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:
- Binocular Measures of Visual Acuity and Visual Field vs Binocular Approximations
- Quality of Life and Functional Vision in Children With Glaucoma
- Fellow Eye Deficits in Amblyopia
- Risk for Low Visual Acuity in Neovascular AMD After 1 or 2 Years of Anti-VEGF Treatment
- Automated Diabetic Retinopathy Image Assessment Software: Diagnostic Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness Compared With Human Graders
- Risk Factors for Retinal Artery Occlusion in Cardiac Surgery
- Population Study Data for Ocular Trauma in United States
- 2016 Top Stories in Eye Care: Retinal Toxicity Screening
- Preoperative Macular SD-OCT in Patients Considering Advanced-Technology IOLs for Cataract Surgery
- Acanthamoeba Keratitis in Rigid Gas-Permeable Contact Lens Wearers