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David W. Sretavan publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Sretavan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 81 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David W. Sretavan D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Sretavan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David W. Sretavan is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on ophthalmology, surgery, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging as subfields.

Their work extensively covers topics related to intraocular surgery and lenses, glaucoma and retinal disorders, traumatic ocular and foreign body injuries, retinal and macular surgery, anorectal disease treatments and outcomes, and anesthesia and pain management.

Frequent publication venues for David W. Sretavan include:

  • Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • Clinical ophthalmology

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by David W. Sretavan are:

  • "Endothelial Cell Loss Following Cataract Surgery Using Continuous Curvilinear Capsulorhexis or Precision Pulse Capsulotomy," 2023, Clinical ophthalmology
  • "Automated precision pulse capsulotomy vs manual capsulorhexis in white cataracts: reduction in procedural time and resource utilization," 2022, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • "Precision pulse capsulotomy: performance metrics and utility in routine and complex cases," 2020, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
  • "Use of P1-P4 Purkinje reflections as a surrogate sign for intraoperative patient fixation," 2021, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery

Frequent co-authors of David W. Sretavan include:

  • Mark C Vital
  • Cristos Ifantides
  • Kevin Jong
  • C. Trinh
  • Tomy Starck

Their research contributions span clinical and surgical innovations in ophthalmology, focusing on improving techniques related to cataract surgeries and intraoperative patient monitoring. Their published work reflects involvement with both routine and complex surgical cases, addressing procedural efficiency and clinical outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Netrin-1 and DCC Mediate Axon Guidance Locally at the Optic Disc: Loss of Function Leads to Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

    Michael S Deiner;Timothy E Kennedy;Amin Fazeli;Tito Serafini

  • Semaphorin 5A is a bifunctional axon guidance cue regulated by heparan and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.

    David B. Kantor;Onanong Chivatakarn;Katherine L. Peer;Stephen F. Oster

  • Modification of retinal ganglion cell axon morphology by prenatal infusion of tetrodotoxin.

    David W. Sretavan;Carla J. Shatz;Michael P. Stryker

  • FAK Deficiency in Cells Contributing to the Basal Lamina Results in Cortical Abnormalities Resembling Congenital Muscular Dystrophies

    Hillary E. Beggs;Dorreyah Schahin-Reed;Keling Zang;Sandra Goebbels

  • Prenatal development of retinal ganglion cell axons: segregation into eye-specific layers within the cat's lateral geniculate nucleus

    DW Sretavan;CJ Shatz

  • An Oligodendrocyte Lineage-Specific Semaphorin, Sema5A, Inhibits Axon Growth by Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Jeffrey L. Goldberg;Mauricio E. Vargas;Jack T. Wang;Wim Mandemakers

  • Kinase independent function of EphB receptors in retinal axon pathfinding to the optic disc from dorsal but not ventral retina.

    Eric Birgbauer;Chad A. Cowan;David W. Sretavan;Mark J Henkemeyer

  • Embryonic neurons of the developing optic chiasm express L1 and CD44, cell surface molecules with opposing effects on retinal axon growth

    D.W. Sretavan;D.W. Sretavan;L. Feng;E. Puré;L.F. Reichardt

  • Submodality segregation and receptive-field sequences in cuneate, gracile, and external cuneate nuclei of the cat.

    R W Dykes;D D Rasmusson;D Sretavan;N B Rehman

  • Prenatal development of individual retinogeniculate axons during the period of segregation

    David Sretavan;Carla J. Shatz

  • Time-lapse video analysis of retinal ganglion cell axon pathfinding at the mammalian optic chiasm: growth cone guidance using intrinsic chiasm cues

    David W. Sretavan;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Interactions between retinal ganglion cells during the development of the mammalian visual system.

    C J Shatz;D W Sretavan

  • Glia, neurons, and axon pathfinding during optic chiasm development.

    Carol A Mason;David W Sretavan

  • Altered midline axon pathways and ectopic neurons in the developing hypothalamus of netrin-1- and DCC-deficient mice.

    Michael S. Deiner;David W. Sretavan

  • Invariant Sema5A inhibition serves an ensheathing function during optic nerve development.

    Stephen F. Oster;MacDara O. Bodeker;Fengling He;David W. Sretavan

  • Specific routing of retinal ganglion cell axons at the mammalian optic chiasm during embryonic development.

    DW Sretavan

  • Ganglion cell axon pathfinding in the retina and optic nerve.

    S.F Oster;M Deiner;E Birgbauer;D.W Sretavan

  • Prenatal development of cat retinogeniculate axon arbors in the absence of binocular interactions

    DW Sretavan;CJ Shatz

  • EphB3: An Endogenous Mediator of Adult Axonal Plasticity and Regrowth after CNS Injury

    Xiao Liu;Elizabeth Hawkes;Tatsuto Ishimaru;Tony Tran

  • Laser-induced ocular hypertension in albino CD-1 mice.

    Christine T. Fu;David Sretavan

Frequent Co-Authors

Carla J. Shatz
Carla J. Shatz Stanford University
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
Carol A. Mason
Carol A. Mason Columbia University
Erik M. Ullian
Erik M. Ullian University of California, San Francisco
Preston E. Garraghty
Preston E. Garraghty Indiana University
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Michael P. Stryker
Michael P. Stryker University of California, San Francisco
Monica L. Vetter
Monica L. Vetter University of Utah
Lily Yeh Jan
Lily Yeh Jan University of California, San Francisco

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