetics.
My clinic focuses on the diagnoses and medical care of glaucoma and inherited optic nerve disease.
My training and experience has provided me with broad clinical and laboratory expertise to investigate the genetic basis of optic nerve disease. My early research resulted in the detection of the first glaucoma gene, myocilin, and more recently my laboratory has discovered another of only a few known glaucoma genes, TBK1.
My laboratory investigates the mechanisms by which defects in these genes lead to glaucoma using transgenic mice, induced pluripotent stem cells, and other patient-based studies. These projects are part of an overall mission to investigate the genetic basis of optic nerve disease and develop sight-saving therapies for this common group of blinding diseases.
Education & Training
- University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Glaucoma, 2004 - 2006
- University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Ophthalmology, 2001 - 2004
- Aurora Health CareInternship, Transitional Year, 2000 - 2001
- University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2000
- Dartmouth CollegeBA, BE, Engineering, 1987 - 1992
Certifications & Licensure
- IA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
- American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Paper Award Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, 2013
- Charles D. Phelps Award 2012
- American Glaucoma Society Mid-Career Physician Scientist Award 2012
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPrimary Open-Angle Glaucoma Polygenic Risk Score and Risk of Disease Onset: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.Sayuri Sekimitsu, Nabil Ghazal, Kanza Aziz, Yan Zhao, Rishabh K Singh
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2024-11-07 - METTL23 Variants and Patients With Normal-Tension Glaucoma.Todd E Scheetz, Mallory R Tollefson, Ben R Roos, Erin A Boese, Andrew E Pouw
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2024-11-01 - 1 citationsMinimal phenotypes in transgenic mice with the human LOXL1/LOXL1-AS1 locus associated with exfoliation glaucoma.Kacie J Meyer, Hannah E Mercer, Ben R Roos, John H Fingert, Michael G Anderson
Vision Research. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- Long-Term Follow-up of Normal Tension Glaucoma Patients with TBK1 Gene Mutations in One Large PedigreeJohn Fingert, MD, American Journal of Ophthalmology
- CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Engineering: Treating Inherited Retinal DegenerationArlene V Drack, John H Fingert, Joseph C Giacalone, Robert F Mullins, Edwin M Stone, ScienceDirect
- The Myocilin Gly252Arg mutation confers glaucoma of intermediate severity and in Caucasians originated from a common founder.Hewitt, A.W., Bennett, S.L., Richards, J.E., Dimasi, D.P., Booth, A.P., Inglehearn, C., Anwar, R., Yamamoto, T., Fingert, J.H., Heon, E., Craig, J.E., Mackey, D.A, Archives of Ophthalmology
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Books/Book Chapters
Other
- A Patient’s Guide to Glaucoma.Kwon, Y.H., Fingert, J.H., Greenlee, E.C
http://www.medrounds.org/glaucoma-guide/ - Juvenile open-angle glaucoma: 22 year-old Caucasian female referred in 1990 for evaluation of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP).Lively GD, Alward, WLM, Fingert JH, EyeRounds.org
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/cases/87-Myocilin-juvenile-open-angle-glaucoma.htm - Plateau Iris.Rogers, GM, Alward, WLM, Fingert JH, EyeRounds.org
http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/eyeforum/cases/143-plateau-iris.htm
Press Mentions
- Researchers Find Link Between Eye Disease and Degeneration of the BrainNovember 6th, 2019
Grant Support
- TBK1-Related GlaucomaNational Eye Institute (NEI)2016–2018
- Molecular Genetics of Normal Tension GlaucomaNational Eye Institute (NEI)2014–2018
- Genetics Of Quantitative Traits Associated With GlaucomaNational Eye Institute2009–2011
- The Molecular Genetics Of Pigmentary GlaucomaNational Eye Institute2006–2010
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- American Glaucoma SocietyMember
- Association for Research in Vision and OphthalmologyMember
- American Board of OphthalmologyDiplomat
- American Society of Human GeneticsMember
- American Society for Clinical InvestigationMember
- Association for Research in Vision and OphthalmologyFellow
- American Ophthalmological SocietyMember
- Glaucoma Research SocietyMember
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