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Overview

Donald L. Budenz is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Ophthalmology. Budenz's work includes significant publications in subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics addressed in Budenz's research include:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

Budenz has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Richard Parrish
  • Anne L. Coleman
  • Janet Davis Miami
  • Eve J. Higginbotham
  • S Philadelphia

Their research has been published extensively in venues that include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology Glaucoma
  • Ophthalmology
  • Optometry and Vision Science

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Budenz include:

  • Prevalence of Glaucoma in an Urban West African Population: The Tema Eye Survey, 2020, PubMed
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Treatment Outcomes in the Primary Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study after 5 Years of Follow-up, 2022, Ophthalmology
  • Risk Factors for Failure of Tube Shunt Surgery: A Pooled Data Analysis, 2022, American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • A multi-cohort genome-wide association study in African ancestry individuals reveals risk loci for primary open-angle glaucoma, 2024, Cell

Best Publications

  • Treatment outcomes in the tube versus trabeculectomy (TVT) study after five years of follow-up

    Steven J. Gedde;Joyce C. Schiffman;William J. Feuer;Leon W. Herndon

  • Postoperative complications in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) study during five years of follow-up.

    Steven J. Gedde;Leon W. Herndon;James D. Brandt;Donald L. Budenz

  • Determinants of Normal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measured by Stratus OCT

    Donald L. Budenz;Douglas R. Anderson;Rohit Varma;Joel Schuman

  • Categorizing the stage of glaucoma from pre-diagnosis to end-stage disease.

    Richard P. Mills;Donald L. Budenz;Paul P. Lee;Robert J. Noecker

  • Macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer: automated detection and thickness reproducibility with spectral domain-optical coherence tomography in glaucoma.

    Jean Claude Mwanza;Jonathan D. Oakley;Donald L. Budenz;Robert T. Chang;Robert T. Chang

  • Three-Year Follow-up of the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study

    Steven J. Gedde;Joyce C. Schiffman;William J. Feuer;Leon W. Herndon

  • Reproducibility of retinal nerve fiber thickness measurements using the stratus OCT in normal and glaucomatous eyes.

    Donald L. Budenz;Robert T. Chang;Xiangrun Huang;Robert W. Knighton

  • Treatment outcomes in the tube versus trabeculectomy study after one year of follow-up.

    Steven J. Gedde;Joyce C. Schiffman;William J. Feuer;Leon W. Herndon

  • Sensitivity and specificity of the StratusOCT for perimetric glaucoma.

    Donald L. Budenz;Donald L. Budenz;Anika Michael;Robert T. Chang;John McSoley

  • Surgical complications in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study during the first year of follow-up.

    Steven J. Gedde;Leon W. Herndon;James D. Brandt;Donald L. Budenz

  • Ability of cirrus HD-OCT optic nerve head parameters to discriminate normal from glaucomatous eyes

    Jean Claude Mwanza;Jonathan D. Oakley;Donald L. Budenz;Douglas R. Anderson

  • Reproducibility of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Thickness Measurements with Stratus OCT in Glaucomatous Eyes

    Donald L. Budenz;Marie Josée Fredette;Marie Josée Fredette;William J. Feuer;Douglas R. Anderson

  • Reproducibility of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Optic Nerve Head Parameters Measured with Cirrus HD-OCT in Glaucomatous Eyes

    Jean Claude Mwanza;Robert T. Chang;Donald L. Budenz;Mary K. Durbin

  • Detection and prognostic significance of optic disc hemorrhages during the ocular hypertension treatment study

    Donald L. Budenz;Douglas R. Anderson;William J. Feuer;Julia A. Beiser

  • Common Variants at 9p21 and 8q22 Are Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Optic Nerve Degeneration in Glaucoma

    Janey L. Wiggs;Brian L. Yaspan;Michael A. Hauser;Jae H. Kang

  • Treatment of depression with cognitive therapy and amitriptyline.

    Aaron T. Beck;Steven D. Hollon;Jeffrey E. Young;Richard C. Bedrosian

  • Risk factors for glaucoma filtering bleb infections.

    Joern B. Soltau;Robert F. Rothman;Robert F. Rothman;Donald L. Budenz;David S. Greenfield;David S. Greenfield;David S. Greenfield

  • Profile and predictors of normal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thickness measured with frequency-domain optical coherence tomography.

    Jean-Claude Mwanza;Mary K Durbin;Donald L Budenz;Christopher A Girkin

  • Treatment outcomes in the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study after 1 year of follow-up.

    Donald L. Budenz;Keith Barton;William J. Feuer;Joyce Schiffman

  • A multicenter, retrospective pilot study of resource use and costs associated with severity of disease in glaucoma

    Paul P. Lee;John G. Walt;John J. Doyle;Sameer V. Kotak

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Feuer
William J. Feuer University of Miami
Joel S. Schuman
Joel S. Schuman Wills Eye Hospital
Michael A. Hauser
Michael A. Hauser Duke University
Yutao Liu
Yutao Liu Augusta University
Julia E. Richards
Julia E. Richards University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Terry Gaasterland
Terry Gaasterland University of California, San Diego
Janey L. Wiggs
Janey L. Wiggs Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Kimberly F. Doheny
Kimberly F. Doheny Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cathy C. Laurie
Cathy C. Laurie University of Washington

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