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Robert Ritch is affiliated with the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on ophthalmology, with a substantial body of work in glaucoma and related retinal disorders.

The main fields of study for Robert Ritch include Medicine, with a specialized concentration in Ophthalmology. Other notable subfields covered in their research are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Genetics.

Frequent topics in Robert Ritch's research encompass:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Corneal surgery and disorders
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Retinal and Macular Surgery
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Connective tissue disorders research

The scientist has published in several venues multiple times, including:

  • Journal of Glaucoma
  • UNC Libraries
  • Ophthalmology Glaucoma
  • American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmology

Among the recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Robert Ritch are:

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Ab-Externo MicroShunt versus Trabeculectomy in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, 2023, Ophthalmology
  • Ginkgo Biloba Extract in Ophthalmic and Systemic Disease, With a Focus on Normal-Tension Glaucoma, 2020, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Optical coherence tomography angiography in glaucoma, 2020, Annals of Translational Medicine
  • Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Two Common Loci Associated with Pigment Dispersion Syndrome/Pigmentary Glaucoma and Implicates Myopia in its Development, 2022, Ophthalmology

Robert Ritch collaborates frequently with a team of researchers who include Louis R. Pasquale, Janey L. Wiggs, Jessica N. Cooke Bailey, Yutao Liu, and Robert N. Weinreb. These coauthors have contributed to numerous studies in overlapping fields related to glaucoma and ophthalmology.

Best Publications

  • Identification of a Gene That Causes Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

    Edwin M. Stone;John H. Fingert;Wallace L. M. Alward;Thai D. Nguyen

  • Adult-onset primary open-angle glaucoma caused by mutations in optineurin.

    Tayebeh Rezaie;Anne Child;Anne Child;Roger Hitchings;Glen Brice;Glen Brice

  • Glaucomatous damage of the macula

    Donald C. Hood;Ali S. Raza;Carlos Gustavo V. de Moraes;Carlos Gustavo V. de Moraes;Jeffrey M. Liebmann;Jeffrey M. Liebmann

  • Analysis of Myocilin Mutations in 1703 Glaucoma Patients From Five Different Populations

    John H. Fingert;Elise Héon;Jeffrey M. Liebmann;Tetsuya Yamamoto

  • Identification of a novel adult-onset primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) gene on 5q22.1

    Sharareh Monemi;George Spaeth;Alexander DaSilva;Samuel Popinchalk

  • Influence of glaucomatous visual field loss on health-related quality of life

    P Gutierrez;M R Wilson;C Johnson;M Gordon

  • Exfoliation syndrome-the most common identifiable cause of open-angle glaucoma.

    Robert Ritch

  • A randomized trial of brimonidine versus timolol in preserving visual function: results from the Low-Pressure Glaucoma Treatment Study.

    Theodore Krupin;Jeffrey M Liebmann;Jeffrey M Liebmann;David S Greenfield;Robert Ritch;Robert Ritch

  • Optical coherence tomography and scanning laser polarimetry in normal, ocular hypertensive, and glaucomatous eyes

    Sek Tien Hoh;Sek Tien Hoh;David S Greenfield;David S Greenfield;Andrea Mistlberger;Andrea Mistlberger;Jeffrey M Liebmann;Jeffrey M Liebmann

  • Method for the treatment of glaucoma

    Robert Ritch;Edward E. Klein

  • Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in Plateau Iris Syndrome

    Charles J. Pavlin;Robert Ritch;F. Stuart Foster

  • Natural history of normal-tension glaucoma.

    D R Anderson;S M Drance;M Schulzer

  • Risk Factors for Visual Field Progression in Treated Glaucoma

    Carlos Gustavo V. De Moraes;Viral J. Juthani;Jeffrey M. Liebmann;Jeffrey M. Liebmann;Christopher C. Teng;Christopher C. Teng;Christopher C. Teng

  • Late bleb-related endophthalmitis after trabeculectomy with adjunctive 5-fluorouracil.

    Barbara Wolner;Jeffrey M. Liebmann;Joseph W. Sassani;Joseph W. Sassani;Robert Ritch

  • Mutations of the forkhead/winged-helix gene, FKHL7, in patients with Axenfeld-Rieger anomaly.

    Alan J. Mears;Tim Jordan;Farideh Mirzayans;Stéphane Dubois

  • Heidelberg retina Tomography and optical coherence Tomography in normal, ocular-hypertensive, and glaucomatous eyes

    Andrea Mistlberger;Jeffrey M. Liebmann;David S. Greenfield;Mauricio E. Pons

  • Latanoprost, a prostaglandin analog, for glaucoma therapy. Efficacy and safety after 1 year of treatment in 198 patients. Latanoprost Study Groups.

    Carl B. Camras;Albert Alm;Peter Watson;Johan Stjernschantz

  • 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

  • Exfoliation (pseudoexfoliation) syndrome: toward a new understanding. Proceedings of the First International Think Tank.

    Robert Ritch;Ursula Schlötzer‐Schrehardt

  • Racial differences in optic nerve head parameters.

    Thomas Chi;Robert Ritch;David Stickler;Bruce Pitman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. Liebmann
Jeffrey M. Liebmann University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Donald C. Hood
Donald C. Hood Columbia University
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Hiroshi Ishikawa Oregon Health & Science University
Louis R. Pasquale
Louis R. Pasquale Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
John H. Fingert
John H. Fingert University of Iowa
Robert N. Weinreb
Robert N. Weinreb University of California, San Diego
Janey L. Wiggs
Janey L. Wiggs Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Dennis S.C. Lam
Dennis S.C. Lam Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Julia E. Richards
Julia E. Richards University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University

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