Myron Yanoff MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University College of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of PennsylvaniaDr. Myron Yanoff is Chair Emeritus of Ophthalmology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia and Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly, he was Director of the Scheie Eye Institute at Penn Medicine.
Board-certified in both ophthalmology and pathology, Dr. Yanoff has published over 190 scientific articles and authored, coauthored, or edited over 50 textbooks in the field of ophthalmology and ocular pathology. In 1988, he received one of the highest honors in American science—the Senior Distinguished US Scientist Award (Humboldt Research Award).
Dr. Yanoff received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Philadelphia. He completed residency training in both pathology and ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a fellowship in ophthalmic pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC. He also undertook a retinal fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- AAO 2018: Recommendations From Dr. Myron Yanoff
- Glaucomatous Visual Field Loss and Its Impact on Driving Difficulty and Cessation
- Significance of Environmental Factors in the Development of Myopia in Children
- CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Engineering: Treating Inherited Retinal Degeneration
- Quantification of Sleep Outcomes Associated With Dry Eye Disease
- New Recommendations for the Treatment of Systemic Hypertension and Potential Implications for Glaucoma Management
- Effects of Prolonged Reading on Dry Eye
- Progressive Chronic Retinal Axonal Loss Following Acute Methanol-Induced Optic Neuropathy
- Age of Strabismus Onset Affects Monocular and Binocular Visual Function
- Vitamin A Supplementation Improves Retinitis Pigmentosa in Children