TimothyJMurthaMD

Cataract Related, Retinal Disease

Instructor in Ophthalmology, Joslin Diabetes Center

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1 Joslin Pl
Joslin Diabetes Ctr
Boston, MA 02215
Phone+1 617-732-2552

Dr. Timothy Murtha, MD is a board certified ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts. He is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and Hebrew Rehabilitation Center.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1986 - 1989
Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1986
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolClass of 1985

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2011-2012
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

PubMed

77 citations
Retinal thickness on Stratus optical coherence tomography in people with diabetes and minimal or no diabetic retinopathy.
Neil M. Bressler, Allison R. Edwards, Andrew N. Antoszyk, Roy W. Beck, David J. Browning
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2008-05-01
72 citations
Macular edema after cataract surgery in eyes without preoperative central-involved diabetic macular edema.
Carl W. Baker, Talat Almukhtar, Neil M. Bressler, Adam R. Glassman, Sandeep Grover
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2013-07-01
51 citations
Cataract Surgery in Patients with Diabetes: Management Strategies.
Scott R Peterson, Paolo A. Silva, Timothy J. Murtha, Jennifer K. Sun
Seminars in Ophthalmology. 2018-01-01

Effect of Initial Management with Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual AcuityMay 1st, 2019