MichaelJosephAmmarMD

Retinal Disease, Uveitis

Vitreoretinal Surgeon; Co-Director of Clinical Research

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Dr. Michael Ammar is a vitreoretinal surgeon, partner, and co-director of clinical research at Retina Consultants San Diego. He is also Chief of Ophthamology at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. He received his medical degree from University of Southern California School of Medicine and has been in practice 6 years. He specializes in retinal disease and uveitis. He has more than 50 publications and over 200 citings.

Wills Eye HospitalFellowship, 2019 - 2021
University of Pennsylvania Health System/Scheie Eye InstituteResidency, Ophthalmology, 2016 - 2019
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center/UCLAIntern Year, 2015 - 2016
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2015, MD

PubMed

Sickle Cell Retinopathy Lost to Follow-up Study.
Jovi C Y Wong, Meera D Sivalingam, Matthew Griffin, John Magagna, Bita Momenaei
Retina. 2024-12-09
RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING MICROSERRATED VERSUS CONVENTIONAL INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE FORCEPS FOR INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING.
Matthew R Starr, John C Hinkle, Luv G Patel, Michael J Ammar, Rebecca R Soares
Retina. 2024-08-01
3 citations
Survey of Vitreoretinal Specialists in the United States Regarding Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Michael N Cohen, Michael J Ammar, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, Mirataollah Salabati, Rachel S Gruver
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2022-12-01

Journal Articles

Cryptococcal Meningitis Presenting as Endophthalmitis in an Otherwise Asymptomatic Patient
Travis Peck, Michael Ammar, JP Dunn, Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases, 11/24/2020
Practice Patterns and Responsiveness to Simulated Common Ocular Complaints Among US Ophthalmology Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Luv G Patel, Michael J Ammar, Yoshihiro Yonekawa, JAMA Ophthalmology
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

Practice Patterns and Responsiveness to Simulated Common Ocular Complaints Among US Ophthalmology Centers During the COVID-19 PandemicAugust 2020