KatherineE.UyhaziMDPhD

Retinal Disease

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Retinal Degeneration, Perelman School of Medicine

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Office
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Scheie Eye Institute, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone+1 215-662-8676

Fax+1 215-243-4696

Dr. Katherine Uyhazi is an ophthalmologist in Philadelphia, PA who specializes in inherited retinal diseases. She received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and has a PhD in cell biology. Her research laboratory is developing new gene therapy and stem cell-based therapies for blinding diseases.

Scheie Welcomes Dr. Katherine Uyhazi

Laboratory research, Gene therapy, Visual field testing, Retinal degeneration, Electroretinography, Stem Cell Research, Ocular Genetics, Retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital amaurosis, genetic testing

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 2017 - 2019
University of Pennsylvania Health System/Scheie Eye InstituteResidency, Ophthalmology, 2014 - 2017
Albert Einstein Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 2013 - 2014
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2013, MD, PhD
The College of New JerseyBS, Biology, Summa cum laude, 2001 - 2005

PubMed

Fleck-like lesions inleber congenital amaurosis: a case series.
Tomas S Aleman, Erin C O'Neil, Katherine E Uyhazi, Kelsey M Parchinski, Arlene J Santos
Ophthalmic Genetics. 2022-12-01
11 citations
Transplanted human induced pluripotent stem cells- derived retinal ganglion cells embed within mouse retinas and are electrophysiologically functional.
Vrathasha Vrathasha, Sergei Nikonov, Brent Allen Bell, Jie He, Yajat Bungatavula
Iscience. 2022-11-18
1 citations
DANON DISEASE: A MODEL OF PHOTORECEPTOR DEGENERATION SECONDARY TO PRIMARY RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DISEASE.
Erin C O'Neil, Katherine E Uyhazi, Keli O'Connor, Isabella A Aleman, Jose S Pulido
Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2022-11-01

Journal Articles

RDH12 Mutations Cause a Severe Retinal Degeneration with Relatively Spared Rod Function
Tomas S Aleman, Katherine E Uyhazi, Albert M Maguire, Michael J Ammar, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Characterizing the “POAGome”: A Bioinformatics-Driven Approach to Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Ian D Danford, Levi N Kanu, Katherine E Uyhazi, Lana D Verkuil, Daniel J Choi, ScienceDirect

NOACs May Carry Lower Risk of Intraocular Hemorrhage Than WarfarinJanuary 2nd, 2018