StephenSFemanMDMPH, FACS

Ophthalmology • Saint Louis, MO

Retinal Disease

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Office
1755 S Grand Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 63104
Phone+1 314-256-3235

Fax+1 314-977-9910

Education & Training

School of Public Health, Saint Louis UniversityMPH, 2011
Washington University in St. LouisNo Degree, Economics Studies, 2005
Johns Hopkins UniversityPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 1973 - 1974
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 1972 - 1973
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/UCLA Stein and Doheny Eye InstitutesResidency, Ophthalmology, 1969 - 1972
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1966 - 1968
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1966
Franklin & Marshall CollegeB.A., 1962

Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 1998 - 2020
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Paul R. Donnelly Award School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 2011
Health Policy Fellow Missouri Foundation for Health, 2008
Charles H. Best Medal Winner American Diabetes Association, 1994
Achievement Award Ribbon American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2013
Ethics Certification FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 2011
Elected Life Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2010
Second Distinguished Service Award Saint Louis University, 2009
Certificate of Achievement Federal Emergency Management Agency, Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals, 2007
Distinguished Service Award Saint Louis University, 2003, 2013
Senior Honor Achievement Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2001
Best Doctors in America 2001
Certificate of Recognition Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, 2000
Leadership Award Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology, 1997
Honor Award Collaborative Investigators of the Multi-center Trial and Outcome Study of Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity, 1997
Charles H. Best Medal American Diabetes Association, 1994
"Model State Society" Leadership Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1993
Honor Award Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology, 1993
Certificate of Appreciation American Board of Ophthalmology, 1991
Who's Who in Medicine & Healthcare 1991
Certificate of Appreciation Tennessee Society to Prevent Blindness, 1990
Health Care Professional of the Year, Tennessee Chapter Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired, 1989
Certificate of Appreciation, International Council Association for Education of the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1984
Honor Award American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1984
Certificate of Appreciation Tennessee Public Health Association, 1981
Seeing Eye Foundation Fellow Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1973
Heed Foundation Fellow Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, 1972
National Institutes of Health Special Fellow UCLA, 1968
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

32 citations
Visual impairment Following Radial Keratotomy: A Cluster of Cases
Denis M. O'Day, Stephen S. Feman, James H. Elliott
Ophthalmology. 1986-03-01
223 citations
Prolonged effect of intensive therapy on the risk of retinopathy complications in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: 10 years after the diabetes control and compl...
Neil H. White, Wanjie Sun, Patricia A. Cleary, Ronald P. Danis, Matthew D. Davis
Archives of Ophthalmology. 2008-12-01
26 citations
DNA methylation age calculators reveal association with diabetic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes.
Delnaz Roshandel, Zhuo Chen, Angelo J. Canty, Shelley B. Bull, Rama Natarajan
Clinical Epigenetics. 2020-04-05

Journal Articles

Change in Diabetic Pan-Retinal Photocoagulation Incidence
Feman SS, Burroughs TE, Chen JJ, Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging, 1/1/2012
Traumatic Retinal Tear in a Basketball Player
Robinson RT, Wadsworth LT, Feman SS, Current Sports Medicine Reports, 1/1/2011
An Economic Evaluation of Diabetic Vision Loss in the United States
Feman SS, Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc, 1/1/2010
Frosted Branch Angiitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus Progressing to Acute Retinal Necrosis
Barkmeier AJ, Feman SS, Retinal Cases & Br. Reports, 1/1/2009
Survival Rate after Curative Intent Treatment for Prostate Cancer in Patients with Total Visual Impairment
Ghazarian M, Virgo KS, Feman SS, VanEps JL, Ledbetter LN, Kumar M, Johnson FE, Journal of Surgical Research, 1/1/2009
Three-year Follow up of a Randomized Trial Comparing Focal/Grid Photocoagulation and Intravitreal Triamcinolone for Diabetic Macular Edema
Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network with Feman SS, Arch Ophthalmol, 1/1/2009
A Randomized Trial Comparing Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide and Focal/Grid Photocoagulation for Diabetic Macular Edema
Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network with Feman SS, Ophthalmology, 9/1/2008
Outcomes of Curative Intent Treatment for Colorectal Cancer Among Patients with Total Visual Impairment
Seagrave R, Virgo K, Johnson F, McEnany RM, Feman SS, Journal of Surgical Research, 2/1/2008
Outcomes of Curative Intent Lung Cancer Surgery in Total Visual Impairment Patients
Parks C, Wong R, Miller R, Virgo KS, Johnson FE, Feman SS, Journal of Surgical Research, 2/1/2008
Outcomes of Curative Intent Treatment for Prostate Cancer Among Patients with Total Visual Impairment
Van Eps JL, Virgo KS, Johnson FE, Feman SS, Ledbetter LN, Kumar M, Journal of Surgical Research, 2/1/2008
Comparison of Modified ETDRS and Mild Macular Grid Photocoagulation Strategies for Diabetic Macular Edema
Fong D, Aiello LP, Beck R, Callanan D, Danis R, Davis M, Feman SS, Ferris F, Friedman S, Garcia C, Glassman A, Han D, Ie D, Lauer A, Recchia F, Solomon S, and Stauber S, Arch Ophthalmol, 4/1/2007
A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial of Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema
Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network with Feman SS, Ophthalmol, 1/1/2007
Effect of Ruboxistaurin on Visual Loss in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy
The PKC-DRS2 Study Group with Feman SS, Ophthalmology, 12/1/2006
Thalassemia
Feman SS, Annals of Ophthalmology, 1/1/2006
Prevalence and Course of Strabismus in the First Year of Life for Infants with Prethreshold Retinopathy of Prematurity
VanderVeen DK, Coats DK, Dobson V, Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group with Feman SS, Arch Ophthalmol, 1/1/2006
Rheopheresis for AMD Trial Results - Primary Critique
Feman SS, Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc, 1/1/2006
The Incidence and Course of Retinopathy of Prematurity: Findings from the Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Study
Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group with Feman SS, Pediatrics, 1/1/2005
Prevalence of Myopia at 9 Months in Infants with High-Risk Pre-threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity
Davitt BV, Dobson V, Good WV, Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Co-operative Group, with Feman SS, Ophthalmol, 1/1/2005
The Effect of Ruboxistaurin on Visual Loss in Patients with Moderately Severe to Very Severe Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Initial Results of the Protein Kin...
The PKC-DRS Study Group with Feman SS, Diabetes, 1/1/2005
Multicenter Trial of Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Study Design
Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group, Hardy RJ, Good WV, Dobson V, et al with Feman SS, Controlled Clinical Trials, 1/1/2004
Final Results of the Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ETROP) Randomized Trial
Good WV, Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group, with Feman SS, Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc, 1/1/2004
Eye Disorders Associated with Retinal Angiogenesis
Feman SS, Myers JP, Jones MP, Comprehensive Ophthalmology Update, 1/1/2003
Revised Indications for the Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity: Results of the Early Treatment for ROP Randomized Trial
Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group with Feman SS, Arch Ophthalmol, 1/1/2003
Macular Hole Surgery with Silicone Oil Tamponade
Akduman L, Oz O, Mehr DS, Feman SS, Olk RJ, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 1/1/2002
Severe Pupil Distortion following Trans-chamber Repair of a Cyclodialysis Cleft
Nichols JC, Lee DH, Feman SS, Shields SR, Ophthalmic Surg Lasers, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

Vitreoretinal Surgery
Chapter: Vitreo-Retinal Surgery and Endophthalmitis
Modi D, Ernst BJ, Feman SSEditors: Saxena S, Meyer CH, et al.Jaypee-Highlights Medical Publishers, Panama City, Panama2011
Vitreo-Retinal Surgery
Chapter: Endophthalmitis
Modi D, Ernst BJ, Feman SSEditors: Saxena S, et al.McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY2010
Current Ocular Therapy
Page 150 - 151Feman SS, Akduman L, Yalcinbayir O: The Thalassemias, in Roy FH, Fraunfelder FT, Fraunfelder FT, Tindall R, Jensvold BSaunders-Elsevier, Philadelphia2008
Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology
Chapter: Diabetes Mellitus and the Eye
Page 1 - 18Feman SSEditors: Tasman W, Jaeger EA.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2005
Current Ocular Therapy
Feman SS, Akduman L, Yalcinbayir O: The Thalassemias, in Fraunfelder FT, Roy FH, Randall JSaunders, Philadelphia2005
Current Ocular Therapy-5
Chapter: Thalassemia
Feman SSEditors: Fraunfelder FT, Roy FH, and Randall J.Saunders, Philadelphia1999
Surgical Care for the Elderly
Chapter: Ophthalmic Disorders in the Elderly
Page 201 - 210Elliott JH, Feman SSEditors: Adkins RB, Scott HW.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia1998
Current Ocular Therapy-4
Chapter: Thalassemia
Page 197 - 198Feman SSEditors: Fraunfelder FT and Roy FH.Saunders, Philadelphia1994
Ocular Problems in Diabetes Mellitus
Feman, SSBlackwell Scientific Publications, Inc., Cambridge1992
Current Ocular Therapy-3
Page 171 - 172Feman SSEditors: Thalassemia. in Fraunfelder FT, and Roy FH.Saunders, Philadelphia1990
Clinical Ophthalmology
Chapter: Degenerative Diseases of the Peripheral Retina
Straatsma BR, Foos RY, Feman SSEditors: Duane TD.Harper and Row, New York1988
Surgical Care for the Elderly
Chapter: Ophthalmic Diseases in the Elderly
Page 482 - 493Elliott JH, Feman SSEditors: R.B. Adkins and H.W. Scott.Williams and Wilkins, Co., Baltimore1987
Handbook of Pediatric Ophthalmology
Feman SS, Reinecke RDGrune and Stratton Publishers, New York1979
Documento Ophthalmologica
Chapter: Precursors of Disciform Macular Degeneration
Page 319 - 326Feman SS, van Heuven WAJEditors: JJ DeLaey.DW Junk, The Hague1976
Documento Ophthalmologica
Chapter: TV-Fluorangiography
Page 19 - 24Feman SS, van Heuven WAJ, Schaffer CEditors: JJ DeLaey.DW Junk, The Hague1976
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Lectures

America's New Epidemic of Age Related Vision Loss
6/3/2014
The Epidemic of Age Related Visual Loss
4/19/2014
New Concepts about Diabetic Eye Disease
SLU School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - 2/19/2014
A New Look at Macular Degeneration
Central St. Louis County Library - 10/22/2013
Macular Degeneration - Prevention, Symptoms and Treatment
6/27/2013
What Is New about Age Related Macular Degeneration
4/29/2013
Retinitis Pigmentosa - Some New Concepts about an Old Disorder
2/9/2013
Preventing Diabetic Blindness Today
1/16/2013
Health Care Reform in 2012, Grand Rounds
Saint Louis University Medical School - 8/15/2012
Diabetic Pan-Retinal Photocoagulation Incidence Change
Jerusalem, Israel - 6/13/2012
What is new in Diabetic Eye Disease
SLU School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - 2/1/2012
Diabetic Blindness and the Primary Care Provider
Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, IL - 5/4/2011
Diabetic Vision Loss - 2011 - New Concepts in Diabetic Eye Disorders
3/16/2011
Health Care Reform, 2010 and Onwards
Belleville, IL - 3/2/2011
An Economic Evaluation of Diabetic Vision Loss in the United States
Greenbrier, West VA - 5/21/2010
New Approaches to the Treatment of Diabetic Eye Disorder
School of Medicine, Saint Louis University - 1/6/2010
Is Prostate Cancer Survival Influenced by Visual State?
New York - 10/1/2009
Missouri Health Care: The Cost of Our Rural Physician Shortage
Joplin and Springfield MO - 9/24/2009
Survival Rate after Curative Intent Treatment for Prostate Cancer in Patients with Total Visual Impairment
Fort Meyers, FL - 2/3/2009
The Importance of Diabetes Mellitus in Eye Disorders
St. Louis, MO - 9/13/2008
Effect of Visual Impairment on Cancer Therapy Outcome
Colorado Springs, CO - 5/14/2008
New Therapies for Diabetic Eye Disease
Saint Louis University Medical School - 5/9/2008
Total Visual Impairment and Colorectal Cancer
Huntington Beach, CA - 2/1/2008
Outcomes of Curative Intent Treatment for Lung Cancer among Patients with Total Visual Impairment
Huntington Beach, CA - 2/1/2008
Outcomes of Curative Intent Treatment for Prostate Cancer Among Patients with Total Visual Impairment
Huntington Beach, CA - 2/1/2008
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Other

What Does the Patient Protection Act Do to the Average Missourian Today?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/04/what-does-the-patient.html
4/9/2010
What Does It Cost if Your Neighbor Has No Health Care Insurance?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/03/what-does-it-cost-if-your.html
3/19/2010
Competition in Health Care Insurance
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/competition-in-health-care-2.html
2/25/2010
Poverty and Health Care in Missouri
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/02/poverty-and-health-care-in.html
2/8/2010
Could There Be a Long-Term Benefit From the Health Care Debate?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/01/could-there-be-a-long-term.html
1/22/2010
How Did We Get into This Health Care Mess?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2010/01/how-did-we-get-into-this-health.html
1/2/2010
Will You Find a Doctor When You Need One?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/12/will-you-find-a-doctor-when.html
12/7/2009
Health Care Insurance Without a Public Option
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/11/health-care-insurance-without.html
11/12/2009
How Does Missouri Health Care Compare?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/10/how-does-missouri-health.html
10/8/2009
Could Missouri be helped with a Health Care Co-op?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/missouri-health-care-co-op.html
9/2/2009
Missouri's Health Care Disparity Problem
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/08/health-care-disparity-problem.html
8/25/2009
How Good Is Health Care in Missouri?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/08/how-good-is-mo-health-care.html
8/19/2009
The Massachusetts Health Care Experiment
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/08/massachusetts-health-care.html
8/12/2009
Who Are the Missourians Without Health Care Insurance?
Feman SS, Show Me Daily - News and Views on Missouri Public Policy
http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/08/missourians-without-insurance.html
8/6/2009
Diabetes Mellitus and the Eye
Blinder KJ, and Feman SS, Duane's Ophthalmology, (2009 DVD-ROM edition)
http://www.duanessolution.com/pt/re/duanes/home.htm;jsessionid=JjqR1TfGsJnBL8h2HhMnzfQRK6vXhTGGTBN8ktY2VGFQQpYJJmTT!-707522149!181195629!8091!-1
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2009
Current therapy for Age Related Macular Degeneration
Feman SS, Lynch M, Reker B, KMOX 1120 AM
7/6/2002
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Professional Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology - AAO
Fellow
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member
Macula Society
Member
Retina Society
Member
American Ophthalmological Society
Member