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:
- Frequently Asked Questions in Eye Care: Cataract Surgery
- 2013 Top Stories in Eye Care: Cataract Surgery
- Treating Conjunctivitis: A Good Exam Is the First Step
- Hemodialysis Heightens Risk of Glaucoma
- Recommended Abstracts From the 2013 AAO Meeting—Refractive Surgery
- Are Cataracts Associated With Osteoporosis?
- Simulators—Changing the Way We Train Residents
- Are Cataracts Associated With Osteoporosis?
- Cataract Surgery—Past, Present, Future
- Human Corneal Anatomy Redefined: A Novel Pre-Descemet's Layer (Dua's Layer)