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Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates

Advanced, compassionate care for every eye condition

Your eyes are important to every part of your life. So, when your vision or eye health is affected by disease, aging, injury or another condition, it can profoundly affect — and limit — your life. Whether you need cataract surgery, suffer with chronic dry eye, have an eye disease or simply want to see better, Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates (MCOA) can help. For over 35 years, we’ve earned the trust of patients and doctors… and a reputation for standard-setting care and commitment to your best vision. We offer comprehensive eyecare, the most advanced capabilities, board-certified expertise, vast experience, teamwork, and total dedication to your best possible outcomes and patient experience.

Locations

Boerne

134 Menger Springs
Suite 1130
Boerne, TX 78006

Del Rio

608 Bedell
Suite A
Del Rio, TX 78840

Northeast

11900 Crownpoint Drive
Suite 140
San Antonio, TX 78233

Northwest

9157 Huebner Road
San Antonio, TX 78240

Stone Oak

109 Gallery Circle
Suite 139
San Antonio, TX 78258

Westover Hills

9730 Westover Hills Boulevard
Suite 110
San Antonio, TX 78251

Awards and Publications

Publications

Darren J. Bell, MD

  • Singer MA, Bell DJ, Woods P, et al. “Effect of Combination Therapy with Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone Intravitral Implant in Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion.” Retina. 2012.
  • Singer MA, Bell, DJ, Boord, T. Effects of combination therapy with Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone intravitreal implant in patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion-Six month results. American Society of Retina Specialists (Vancouver, Canada, 2010), Subspecialty Day, American Academy of Ophthalmology (Chicago, IL, 2010) Paper/Poster
  • Charles S and Bell DJ. “Repositioning Dislocated Intraocular Lenses into the Anterior Chamber.” Retina. 2008; 7: IO15-7.
  • Bell DJ and Chaum E. “A 30 year old woman with gradual vision loss OU.” Digital Journal of Ophthalmology. October 2005. <www.djo.harvard.edu/site.php?url=/physicians/gr/831>.
  • Bell DJ and Wilson MW. “Choroidal Melanoma: Natural History and Management Options.” Cancer Control. 2004; 11: 296-303.

Anushree Sharma, MD

  • Development of a Nomogram for Femtosecond Laser Astigmatic Keratotomy for Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism. St. Clair, R., Sharma, A., Rootman, D., Yoo, S., Yu, F., Aldave, A. Journal Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2016 Apr;42(4):556-62.
  • Development of a Nomogram and Safety Profile of Femtosecond Laser Astigmatic Keratotomy for Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism. Anushree Sharma, MD (Presenting Author); Ryan M. St. Clair, MD; David S. Rootman, MD, FRCSC; Sonia H. Yoo, MD; Fei Yu, PhD; Anthony J. Aldave, MD. ASCRS 2016 Meeting.
  • A case of a patient with scattered precipitates in the anterior chamber, corneal endothelium, and polymethyl methacrylate posterior chamber intraocular lens: case report and review of the literature. Driver, T., Sharma, A., Salem, A., Mamilis, N., Smith,R. Manuscript.
  • Anushree Sharma and Holly B. Hindman. Journal of Ophthalmology. “Aging: A Predisposition to Dry Eyes,” vol. 2014, 2014. doi:I0.1155/2014/781683
  • Leung W, Shanna A, et. al, Sarah Elgin. Genetics. “Evolution of a Distinct Genomic Domain in Drosophila: Comparative Analysis of the Dot Chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilis.” 20 10 Aug; 185(4):1519-34.
  • Shanna, A., Masri,J., Jo, 0., Bernath, A., Martin, J., Funk, A., and Gera, J. Protein Kinase C Regulates Internal Initiation of Translation of the GATA-4 mRNA following Vasopressin-induced Hypertrophy of Cardiac Myocytes. J Biological Chemistry. Volume 282, Number 13, p. 9505-9516, February 2007
  • Anushree Sharma and Joseph Gera. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research. AACR Meeting Abstract. “Differential promoter activity and mRNA stability contribute to AKT-dependent alterations of cyclin DI and c­myc expression following mTOR inhibitor exposure.” Volume 46, 2005.
  • Shi Y, Sharma A, Wu H, Lichtenstein A, Gera J. Journal of Biological Chemistry. “Cyclin DI and c-myc internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-dependent translation is regulated by AKT activity and enhanced by rapamycin through a p38 MAPK and ERK-dependent pathway.” 2005 Jan 4.
  • Co-author on abstract presented at the American Society of Hematology national meeting. “In-vivo efficacy of CCI-779 in myeloma.” 2004.

Michael A. Singer, MD

  • Brolucizumab 12- and 16-week fixed dosing potential in neovascular AMD: a post-hoc evaluation of data from the HAWK and HARRIER trials. Singer M, Khanani AM, Wolf A, Flores R, Chhablani J, BG, Clemens A, GedifK, Liu X, Mulyukov Z, Querques G. Ophthalmologica. 2022 Mar 28. doi: 10.1159/000524245.
  • Three-Year Safety and Efficacy of the 0.19-mg Fluocinolone Acetonide Intravitreal Implant for Diabetic Macular Edema: The PALADIN Study. Singer MA, Sheth V, Mansour SE, Coughlin B, Gonzalez VH.Ophthalmology. 2022 Jan 19:S0161-6420(22)00067-7. doi:I 0.1016/j.ophtha.2022.01.015.
  • Ultra-Widefield Indocyanine Green Angiography Reveals Patterns of Choroidal Venous Insufficiency Influencing Pachychoroid Disease. Bacci T, Oh DJ, Singer M, Sadda S, Freund KB. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2022 Jan
  • Efficacy Outcomes of Brolucizumab Versus Aflibercept in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients with Early Residual Fluid. Singh RP, Jhaveri C, Wykoff CC, Gale RP, Staurenghi G, Iida T, Koh A, BG, GedifK, Singer M. Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 May;6(5):377-386. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.12.014. Epub 2021 Dec 27
  • Suprachoroidal triamcinolone acetonide versus rescue therapies for the treatment of uveitic macular oedema: A post hoc analysis of PEACHTREE. Singer MA, Merrill P, Yeh S, Hall C, Kapik B, Ciulla TA.Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan;50(1):23-30. doi: 10.1111/ceo. l 4024. Epub 2021 Dec 27.
  • Evaluation of Intravitreal Aflibercept for the Treatment of Severe Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Results From the PANORAMA Randomized Clinical Trial. Brown DM, Wykoff CC, Boyer D, Heier JS, Clark WL, Emanuelli A, Higgins PM, Singer M, Weimeich DM, Yancopoulos GD, Berliner AJ, Chu K, Reed K, Cheng Y, Vitti R.JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep 1;139(9):946-955. doi: 10.100l/jamaophthalmol.2021.2809.
  • IOP Elevation in Patients Treated With Fluocinolone Acetonide Insert for Chronic Noninfectious Uveitis Affecting the Posterior Segment. Singer MA, Krambeer C, Paggiarino D. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2021 Jul;52(7):387-390. doi: I0.3928/23258160-20210628-05. Epub 2021 Jul I.
  • Safety and Efficacy of lntravitreal Risuteganib for Non-Exudative AMD: A Multicenter, Phase 2a, Randomized, Clinical Trial. Boyer DS, Gonzalez VH, Kunimoto DY, Maturi RK, Roe RH, Singer MA, Xavier S, Kornfield JA, Kuppermann BD, Quiroz-Mercado H, Aubel J, Karageozian HL, Park JY, Karageozian VH, Karageozian L, Sarayba MA, Kaiser PK. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2021 Jun;52(6):327-335. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20210528-05. Epub 2021 Jun
  • Association of Early Anatomic Response with Visual Function in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Singer M, Singh RP, Gibson A, Moini H, Reed K, Vitti R, Du W, Eichenbaum D. Ophthalmology. 2021 Nov;128(1 l):1657-1660. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.05.011. Epub 2021 May 18.
  • Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Eyes with Intraocular Inflammation after Brolucizumab: Post Hoc Analysis of HAWK and HARRIER. Singer M, Albini TA, Seres A, Baumal CR, Parikh S, Gale R, Kaiser PK, Lobach I, Feltgen N, Joshi MR, Ziemssen F, Bodaghi B. Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 Feb;6(2):97-108. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2021.05.003. Epub 2021 May 8.
  • Singer MA, Wykoff CC, Grewal DS. Effects of Long-Term DME Control with 0.2 rig/Day Fluocinolone Acetonide Implru1t on Quality of Life: An Exploratory Analysis from the FAME Trial. Ophthalmic Surge1y, Lasers & Imaging Retina. 2020 Nov 1
  • Wannamaker KW, Kenny S, Das R, Mendlovitz A, Comstock JM, Chu ER, Bahadorani S, Gresores NJ, Beck KD, Krambeer CJ, Kermany DS, Diaz-Rohena R, Nolan DP, Sohn JH, Singer MA. The Effects of Temporary Intraocular Pressure Spikes After Intravitreal Dexrunethasone Implantation on the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer. Clinical Ophthalmology 2019Jun27
  • Relationship Between Retinal Fractal Dimension and Non-perfusion in Diabetic Retinopathy on Ultra-Wide Field Fluorescein Angiography. American Journal of Ophthalmology August 2019.
  • Krambeer CJ, Wannamaker KW, Tie W, Bahadorani S, Singer J, Conston S, Singer MA. A New Suggested Strategy for Safe Injection of Ozurdex. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina. 2019;50 (2):e23-e25
  • Siddiqui M, Iltis J, Yanev P, Sladic J, Huynh C, Nolan D, Singer M. Effect of Systemic Antihypertensives on Change in Intraocular Pressure After Initiating Topical Prostaglandins for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma. Dove Medical Press 31Jan2019
  • Beck K.D, Tyler LD, Iltis JM, Yanev PG, Jergensen TR, Woods P, Singer J, Bell D, Singer MA. Intraocular Pressure Control for Patients Undergoing Combination Intravitreal Anti-VEGF and Dexamethasone Therapy for Macular Edema from Retinal Vein Occlusion. Journal of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics Nov 2018
  • Singer MA, Miller DM, Gross JG, Greven CM, Kapik B, Bailey C, FRC Ophth, Ganchi F, MBBS, Kuppermann BD, Visual Acuity Outcomes in Diabetic Macular Edema with Fluocinolone Acetonide 0.2 µg/Day Versus Ranibizumab Plus Deferred Laser (DRCR Protocol I). Aug 2018, Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina
  • Singer MA, Dugel PU, Fine HF, Capone A, Maltman J. Real-World Assessment of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in DME: Findings of the Prospective Multicenter REINFORCE Study. Jun 2018, Ophthalmic Surge1y, Lasers and Imaging Retina
  • Bahadorani S, Krambeer C, Wannamaker K, Tie W, Singer MA, Jansen M, Espitia J, Sohn JH. The Effects of Repeated Ozurdex Injections on Ocular Hypertension. Apr 2018, Clinical Ophthalmology
  • McDonald MB, Sheha H, Tighe S, Janik SB, Bowden F III, Chokshi AR, Singer MA, Nanda S, Gazi MA, Dierker D, Shupe AT. Treatment Outcomes in the Dry Eye Amniotic Membrane (DREAM) Study. Apr 2018, Clinical Ophthalmology
  • Jansen ME, Krambeer CJ, Kermany DS, Waters JN, Tie T, Bahadorani S, Singer J, Comstock JM, Wannamaker K, Singer MA. Appointment Compliance in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema and Exudative Macular Degeneration. Mar 2018, Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina
  • Kermany DS, Goldbaum M, Cai W, Singer MA, Valentim CCS, Zhang
    K. Identifying Medical Diagnoses and Treatable Diseases by Image-Based Deep Learning. Feb 2018 Cell
  • Fan W, Uji A, Borrelli E, Singer MA, Sagong M, vanHemert J, Sadda S. Precise Measurement of Retinal Vascular Bed Area and Density on Ultra­ Wide Fluorescein Angiography in Normal Subjects. Feb 2018, American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Beck KD, Schifanella D, Nagi KS, Anderson DL, Singer MA. Writing Thank You Notes after Ophthalmology Residency Interviews? Dec 2017, The Ophthalmology Open Journal
  • Kaiser PK, Singer MA, Tolentino M, Erickson K, Saroj N, Berliner AJ, Chu KW, Zhu X, Liu ZW, Clark WL. Long Term Safety and Visual Outcome of Aflibercept in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology Retina Vol I Issue 4 2017. 304-313
  • Krambeer CS, Singer MA, Jansen M, Ober M, Stewart M, Shah G, Griggs P, Altaweel M. Retina Specialists: How We Think. Austin Ophthalmol. 2017; 2(1): 1008.
  • Bahadorani S, Singer MA. Recent Advances in the Management and Understanding of Macular Degeneration. Apr 2017, Fl000 Research
  • Regillo CD, Callanan DG, Do DV, Fine HF, Holekamp NM, Kuppermann BD, Singer MA, Singh RP.
  • Use ofC01iicosteroids in the Treatment of Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema Who Have a Suboptimal Response to Anti-VEGF: Recommendations of an Expert Panel. Apr 2017, Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina.
  • Bahadorani S, Singer MA. The Value of Area Under the Curve Analysis as an Outcome Measure in the Assessments of a Continuing Fluocinolone Acetonide Implant (ILUVIEN®). Jan 2017, US Ophthalmic Review
  • Singer MA, Jansen ME, Tyler L, Woods P, Ansari F, Jain U, Singer J, Bell DJ, Krambeer C. Long-Term Results of Combination Therapy Using Anti-VEGF Agents and Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant for Retinal Vein Occlusion: An Investigational Case Series.” Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, NZ.) 11 (2017): 31-38. Dec 2016
  • Bar- Or D, Orlando A, Singer MA: Potential Beneficial Effect of Low­ Dose Danazol in Combination with Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors in Diabetic Macular Edema Acta Ophthalmology web. November 2016 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13318
  • Michael E. Jansen, MD; Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD; Singer MA, MD Treatments for Diabetic Macular Edema: Past, Present, and Future Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina
    September 2016 – Volume 47 • Issue 9: 794-800. Posted September 15, 2016
    DOI: 10.3928/23258160-20160901-0l
  • Campochiaro P, Khanani A, Singer MA, Patel S, Boyer D, Dugel P, Kherani S, Withers B. Enhanced Benefit in Diabetic Macular Edema from AKB-9778 Tie2 Activation Combined with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Suppression: Ophthalmology, Vol. 123, Issue 8, p1722-1730 Published online: May 27, 2016
  • Singer MA, Kermany DS, Waters J, Jansen ME, Tyler L. Diabetic macular edema: it is more than just VEGF. May 2016 F1000Research. 2016;5:FIOOO Faculty Rev-I 019. doi:10.12688/fl000research.8265.1.
  • Singer MA, Sagong M, Hemert J, Kuehlewein L, Bell D, Sadda , S Ultra­ widefield Imaging of the Peripheral Retinal Vasculature in Normal Subjects Ophthalmology, Vol. 123, Issue 5, p1053-1059
    Published online: February 17, 2016
  • Tyler, L; Singer MA,; Bell DJ, Long-Term Outcome in Patients with Vitreomacular Traction Treated with a Single Injection of Ocriplasmin Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 11(1):34-37, Feb 2016
  • Singer MA, Tyler L, Jansen M, Waters J. Comparison of Anti-VEGF, Steroid, and Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Retinal et al. Combination Therapy for RVO. Jan 2016 International Journal of Ophthalmic Research
  • Dugel PU, Capone A, Singer MA, Dryer RF, Dodwell DG, Roth DB, Shi R, Walt JG, Scott L, Hollander DA. Two or More Dexamothasone Intravitreal Implants in Treatment Naïve Patients with Macular Edema due to Retinal Vein Occlusion: Subgroup Analysis of a Retrospective Chart Review Study. Sep 2015 BMC Ophthalmology
  • Tan CS, Chew MC, vanHemert J. Singer MA, Bell DJ, Sadda SR. Measuring the Precise Area of Peripheral Retinal Non-Perfusion Using Ultra-Widefield Imaging and its Correlation with the Ischaemic Index. Jul 20 I5, The British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Kuppem1arn1 DB, Goldstein M, Maturi RK, Singer MA, Tufail A. Weinberger D, Li XY, Liu CC. Lou J, Pollack A, Whitcup SM/ Dexametlmsone Intravitreal Implant as Adjm1ctive Therapy to Ranibizumab in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. June 2015 Ophthalmologica
  • Singer MA, Capone A Jr, Dugel PU, Dreyer RF, Dodwell DG, Roth DB, Shi R, Walt JG, Scott LC, Hollander DA; Two or more dexamethasone intravitreal implants as monotherapy or in combination therapy for macular edema in retinal vein occlusion: subgroup analysis of a retrospective chart review study. SHASTA Study Group. BMC Ophthalmol. 2015 Apr 1;15:33.
  • Singer MA ,Meyer J, Shall G. Blinder K, Waheed N, Reichel E, Stalmans P, Tewari T.
    Early Evolution of the Vitreomacular Interface and Clinical Efficacy After Ocriplasmin Injection for Symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesion Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina
    February 2015 – Volume 46 • Issue 2: 209-216
  • Singer MA, Tan CS, Surapaneni KR, Sadda SR. Targeted Photocoagulation of Peripheral Ischemia to Treat Rebound Edema Clinical Ophthalmology, Volume 2015:9, P337-341 (February 2015)
  • Singer MA, Tan CS, Bell DJ, Sadda SR. Area of Peripheral Retinal Nonperfusion and Treatment Response in Branch and Central Retinal Vein Occlusion. Retina:Volume 34-Issue 9- p 1736-1742.
    (September 2014)
  • Tan CS, Lim LW, Singer MA, Sadda SR. Early Peripheral Laser Photocoagulation of Nonprefused Retina Improves Vision in Patients with Central Retinal Vein Occlusion. Results of a Proof of Concept Study. Aug 2014 Graefe ‘s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Camopchiaro PA, Wykoff CC, Singer MA, Johnson R, Marcus D, Yau L, Sternberg G. Monthly Versus As-Needed Ranibizumab Injections in Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion (The Shore Study). Jul 2014, Ophthalmology (121)12 with 146 Reads, DOI: J0.1016/jophtha.2014.06.011 Source: PubMed
  • Singer MA, Advances in the management of macular degeneration. Fl 000 Prime Reports. Afay 2014:6:29.
  • Capone A Jr, Singer MA, Dodwell DG, Dreyer RF, Oh KT, Roth DB, Walt JG, Scott LC, Hollander DA. Efficacy and safety of two or more dexamethasone intravitreal implant injections for treatment of macular edema related to retinal vein occlusion (Shasta study) Retina, Volume34(2):342-51. February 2014)
  • Singer MA, Cohen SR, Groth SL, Porbandarwalla S. Comparing bevacizumab versus ranibizumab for initial reduction of central macular thickness in patients with retinal vein occlusions. J. ClinOphthalmol.
    2013;7:1377-83. doi: I 0.2147/OPTHS46235.Epub (July 2013)
  • Callanan DG, Gupta S, Boyer DS, Ciulla TA, Singer MA, Kuppermann BD, Liu C, Li X. Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Combination with Laser Photocoagulation for the Treatment of Diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema Ophthalmology, Vol. 120, Issue 9, pl843-1851. Published online: May 23, 2013
  • Bhavsar AR, Torres K, Beck,RW, Bressler NM, Ferris FL,. Friedman SMM, Glassman AR, Maturi RK, Melia M, Singer MA, Stockdale R. CM and Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network.
    Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Intravitreal Ranibizumab or Saline for Vitreous Hemorrhage from Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. JAMA Ophthalmol., 2013.
  • Dugal PU, Bebchuk J, Nau J, Reichel E, Singer MA, Barak A, Binder S, Jackson T Epimacular Brachytherapy for Neovascula Age-related Macular
  • Degeneration: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Ophthalmology Volume 120, Number 2, pg 317, (February 2013)
  • Singer MA, Herro AJ, Singer J, Surapaneni K, Espitia J, and Sponsel, WE. Utility of Anterior Segment OCT Measurements for Predicting Severe Eye Pressure Increase after Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant, J. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 4:311. doi: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000311 (December 2013)
  • Singer MA, Groth SL, Sponsel WE, Herro A, Pollard J, Cohen SR, Cohen JR. Association of OCT angle recess width with IOP response after intravitreal triamcinolone injection. Jul 2012 Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 33(2) 14 Reads DOI: 10.1097/AIE.0b013e3182675c72 Source: PubMed
  • Singer MA, Bell DJ, Woods P, Pollard J, Boord T, Herro A, Porbandarwalla S. Effect of Combination Therapy with Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion. Retina, 2012 Mar 29. (Epub ), Retina. 2012 Jul;32(7):1289-94 print, (July 2012)
  • Singer MA, Cid MD, Luth J, Porbandarwalla SS, Heno A, et al. (2012). Incidence of Corneal Melt in Clinical Practice: Our Experience vs. A Meta-Analysis of the Literature. J Clinic Experiment Ophthalmol Sl:003. doi:10.4172/2155-9570. Sl-003 (January 2012)
  • Michael A Singer, Nancy Amir, Angela Heno, Salman S Porbandarwalla, Pollard J, Improving Quality of Life in Patients with End-Stage Age­ Related Macular Degeneration: Focus on Miniature Ocular Implants. Jan 2012. Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, NZ)
  • Singer MA, Heno A, Pollard J, Cohen J, Cohen S, Groth, S, Sponsel, W Anterior Segment OCT of Patients with Steroid Response After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Injection: The association of angle recess size and IOP elevation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012;53: E-Abstract 677.ARVO (July 2012)
  • Singer MA, Awh CC, Sadda S, Freeman WR, Antoszyk AN, Wong P, Tuomi L.HORIZON: An Open-Label Extension Trial of Ranibizumab for Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology. 2012 Jun;ll9(6):1175-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.12.016. Epub 2012 Feb 4
  • Singer MA, de! Cid MR, Shelton CR, Boord T. Pars Plana Posterior Capsulotomy in a Patient with Telescope Prosthesis for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Aug 2010, Archives of Ophthalmology 128(8):1065-7. DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.156
  • Boyer DS, Busquets MA, Cousins SW, Heier JH, Singer MA. New and Emerging Treatment paradigms for Macular Edema in Retinal Vein Occlusion and Diabetic Retinopathy. Oct 2009, Retina Today
  • Shields C, Piccone M, Shields J, Eagle R, Singer MA. Mushroom-shaped Choroidal Recurrence of Retinoblastoma-25 Years After Therapy. Archives of Ophthalmology Vol. 120, (June 2002)
  • Singer MA. Botulinum T. Treatment of Essential Blepharospasm and Heminfacial Spasm. Ophthalmology Vol 3, 3 pg 48, September 1996.
  • Singer MA, Hagler WS, Grossniklaus HE. Toxoplasmosa Gondii Retinochoroiditis After Liver Transplantation Retina Vol 13 (Issue No 1) pp 40-45, 1993.

Chapters

Michael A. Singer, MD

  • Pearse A. Keane, MD, MSc, FRCOphth, MRCSI; Colin S. Tan, MBBS, FRCSEd (Ophth), MMed (Ophth); Michael A. Singer, MD; SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, Seem Hariprasad, MD. Management of Retinal Vein Occlusion: Current Concepts. Chapter 5: Role Of Imaging In The Management Of Macular Edema Secondary To Retinal Vein Occlusion

Podcasts

Michael A. Singer, MD

  • Retinal Physician: Retina Minute-Read by 300 physicians. Monthly Podcast. January 2018-present.
  • Retina Today Video Podcast, Eyetube Radio, Dr. David Boyer speaks with Dr. Michael Singer of Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates in San Antonio, TX, September 2011
  • Retina Today Podcast, Eyetube Radio, Dr. David Brown speaks with Dr. Michael Singer of Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates in an Antonio, TX, July 2011
  • Singer MA, Oetting T. MOC Exam Review Course: “The Academy’s best kept secret.” American Academy of Ophthalmology Podcast, June 2011.

Presentations

Darren J. Bell, MD

  • Del Cid MR, Singer MA, Bell D. Topical Nonsteroidal Therapy for the Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.2010: ARVO E-Abstract 3311. Poster at ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2010
  • Singer, MA, Bell, DJ, Boord, T. Effect of Combination Therapy with Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion. Vindico Medical Education, Maui, HA, January 2010. Presentation
  • Singer, MA, de! Cid, MR., Bell, DJ., Trichopoulos, N, O’Conner, P, Padmanabhan, S. Unknown Case presented at the Imaging Conference at the Retina Congress as well as submitted at the film festival (2009)
  • Singer, MA, Bell, DJ, Boyer, D. et al. Non-Steroidal Drops Safe for Long-Term Use? American Academy of Ophthalmology, poster presentation San Francisco, CA, October 2009.
  • Bell DJ and Walton RC. “CMV Retinitis in the Era of HAART.” (Presentation) University of Tennessee Residents’ Day, 6/2004
  • Bell DJ. “Modern Vision Correction: LASIK and other methods.” (Presentation) Methodist Hospital, 1/2002

Anushree Sharma, MD

  • Annual Flaum Eye Institute Resident Research Forum — December 2012 and December 2013
  • Washington University School of Medicine, Summer Research Symposium– September 2006 and September 2007
  • Hewlett Mind-Brain Research Symposium, Analysis of dopamine levels in Parkinson’s Disease –May 2004

Daniel P. Nolan, DO

  • “Grand Rounds: Uncontrolled IOP in Complex Surgical Patients” Greater Tampa Bay Area Grand Rounds, Tampa, FL, April 2017
  • “Grand Rounds: Managing Hypotony After Glaucoma Tube Shunt Surgery” Greater Tampa Bay Area Grand Rounds, Tampa, FL, September 2016
  • “MIGS Case Presentation: lost iStent” Chicago Glaucoma Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015

Other

Michael A. Singer, MD

  • Yanev P, Krambeer C, Iltis J, Mendlovitz A, Singer MA. The effect of multiple anti-VEGF injections in retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. ARVO Meeting 2019 Vancouver, Canada
  • Massop DJ, Bahadorani S, Lahoti S, Singer MA. Eplerenone and Spironolactone Have Similar Efficacy in the Treatment of Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. ARVO Meeting 2019 Vancouver, Canada
  • Membreno R. Krambeer C. Hsiao T. Singer MA. The Effects of Topical dorzolamide hydrochloride-timolol maleate ophthalmic solution on injection frequency in patients receiving combination therapy for retinal vein occlusions. ARVO Meeting 2019 Vancouver Canada
  • Smith, E; Clark, C; Bodily, R; Yanev, P; Iltis, J; Doss, B; Singer, MA. Bibliometric Trends Among Top 100 Researchers in Ophthalmology During 1968-2018. ARVO 2019 Vancouver, Canada
  • Krambeer C, Beck K, Sohn J, Kheirkhah A, Singer MA. Occurrence of surgical epithelial debridement with use of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose vs. sodium hyaluronate-chondroitin sulfate for corneal coating during vitrectomy. Poster to be presented at: ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2019, Vancouver, Canada
  • Singer MA, Wanamaker K, Krambeer C. The Effect of intraocular Pressure Increases on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer. Art Club Jules Gonin July 2018, Retina Subspecialty Day American Academy of Ophthalmology Chicago October 2018.
  • Singer MA, Kermany D, Singer J. Identifying Medical Diagnoses and Treatable Diseases by Image-Based Deep Learning. Retina Society September 2018 San Fransico CA.
  • Singer MA. The FAME Study: Correlation Between Long-Term Control of Edema with ILUVIEN®, Improvement in Visual Acuity and Patient Rep01ied Outcomes Presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists. Vancouver VA July 2018.
  • Singer MA. Treatment Burden Associated with Intravitreal Injections the Real World: Paladin Phase 4 Trial with Flucinolone Acetonide. ARVO Honolulu HI May 2018.
  • Singer MA, Tuomi L, Hill L, Hemphill M, Haskova Z. Predictors of Early Improvements in Diabetic Retinopathy Severity in a Significant Proportion of Patients After Month 3 and Month 6 of Ranibizumab Treatment. Macula Society Meeting, Beverly Hills, CA February 2018.
  • Singer MA, Area-Under-the -Curve Analysis of Fluocinolone Acetonide 0.2 µg/day Implant vs. Ranibizumab Plus Deferred Laser. Poster, Retina Society, Boston 2017 and American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans 2017.
  • Singer MA, Noronha G: An Analysis of the Phase 2 Trial with Intravitreal Aflibercept and Suprachoroidal Triamcinolone Acetonide Compared to Intravitreal Alfibercept Alone in Retinal Vein Occlusion Patients in Terms of Perfusion Status. Paper, ARVO, Baltimore, MA 2017.
  • Singer MA, So J, Tuomi L, Ruiz CQ: Optimizing the Safety and Efficacy of the Ranibizumab Prefilled Syringe. Macula Society, Singapore June 2017.
  • Singer MA; Dugel PU, Fine HF, Capone A, Maltman J. REINFORCE: A Prospective Multicenter Study of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant (DEX) in Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) – Complete Results. Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates, San Antonio, TX. Retinal Consultants of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. Associated Retinal Consultants, Royal Oak, MI, Allergan pie, Irvine, CA. Retina World Congress, 2017.
  • Singer MA, Dugel PU, Fine HF, Capone A, Maltman J. REINFORCE: A Prospective Multicenter Study of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant (DEX) in Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) – Interim Results. Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates, San Antonio, TX. Retinal Consultants of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. Associated Retinal Consultants, Royal Oak, MI, 5Allergan plc, Irvine, CA. Macula Society, 2016.
  • Singer, MA. An Observational Study of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Diabetic Macular Edam: Interim Results from the Reinforce Study. Macula Society, 2016.
  • Jansen ME, Tyler L, Kermany D, Waters J, Singer MA. Comparing bevacizumab, ranibizumab, and aflibercept for early reduction of macular edema in patients with retinal vein occlusions (RVO). ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract September 2016. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2016; 57(12):4156.
  • Singer MA, Orlando A, Clift V, Bar-Or D. Potential Beneficial Effect of Low Dose Danazol in Combination With Rerun Angiotensin System Inhibitors in Diabetic Macular Edema: a 12-week Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract September 2016., Retina Society September 2016, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2016; 57(12):3250.
  • Fine HF, Singer MA, Dugel PU, Capone A, Maltman J.
    Real-World Assessment of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Diabetic Macular Edema: Interim Analysis from the REINFORCE Study. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract September 2016. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2016; 57(12):3259.
  • Singer MA: Long-term Visual Outcomes by Baseline Subgroup Characteristics of lntravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration after the VIEW!
    Study. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract June 2015. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2015; 56(7):4607.
  • Tyler L, Singer MA, Bell DJ, Ansari F, Jain U, Woods P. Intraocular Pressure Control for Patients Undergoing Combination Intravitreal Anti-VEGF and Dexamethasone Therapy for Macular Edema from Retinal Vein Occlusion. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract June 2015. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2015; 56(7 ):5801.
  • Singer MA, Capone A, Dugel PU, Dreyer RF, Dodwell DG, Roth DB, Shi R, Walt JG, Scott LC, Hollander DA. Safety and Efficacy of Two or More Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implants in Treatment-NaYve Patients with Macular Edema Due to Retinal Vein Occlusion. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract April 2014. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2014; 55(13):1797.
  • Dodwell DG, Capone A, Singer MA, Dugel PU, Dreyer RF, Roth DB, Shi R, Walt JG, Scott LC, Hollander DA. Two or More Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implants Used as Monotherapy or Combined With Other Therapy in Retinal Vein Occlusion. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract April 2014. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2014; 55(13):1807.
  • Sadda SR, Tan CS, van Herner! J, Bell DJ, Chew M, Singer MA. Correlation of precise area of peripheral non-perfusion with the ischemic index in retinal vein occlusion. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract April 2014. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2014; 55(13):247.
  • Capone A, Singer MA, Dodwell D, Dreyer R, Oh K, Roth D, Walt J, Scott L, Hollander D. Retrospective Study of Two or More Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant 0.7 mg Injections for Retinal Vein Occlusion. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract June 2013. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2013; 54(15):2820.
  • Jansen M, Krambeer C, Kermany D, Singer J, Waters J, Singer MA. Compliance Trends in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema and Exudative Macular Degeneration. 1University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso, Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates. AAO poster: P0533
  • Jansen M1, Tyler L, Kermany D, Waters J, Singer MA. Comparing bevacizumab, ranibizumab, and aflibercept for early reduction of macular edema in patients with retinal vein occlusions. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates. Abstract# 2441773, 4156-D0070. ARVO 2016.
  • Tyler L, Singer MA, Bell DJ, Ansari F, Jain U, Woods P. Intraocular Pressure Control for Patients Undergoing Combination Intravitreal Anti-VEGF and Dexamethasone Therapy for Macular Edema from Retinal Vein Occlusion FREE. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract June 2015. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.. 2015; 56():5801.doi:
  • Singer MA. “Efficacy Assessment of the 0.2 mg/day Fluocinolone Acetonide (FAc) Intravitreal Implants vs. Sham Control Using the Area Under the Curve (AUC) Method (FAME).”
  • Singer MA. Safety of intravitreal Aflibercept Injection (IAI) from RE-VIEW in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD). AAO, 2015.
  • Singer MA, Long-Term Effects of Combination Therapy Using Anti-VEGF Agents and Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant for Retinal Vein Occlusions (RVO). The Retina Society, 47th Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sept 11-14, 2014
  • Singer MA, Long term Analysis of combination Therapy in Retinal Vein Occlusion: presented at club Jules Gonin Zurich Switzerland and Retina Society Philadelphia PA 2014
  • Singer MA, The 2012 Medicare data: How do Retina Specialists Stack Up: presented at the Third Coast Retina Conference, May 2014 Austin, TX
  • Singer MA, Comparison of Monotherapys Combination Therapy in Retinal Vein Occlusion: A SHASTA Study Sub analysis presented at the Macula Society Key Largo Fl. February 2014
  • Singer MA, Sabbah S, Antoszyk A, Singh R, Li A, Bell DJ, Dodwell D. Non-Steroidal drops for the treatment of Central Serous choroidopathy (CSR). 1Medical Center Ophthalmology, San Antonio, TX. Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates, Charlotte, NC. 3Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, OH. 4Illinois Retina Center.
  • Singer MA, The Use of NSAIDS in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: presented at AAO Subspecialty Day New Orleans, LA, November 2013
  • Singer MA, The SHORE Study presented at Retina Society, September 2013: Los Angeles CA
  • Singer MA, The Use of Three Dimension Image Conversion in Optos Imaging: presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting, August 2013, Toronto Canada
  • Singer MA, Anterior Segment OCT of Patients with Steroid Response After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Injection: The association of angle recess size and IOP elevation
    Michael Singer, Angela Herr, Sylvia L. Groth, Steven Cohen, Jeffrey Cohen, Joe Pollard, William E. Sponsel. Med Center Ophthalmology presented as a poster ARVO 2012 Presentations 2012
  • Singer MA, The Use of Anterior Segment OCT to Help Predict Steroid Responders after Intravitreal Injections presented at Club Vit June 2012 and ASRS 2012 and AAO Subspecialty Day 2012
  • Singer MA, How SLT Affects the Angle A Three Dimensional View Michael Singer, Angela Herro, Josh Singer Joe Pollard William Sponsel
    Presented as a poster/film at the ISIE ARVO Imaging Conference submitted to ASRS film festival
  • Singer MA, Predictive Value of the Area of Peripheral Retinal Non-Perfusion on Treatment Response in Branch and Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Colin Tan, Michael Singer, Joe Pollard and Srinivas Sadda presented as a paper at ARVO (Dr. Tan), presented at Macula Society (Dr. VasSadda) to be presented at Retina Society and ASRS 2012 (Dr. Singer)
  • Singer MA, Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone intravitreal implant in patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion-Twelve Month Extension Study. Paper American Society of Retina Specialists, to be presented at Subspecialty Day, American Academy of Ophthalmology (Orlando, Fl. October 2011
  • Singer MA, Patel SS, Uy HS, Liu C-C, Li X-Y, Li SM. Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant (DEX Implant) Alone and as an Adjunct to Ranibizumab for the Treatment of Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) (ARVO 201 l)Poster Paper Retina Society 2011. American Society of Retina Specialists 2011.
  • Singer MA, Bell DJ, Boord T. Effects of Combination Therapy with Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion-Six Month Results. American Society of Retina Specialists (Vancouver, Canada, 2010), Subspecialty Day, American Academy of Ophthalmology (Chicago, IL, 20I 0) Paper/Poster
  • Singer MA, Gupta S, Ciulla T, Liu C-C, Lou J, L X-Y. Safety and efficacy of intravitreal Dexamethasone implant plus laser photocoagulation versus laser alone for treatment of diffuse Diabetic Macular Edema. Retina Society (San Francisco, CA, 2010) Paper
  • Singer MA, Gray S, Murahashi W Yee, Saroj N, Rundle A, Rubio R
    Subgroup Analyses of Visual Acuity Outcomes in the BRAVO Study of Intravitreal Ranibizumab in Patients with Macular Edema Following Branch Vein Occlusion, Association of Research and Vision in Ophthalmology 2010. Poster
  • Kuppermann, B, Singer, MA, Tufail, A, Lou, J, Li, Xiao-Yan, Whitcup, S. Ozurdex™(Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant) as Adjunctive Therapy to Lucentis® in Patients with Chroroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-Related Macular. Association of Research and Vision in Ophthalmology 2010. Paper
  • Del Cid MR, Singer MA. Corneal Melts Associated with the Use of Topical Nonsteroidal Anti­ Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs): A Review of the Literature. Alamo City Ophthalmology Clinical Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2010.
  • Del Cid MR, Singer MA, Bell D. Topical Nonsteroidal Therapy for the Treatment of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2010: ARVO E­ Abstract 3311. Poster at ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2010.
  • Singer MA, Bell DJ, Boyer D. et al. Non-Steroidal Drops Safe for Long-Term Use? American Academy of Ophthalmology, poster presentation San Francisco, CA, October 2009.
  • Singer MA, Bell DJ, Boord T. Effect of Combination Therapy with Bevacizumab and Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusion. Vindico Medical Education, Maui, HA, January 2010. Presentation
  • Singer MA, de! Cid MR, Bell DJ, Trichopoulos N, O’Conner P, Padmanabhan S. Unknown Case presented at the Imaging Conference at the Retina Congress as well as submitted at the film festival (2009)
  • Singer MA, Wong P, Tuomi L. Visual Acuity after 2 Years in the Horizon Trail of PRN Intravitreal Ranibizumab (Lucentis) in Patients with Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration presented at the Retina Congress, New York, NY (2009) Poster
  • Singer MA, Wong P, Tuomi L. Visual Acuity after 2 Years Data for Safety and Efficacy in the Horizon Trail of PRN Intravitreal Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) in Patients with Neovascular Age­ related Macular Degeneration presented at the ARVO (2009) (submitted for publication) Paper
  • Singer MA, Wong RL, Rodriguez J, Alderete C, Johnson S. Like Reaction After Oral Moxifloxacin (Avelox) Administration Presented at American Society of Retina Specialist 25th Annual Meeting. Palm Springs, California, December 1-5, 2007. Poster
  • Singer MA, Wong RL, Alderete C, Hartman R. Vitrase for Vitreous Hemorrhage Revisited Presented at The Cannes Retina Festival Nice, France, September 9-13, 2006. Paper
  • Singer MA, Wong RL, Alderete C, Hartman R. Avastin – It’s Not Just For Retina Anymore. Poster at the Cannes Retina Festival Nice, France; 9-13 September 2006. Poster
  • Singer MA, Fisher SJ, Hartman R. Surgical Capsulotomy in an Implantable Miniature Telescope Patient Presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 16-20 2005. Poster
  • Singer MA, Kimbrell PN. Comparison of Central Retinal Artery Occlusion in Eyes with and without Hyperbaric Oxygen Presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 16-20, 2005. Paper
  • Singer MA, Cohen JH, Scribbick F, Garcia IM, Paulson C. Increases in Intraocular Pressure after Kenalog Injection Presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists Annual Meeting New York, New York; August 2003. Paper
  • Warman JR, Crawford J, Evans RM, Simmons JW, Stanley EA, Strohlow R, Singer MA. Dependency-Induced Increase in lntraocular Pressure: A Contributing Factor for Postoperative Visual Loss After Spinal Surgery Poster Exhibit Presented at the Scoliosis Research Society Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington; September 2002. Paper
  • Shields C, Piccone M, Shields J, Eagle R, Singer MA. Mushroom-shaped Choridal Recurrence of Retinoblastoma-25 Years After Therapy. Archives of Ophthalmology Vol. 120, June 2002.
  • Singer MA. Transthermotherapy in the Treatment of Classic and Occult Choroidal Neovascularization. Presented at the IRIS Pre-Academy Meeting October 2000; 2001 Vitreous Society Meeting; and “Expert Speaker” lridex Booth American Academy of Ophthalmology 2001. Paper
  • Singer MA, Levy G. The Evidence of Plaquenil Retinopathy in a Large Multi-Center Outpatient Practice. Presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting October 1995. Poster
  • Singer MA, Kowalski G. The use of EMLA to Reduce Pain of Botulinum Toxin Injections Presented at Blepharospasm Foundation Conference, September 1995. Paper
  • Singer MA, Rio N. The Pathologic Effects of Retained Perflourocarbons Presented at the Vitreous Society August 1994. Poster
  • Singer MA, Schwatz SD, Green RL, et al. Factors Associated with Retinal Detachment in Penetrating Ocular Trauma. Investigative Science; 1988 (29): 303 Presented as a poster ARVO 1988, Sarasota, Florida
  • Gaster R, Burstein N, Singer MA. Laser Surgery of the Cornea. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; 1987 (14); 45.Presented as a paper ARVO, Sarasota, Florida (1987)
  • Singer MA, Wong E, Yaplee S. The Presentation of a Lost Contact Lens, (Letter) CLAO, 1986 Oct-Dec (4) p. 200-201, presented at CLAO meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1986 (poster)